Activate direct editing on create for all activities and events
Author: nikkuCreated Jan 5, 2018Updated Apr 28, 2026
Labelsmodelingenhancementbacklogspring cleaningneeds more information
Feature Request
Always activate direct editing on create. This would simplify quickly sketching new processes with labels.
Excluded gateways from the scope as we don't use label for merging gateways.
Note
Right now, direct editing is only activated for TextAnnotation and Task.
To consider: The external label for gateways / events hides certain context menu controls which may disallow users to continue to model / morph (see screencast below).
Screen Cast with proposed Interaction

Source: bpmn-io/bpmn-js