Swimlane diagrams can help you improve the clarity of your process flows, responsibilities and ideas, simply by arranging them under different categories. These categories may be the different departments at your workplace or even the different stakeholders within your process.
How to add and delete Swimlanes
- Click on the + button and open the Shapes panel
- Type Swimlane using the search option or you may drag and drop the swimlane shape from the shapes panel
- Select either the horizontal or vertical swimlanes as per your preference
If you wish to increase or decrease the number of swimlanes:
- Select the swimlane shape
- Use the add and delete options on the floating toolbar as shown in the GIF below
Adding and deleting swimlanes
Note: Swimlanes are added to and deleted from the right-hand side end of the shape
How to change the width of swimlanes?
- Select the swimlane shape
- Use the anchor points on the right-hand side of the swimlanes to adjust the width of the lanes separately
Changing the width of swimlanes
How to add text to swimlanes?
- Choose the Text option from the quick toolbar
- Click on the area of the swimlane in which you would like to add the text to
- Fill in your text and rotate if necessary
Add text to swimlanes
How to add images or other shapes to swimlanes?
You can simply drag and drop to add any images or shapes to your swimlane.
Add shapes and images to swimlanes
How to add colour to your swimlane?
- Select the swimlane shape
- Add a suitable colour using the Style palette from the floating toolbar or using the Fill Color and Line Color options from the Shape Properties Panel
Colour your swimlanes
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