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I think if you hold down the shift key while drawing, a line, you will get a horizontal or vertical line.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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That does the trick, but unfortunately it doesn't connect to the activation box that way...
Ah well, it beats having unaligned lines 
Thanks! 
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I'm glad you have this problem. At least I'm not the only one now.
At one time I used these stencils[^] to avoid the maleficence of Visio's built-in UML, not sure whether they are still any good.
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I actually only work with Visio (or any diagramming tool) unless I absolutely have to.
I'm a true developer, i.e. I hate documentation! 
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Wouldn't it be easier to get a piece of paper, pencil, and a straight-edge? You could be done with it already!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Would've been easier... And unreadable 
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How about a really really skinny rectangle?
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Sometime in my annual holiday-trance I got this idea that there should be an add-in for Visual Studio, or a stand-alone C# program, that took what you can do now in Albahari's LinqPad [^] to another level.
edit ... Let me qualify that by saying that I don't mean to imply this whatever should attempt to provide the incredible range of facilities that LinqPad does !
This came about as I struggled to visualize what was happening internally as I was fiddle-fuddling writing an Extension on IEnumerable. If you want to see the specific code I was working on, I've posted a question on the C# forum about it: [^].
What I kind of glimpsed-in-me-head (but, certainly can't imagine creating myself with my rapidly declining vision) was a kind of visual flow-chart that somehow would help me grasp what was going on ... perhaps with some kind of animation, perhaps not.
In a sudden attack of domainitis, I registered the name LinqVisible.com for a year.
I will be very happy to transfer this name (free, of course) to the first person this year who writes a CP article on a VS add-in, or stand-alone C# tool, that somehow will assist people to understand the internal operations of Linq in ways that LinqPad does not.
cheers, Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
modified 9-Jan-16 8:03am.
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Great idea and incentive, Bill! I'd get started on this right away if I had the time.. I hope someone will actually do it and write an article on it.
Cheers
Sascha
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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"linq'ish" sounds like "inept" in German -- Andreas Gieriet
Real developers don't use Linq.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Real developers don't use Linq.
Reading real developers write assembly in Notepad? 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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He's telling you that he uses VB6.
This space for rent
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Since nobody else seemed to care (I guess they didn't catch your vision of the Linq visualization) maybe I'll still have a chance at it even when only starting in some months
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I've ranted enough about my coworkers, the mess happening at work etc etc. And I've always enjoyed the anonymity. My mates never going to trace me out here , read my messages and manipulate things out of it. That's great!
But now I'm thinking to write some articles here and share the link to mates. The risk of people getting into my message history and find out, in each my rants , which character they would fit into and turn hostile elements at work place. Though the chances are less someone would snoop into these, but it's possible. So I'm gonna create a "Professional account" that I'd just use it for writing articles alone.
If there was an option to mark a message as "Never show up in message history" that would save me from this circus, possibly.
- Update : The key purpose of this message is to suggest , there could be an option in the Message editor to mark a message as "Don't list in history". Not just about creating multiple accounts on the go. I just stated the problem!
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
modified 9-Jan-16 8:24am.
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You could always go back and edit your 'dodgy' messages and reduce the probability of them being discovered....(I say reduce rather than remove because obviously internet cache's could still have them)
but that would take some effort...
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DaveAuld wrote: but that would take some effort...
The big effort here would be to ask the same to everyone else who replied to the thread quoting my original post. lol
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Another case of publishing something on the interweb that you would not want to say!
I make sure I grumble just as much in the office as I do here.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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hehe.. the new account shall pop up with an anonymity levels as high as an UFO! 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I've often thought an anonymous account to really let rip would be desirable.
However, using my real name, or something very close to it, keeps me from saying things or revealing details I may later regret.
I think.
I don't think I've ever put anything up here I wouldn't, or haven't, said in the office.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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While my moniker is obviously not my name I often reference articles, including mine, in my work so they all know who I am including at least 3 levels of management!
I'm reasonably circumspect with details of the company I work for out of a desire to retain the job, however bitching about the work environment is done both here and in my bosses ear! Open plan is for chooks!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I don't think anyone who doesn't know me could work out who I work for from what I've put on here.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: I don't think anyone who doesn't know me could work out who I work for from what I've put on here.
Give over! Everybody knows its GCHQ!
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: While my moniker is obviously not my name
What?!!!  Sure, next you are going to try and convince us that your profile picture is not really you either. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Give us a kiss sweetie!
My mirror is not sure if it is not an improvement 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My mother always told me that you shouldn't say something behind someone's back that you wouldn't say to their face.
And mostly, I try to keep to that - because I can see the sense in it: if you don't have proof then don't say it. And conjecture and surmise are not the same thing at all.
I'd use my real name here (I was going to, but it was taken when I joined) - but it's not difficult to find out who I am, or the approximate (to within about 5 miles) location of my house. Heck, it's in an "interview with..." article!
Sometimes, it means biting your tongue and saying nothing for a while - but I also follow the Dilbert concept of email with posting: Obligatory Dilbert[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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