title: How to correct PlantUML Line Path
body: <p>I created this diagram using the following code. But as you can see, the lines going from (Cancel Order) and (Place Order) to (Publisher) decide to take a terribly rounded path to get their, instead of going straight to the right and then down to publisher. I tried using manual direction commands like "-down" but none of them seemed to help. Does anybody know how to fix this?</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/vDLTot9.png" alt=""></p>
  
  <p>And here is my code. I appreciate any help. Thank you.</p>
  
  <pre><code>@startUML EBook Use Case Diagram
  left to right direction
  Actor Customer as customer
  Actor EBook as ebook
  Actor Publisher as publisher
  rectangle "Book Catalogue" {
      together {
          Actor "Book Database" as bookLog
          (Retrieve Information) as getBook
          customer -- getBook
          getBook -- ebook
          getBook -- bookLog
  
          (Update Catalogue) as updateCatalogue
          ebook -- updateCatalogue
          updateCatalogue -- bookLog
      }
  
      together {
          (Place Order) as order
          customer -- order
          order -- ebook
          order--publisher
  
          (Cancel Order) as cancelOrder
          customer -- cancelOrder
          cancelOrder -- ebook
          cancelOrder--publisher
      }
  }
  
  (Ship To EBook) as shipEBook
  shipEBook -- publisher
  (Ship To Customer) as shipCustomer
  customer -- shipCustomer
  ebook -- shipEBook
  shipCustomer -- ebook
  
  (Return to EBook) as returnCustomer
  (Returnto Publisher) as returnPublisher
  customer -- returnCustomer
  returnCustomer -- ebook
  ebook -- returnPublisher
  returnPublisher -- publisher
  
  @endUML
  </code></pre>