Filtered view better auto layout

[glenthomas]

Description

I have a view with many elements and relationships, the rendered diagram is huge. I thought it would be good to create a filtered view, excluding certain elements to created a more focused diagram.

systemLandscape "Landscape" "Everything" {
    include *
    autoLayout
}

filtered "Landscape" exclude "User" "filtered_landscape"

The focused view has hidden the excluded elements, but the diagram is still the same size with elements spaced very far apart.

Ideally the auto layout would render a smaller diagram with only the included elements.

Unfiltered view (zoomed very far out, there are lots of elements)

Filtered view (diagram still huge)

Priority

Low (I have no budget and there's no rush - please add this feature for free)

More information

No response

[simonbrowndotje]

Filtered views are designed to share the same layout, which is why you're seeing the same elements spaced very far apart. See https://docs.structurizr.com/ui/diagrams/filtered-view for more details.

[glenthomas]

Is there another way to achieve what I am looking for? I want to exclude elements from the view that have a particular tag.
I think the only option might be to specify an include listing the elements that I want to include, which I would need to keep updated.

systemLandscape "Filtered Landscape" "filtered landscape" {
    include system1 system2 system3
    autoLayout
}

[simonbrowndotje]

Is there another way to achieve what I am looking for? I want to exclude elements from the view that have a particular tag.

Yes, see the last note in the link I posted - you can use DSL expressions to include elements with a particular tag.