Build flows and diagrams with lines
Whiteboards aren’t available in Atlassian Government environments.
Use lines to create paths between sticky notes, text objects, and shapes. They help you organize your whiteboard and create a flow of thought.
You can customize the color, endpoints, and stroke weight of all your lines, including specialized line styles you can use to create process flows, system diagrams, and more.
In whiteboards, you can use:
Straight lines: A direct path between elements on your whiteboard. Straight lines always remain straight, regardless of how they’re resized or moved around.
Curved lines: A curved path between two elements on your whiteboard. The curve changes as you move the endpoints or connected elements.
Dynamic lines: A path between elements on your whiteboard that dynamically changes shape as you resize it and move the components attached to it around.
Create a line
Select the line menu icon in the toolbar or press L.
With the line tool selected, you can choose a line style:
Select a color (gray is the default).
Select a Dotted, Dashed, or Solid line (Solid is the default).
Select a Straight, Curved, or Dynamic line (Dynamic is the default).
You can create lines in three ways:
Drag and drop: Drag the selected line style onto the whiteboard.
Draw new lines: Use your cursor to select the first endpoint of your new line, drag the line, and then select the second endpoint.
Make connections: Connect two whiteboard elements, such as shapes, sticky notes, sections, oandJira work items.
Select an element, then select one of the connectors on the bounding box.
Drag the line to another element, connecting it to a connector on its bounding box. When you move one of the connected elements, the line will change shape to stay connected.
Style a line
Select a line to open the floating toolbar and access additional styles.
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Ask Rovo | When you select a line you can Ask Rovo to add context, additional shapes and connectors, or other revisions to your whiteboard. |
Color | Select a color for your line. Gray is selected by default. |
Stroke size and style | Select from Small, Medium, and Large for your line thickness. Select from Solid, Dotted, and Dashed for your line style. |
Line start, Line end | Choose the ends of your line, including arrows and specific symbols useful for flowcharts, system diagrams, and data schema. Basic options are:
Select More arrow styles to see all options (from top left):
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Line type |
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Add Text | Select Add text to create a label for your line. Enter text and use the formatting toolbar:
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Lock | Select Lock to keep the line’s shape, style, and location locked until you select the Unlock icon. |
Move a line
You can move lines around your whiteboard and connect them to other elements. Move them to better illustrate a flow, or make space for other elements and ideas. If you select and move the elements themselves, then any attached lines will reshape to follow.
Change a line’s shape
Create custom lines with multiple curves and angles on dynamic and curved lines.
To shape a line, select it. You will see highlighted drag points at the ends and at different locations along the line.
Drag the endpoints (filled circles) to change the length of a line.
Drag the white oval points to reposition the line with its current angles.
Drag the filled oval points to add new curves or angles.
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