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Graphical editors are a popular means to visualize concepts and architectures through the design of a diagram. More and more solutions follow this approach, among them Papyrus, Sirius, or Capella. However, for diagrams to be useful, their elements have to be carefully positioned. Only then do they convey their intended meaning quickly and accurately.

While critical, positioning the elements manually is a very time-consuming and complex task that involves systematic compliance with the syntactical constraints of the diagram. The Eclipse Layout Kernel (ELK) project aims to free the user from this burden by providing highly customizable and sophisticated layout features.

Miro Spönemann