Canvas: Arrows of rectangular shape

[Tray]

Use case or problem

I have a huge problem with a current shape of the arrows using Canvas plugin - I can’t connect nodes the way I want. For example:

You can see this ugly bended arrow from Card D to the Card C, and also the arrow from A to B is also very weird.

Proposed solution

Just add ability to use rectangular arrows instead of curve ones. Here is how it looks in Miro with rectangular arrows:

To save data about how exactly and where these arrows been rotated you can store coordinates of corners where these arrows been rotated for 90 degrees. Like this:

edges: [{“id”:“…”,“fromNode”:“…”,“fromSide”:“bottom”,“toNode”:“…”,“toSide”:“top”, corners: [{x: …, y: …, z: …, }, { … }],]

[ChrisFiftyTwo]

More options and ways to display things is always nice. All for this suggestion.

[untitled]

I like this shape of arrows better, it looks less chaotic than the current ones. And the slight rounding makes their design more modern and pleasing to the eye. +1 for this Feature Request.

[JF2]

+1 for this.

[Saquron]

Bump, +1

[Danbren]

bump. PLEASE can we fix the godforsaken arrows, obsidian? Canvas is so close to greatness, messy arrows that you have little control over are like the one think holding it back.

[Raptor21]

This feature would be awesome. Especially when there is a collision avoidance with other objects involved.

+1

[aronar]

Oh please fix this. Arrows crossing each other is rather confusing and unnecessary.

+1

[shikuaixipi]

Yes, current display sometimes have poor visual readability. +1 for this

[janhink]

I’m also struggling with the current line shapes and would also prefer having the option to change them to rectangular.

[untitled]

I just came across drawDB now, and I really like how the connections there are implemented as rectangular rather than rounded/organic shapes.

drawDB has a live demo where you can “play” with it yourself and see how it looks and feels.

Like it a lot.

[pala]

I will also love to use Canvas with rectangular arrows. I wanted to replicate this canvas from MURAL (pic above) but I just used Canvas for less than an hour and haven’t found the best way to replicate it.

I know there are plenty more options, but I would love to have everything in my vault, including the mind maps, and not just pasting images impossible to read (as the pic before). Hope Obsidian makes this awesome tool into its finest version. MURAL, as mentioned, could be a perfect reference: it allows even to assign tags to notes, react to them, and the variety it has for the arrows is really great, and so much more.

[johnsteve111]

+1 for this…

[Developer-Mike]

You may want to check out Advanced Canvas. It adds multiple edge/arrow shapes including a square pathfinding method - exactly what you requested . Please open an issue if you have any questions.
Disclaimer: I’m the developer of this plugin.