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Alteryx Designer Desktop Ideas
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Submission GuidelinesIt would be nice to have a visual cue for a detour tool's configuration. This is especially the case when testing with several detour tools in a workflow - see the cleanse.yxmc screenshot below. I added an annotation to one of the detour tools as a possible solution.
Any of these options that would save the additional click would be appreciated.
- Default annotation shows "Detour left" or "Detour right"
- Detour outgoing wire highlighted (mentioned in Detour dashing)
- Detour direction outgoing anchor that is NOT used is grayed out
- Detour direction outgoing wire that in NOT used is grayed out
- Detour tool has a left/right toggle
- Detour tool changes color when set to detour right
Personally, I prefer that the outgoing anchor and outgoing wire not in use be grayed out. But even the default annotation stating the direction would be helpful.
Does anyone else have a preference or other ideas on the visual cues?
