Be able to replace a typed event with the respective start/intermediate/end event version

[nikku]

Problem you would like to solve

As of today it is not straight forward to replace a typed event, i.e. a configured message start event, with the respective intermediate catch event partner. This can be needed as I refactor a process, i.e. the "trigger" is moved from in the flow ("intermediate catch") to an event sub-process ("start").

For example, given a message start in the above capture I'd like to see all of the following variants present:

What I have to do is to do the replace operation in the XML, or (1) create a new event, (2) re-wire all relevant connections, (3) copy manually over all implementation details. This violates our do the hard work and make it simple principle.

Proposed solution

• For any typed event ("timer", "message", ...) the replace menu offers the ability to change to the respective alternative form ("start", "intermediate throw", "intermediate catch", "end")
• Relevant implementation details are preserved (i.e. wired message), where applicable

Alternatives considered

None.

Additional context

Reported by @falko here.

[barmac]

Thanks for the feature request. I think it's a great idea, but since it's not urgent, I am moving this to the backlog.

[barmac]

Fixed upstream via bpmn-io/bpmn-js#2282