diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 8e71e34e..80cba067 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
             "args": [
                 "${file}",
                 "--no-timeouts",
-                "--opts",
-                "${workspaceRoot}/configs/mocha.opts"
+                "--config",
+                "${workspaceRoot}/configs/.mocharc.json"
             ],
             "env": {
                 "TS_NODE_PROJECT": "${workspaceRoot}/tsconfig.json"
diff --git a/examples/random-graph/src/di.config.ts b/examples/random-graph/src/di.config.ts
index 56bc7ea3..399f3f98 100644
--- a/examples/random-graph/src/di.config.ts
+++ b/examples/random-graph/src/di.config.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import ElkConstructor from 'elkjs/lib/elk.bundled';
 import {
     TYPES, configureViewerOptions, SGraphView, SLabelView, ConsoleLogger, LogLevel,
     loadDefaultModules, LocalModelSource, SNode, SEdge, SLabel, configureModelElement,
-    SGraph, RectangularNodeView, PolylineEdgeView
+    SGraph, RectangularNodeView, edgeIntersectionModule, PolylineEdgeViewWithGapsOnIntersections
 } from 'sprotty';
 import { ElkFactory, ElkLayoutEngine, elkLayoutModule } from 'sprotty-elk/lib/inversify';
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default (containerId: string) => {
         const context = { bind, unbind, isBound, rebind };
         configureModelElement(container, 'graph', SGraph, SGraphView);
         configureModelElement(container, 'node', SNode, RectangularNodeView);
-        configureModelElement(container, 'edge', SEdge, PolylineEdgeView);
+        configureModelElement(container, 'edge', SEdge, PolylineEdgeViewWithGapsOnIntersections);
         configureModelElement(container, 'label', SLabel, SLabelView);
 
         configureViewerOptions(context, {
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export default (containerId: string) => {
 
     const container = new Container();
     loadDefaultModules(container);
+    container.load(edgeIntersectionModule);
     container.load(elkLayoutModule, randomGraphModule);
     return container;
 };
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/features/edge-intersection/intersection-finder.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/features/edge-intersection/intersection-finder.ts
index 44fc21e3..c1e0a307 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/features/edge-intersection/intersection-finder.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/features/edge-intersection/intersection-finder.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2021 EclipseSource and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 EclipseSource and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -43,8 +43,31 @@ export const BY_X_THEN_Y = (a: Intersection, b: Intersection): number => {
     return a.intersectionPoint.x - b.intersectionPoint.x;
 };
 
+export const BY_DESCENDING_X_THEN_Y = (a: Intersection, b: Intersection): number => {
+    if (a.intersectionPoint.x === b.intersectionPoint.x) {
+        return a.intersectionPoint.y - b.intersectionPoint.y;
+    }
+    return b.intersectionPoint.x - a.intersectionPoint.x;
+};
+
+export const BY_X_THEN_DESCENDING_Y = (a: Intersection, b: Intersection): number => {
+    if (a.intersectionPoint.x === b.intersectionPoint.x) {
+        return b.intersectionPoint.y - a.intersectionPoint.y;
+    }
+    return a.intersectionPoint.x - b.intersectionPoint.x;
+};
+
+export const BY_DESCENDING_X_THEN_DESCENDING_Y = (a: Intersection, b: Intersection): number => {
+    if (a.intersectionPoint.x === b.intersectionPoint.x) {
+        return b.intersectionPoint.y - a.intersectionPoint.y;
+    }
+    return b.intersectionPoint.x - a.intersectionPoint.x;
+};
+
 /**
  * Finds intersections among edges and updates routed points to reflect those intersections.
+ *
+ * This only yields correct intersections among straight line segments and doesn't work with bezier curves.
  */
 @injectable()
 export class IntersectionFinder implements IEdgeRoutePostprocessor {
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/graph/views.tsx b/packages/sprotty/src/graph/views.tsx
index 9c13ff79..28157a7e 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/graph/views.tsx
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/graph/views.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 TypeFox and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2022 TypeFox and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -19,10 +19,18 @@ import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
 import { VNode } from "snabbdom";
 import { Point } from 'sprotty-protocol/lib/utils/geometry';
 import { getSubType } from 'sprotty-protocol/lib/utils/model-utils';
-import { IViewArgs, IView, RenderingContext } from "../base/views/view";
+import { IView, IViewArgs, RenderingContext } from "../base/views/view";
 import { setAttr } from '../base/views/vnode-utils';
 import { ShapeView } from '../features/bounds/views';
-import { BY_X_THEN_Y, IntersectingRoutedPoint, Intersection, isIntersectingRoutedPoint } from '../features/edge-intersection/intersection-finder';
+import {
+    BY_DESCENDING_X_THEN_DESCENDING_Y,
+    BY_DESCENDING_X_THEN_Y,
+    BY_X_THEN_DESCENDING_Y,
+    BY_X_THEN_Y,
+    IntersectingRoutedPoint,
+    Intersection,
+    isIntersectingRoutedPoint
+} from '../features/edge-intersection/intersection-finder';
 import { isEdgeLayoutable } from '../features/edge-layout/model';
 import { SRoutableElement, SRoutingHandle } from '../features/routing/model';
 import { EdgeRouterRegistry, RoutedPoint } from '../features/routing/routing';
@@ -103,6 +111,8 @@ export class PolylineEdgeView extends RoutableView {
  * In order to find intersections, `IntersectionFinder` needs to be configured as a `TYPES.IEdgeRoutePostprocessor`
  * so that that intersections are declared as `IntersectingRoutedPoint` in the computed routes.
  *
+ * This view only draws correct line jumps for intersections among straight line segments and doesn't work with bezier curves.
+ *
  * @see IntersectionFinder
  * @see IntersectingRoutedPoint
  * @see EdgeRouterRegistry
@@ -132,31 +142,79 @@ export class JumpingPolylineEdgeView extends PolylineEdgeView {
         return <path d={path} />;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a path that takes the intersections into account by drawing a line jump or a gap for intersections on that path.
+     */
     protected intersectionPath(edge: SEdge, segments: Point[], intersectingPoint: IntersectingRoutedPoint, args?: IViewArgs): string {
+        if (intersectingPoint.intersections.length < 1) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        const segment = this.getLineSegment(edge, intersectingPoint.intersections[0], args, segments);
+        const intersections = this.getIntersectionsSortedBySegmentDirection(segment, intersectingPoint);
+
         let path = '';
-        for (const intersection of intersectingPoint.intersections.sort(BY_X_THEN_Y)) {
+        for (const intersection of intersections) {
             const otherLineSegment = this.getOtherLineSegment(edge, intersection, args);
             if (otherLineSegment === undefined) {
                 continue;
             }
-            const lineSegment = this.getLineSegment(edge, intersection, args, segments);
+            const currentLineSegment = this.getLineSegment(edge, intersection, args, segments);
             const intersectionPoint = intersection.intersectionPoint;
-            if (Math.abs(lineSegment.slopeOrMax) < Math.abs(otherLineSegment.slopeOrMax)) {
-                path += this.createJumpPath(intersectionPoint, lineSegment);
-            } else {
-                path += this.createSkipPath(intersectionPoint, lineSegment);
+            if (this.shouldDrawLineJumpOnIntersection(currentLineSegment, otherLineSegment)) {
+                path += this.createJumpPath(intersectionPoint, currentLineSegment);
+            } else if (this.shouldDrawLineGapOnIntersection(currentLineSegment, otherLineSegment)) {
+                path += this.createGapPath(intersectionPoint, currentLineSegment);
             }
         }
+
         return path;
     }
 
-    protected getOtherLineSegment(currentEdge: SEdge, intersection: Intersection, args?: IViewArgs): PointToPointLine | undefined {
-        const otherEdgeId = intersection.routable1 === currentEdge.id ? intersection.routable2 : intersection.routable1;
-        const otherEdge = currentEdge.index.getById(otherEdgeId);
-        if (!(otherEdge instanceof SRoutableElement)) {
-            return undefined;
+    /**
+     * Returns the intersections sorted by the direction of the `lineSegment`.
+     *
+     * The coordinate system goes from left to right and top to bottom.
+     * Thus, x increases to the right and y increases downwards.
+     *
+     * We need to draw the intersections in the order of the direction of the line segment.
+     * To draw a line pointing north, we need to order intersections by Y in a descending order.
+     * To draw a line pointing south, we need to order intersections by Y in an ascending order.
+     */
+    protected getIntersectionsSortedBySegmentDirection(lineSegment: PointToPointLine, intersectingPoint: IntersectingRoutedPoint) {
+        switch (lineSegment.direction) {
+            case 'north':
+            case 'north-east':
+                return intersectingPoint.intersections.sort(BY_X_THEN_DESCENDING_Y);
+
+            case 'south':
+            case 'south-east':
+            case 'east':
+                return intersectingPoint.intersections.sort(BY_X_THEN_Y);
+
+            case 'south-west':
+            case 'west':
+                return intersectingPoint.intersections.sort(BY_DESCENDING_X_THEN_Y);
+
+            case 'north-west':
+                return intersectingPoint.intersections.sort(BY_DESCENDING_X_THEN_DESCENDING_Y);
         }
-        return this.getLineSegment(otherEdge, intersection, args);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether or not to draw a line jump on an intersection for the `currentLineSegment`.
+     * This should usually be inverse of `shouldDrawLineGapOnIntersection()`.
+     */
+    protected shouldDrawLineJumpOnIntersection(currentLineSegment: PointToPointLine, otherLineSegment: PointToPointLine) {
+        return Math.abs(currentLineSegment.slopeOrMax) < Math.abs(otherLineSegment.slopeOrMax);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether or not to draw a line gap on an intersection for the `currentLineSegment`.
+     * This should usually be inverse of `shouldDrawLineJumpOnIntersection()`.
+     */
+    protected shouldDrawLineGapOnIntersection(currentLineSegment: PointToPointLine, otherLineSegment: PointToPointLine) {
+        return !this.shouldDrawLineJumpOnIntersection(currentLineSegment, otherLineSegment);
     }
 
     protected getLineSegment(edge: SRoutableElement, intersection: Intersection, args?: IViewArgs, segments?: Point[]): PointToPointLine {
@@ -165,6 +223,15 @@ export class JumpingPolylineEdgeView extends PolylineEdgeView {
         return new PointToPointLine(route[index], route[index + 1]);
     }
 
+    protected getOtherLineSegment(currentEdge: SEdge, intersection: Intersection, args?: IViewArgs): PointToPointLine | undefined {
+        const otherEdgeId = intersection.routable1 === currentEdge.id ? intersection.routable2 : intersection.routable1;
+        const otherEdge = currentEdge.index.getById(otherEdgeId);
+        if (!(otherEdge instanceof SRoutableElement)) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        return this.getLineSegment(otherEdge, intersection, args);
+    }
+
     protected createJumpPath(intersectionPoint: Point, lineSegment: PointToPointLine): string {
         const anchorBefore = Point.shiftTowards(intersectionPoint, lineSegment.p1, this.jumpOffsetBefore);
         const anchorAfter = Point.shiftTowards(intersectionPoint, lineSegment.p2, this.jumpOffsetAfter);
@@ -172,7 +239,7 @@ export class JumpingPolylineEdgeView extends PolylineEdgeView {
         return ` L ${anchorBefore.x},${anchorBefore.y} A 1,1 0,0 ${rotation} ${anchorAfter.x},${anchorAfter.y}`;
     }
 
-    protected createSkipPath(intersectionPoint: Point, lineSegment: PointToPointLine): string {
+    protected createGapPath(intersectionPoint: Point, lineSegment: PointToPointLine): string {
         let offsetBefore;
         let offsetAfter;
         if (intersectionPoint.y < lineSegment.p1.y) {
@@ -195,12 +262,14 @@ export class JumpingPolylineEdgeView extends PolylineEdgeView {
  * In order to find intersections, `IntersectionFinder` needs to be configured as a `TYPES.IEdgeRoutePostprocessor`
  * so that that intersections are declared as `IntersectingRoutedPoint` in the computed routes.
  *
+ * This view only draws correct gaps for intersections among straight line segments and doesn't work with bezier curves.
+ *
  * @see IntersectionFinder
  * @see IntersectingRoutedPoint
  * @see EdgeRouterRegistry
  */
- @injectable()
- export class PolylineEdgeViewWithGapsOnIntersections extends JumpingPolylineEdgeView {
+@injectable()
+export class PolylineEdgeViewWithGapsOnIntersections extends JumpingPolylineEdgeView {
 
     protected skipOffsetBefore = 3;
     protected skipOffsetAfter = 3;
@@ -209,13 +278,13 @@ export class JumpingPolylineEdgeView extends PolylineEdgeView {
         return "";
     }
 
-    protected createSkipPath(intersectionPoint: Point, lineSegment: PointToPointLine): string {
+    protected createGapPath(intersectionPoint: Point, lineSegment: PointToPointLine): string {
         const anchorBefore = Point.shiftTowards(intersectionPoint, lineSegment.p1, this.skipOffsetBefore);
         const anchorAfter = Point.shiftTowards(intersectionPoint, lineSegment.p2, this.skipOffsetAfter);
         return ` L ${anchorBefore.x},${anchorBefore.y} M ${anchorAfter.x},${anchorAfter.y}`;
     }
 
- }
+}
 
 @injectable()
 export class BezierCurveEdgeView extends RoutableView {
@@ -372,7 +441,7 @@ export class SBezierCreateHandleView extends SRoutingHandleView {
                     const text = (handle.kind === "bezier-add") ? "+" : "-";
                     const node =
                         <g transform={translation} class-sprotty-routing-handle={true}
-                                class-selected={handle.selected} class-mouseover={handle.hoverFeedback}>
+                            class-selected={handle.selected} class-mouseover={handle.hoverFeedback}>
                             <circle r={this.getRadius()} />
                             <text x={textOffsetX} y={textOffsetY} attrs-text-align="middle"
                                 style-font-family="monospace" style-pointer-events="none" style-fill="white">{text}</text>
@@ -421,7 +490,7 @@ export class SBezierControlHandleView extends SRoutingHandleView {
                             </g>;
                     } else {
                         node = <circle class-sprotty-routing-handle={true} class-selected={handle.selected} class-mouseover={handle.hoverFeedback}
-                                cx={position.x} cy={position.y} r={this.getRadius()} />;
+                            cx={position.x} cy={position.y} r={this.getRadius()} />;
                     }
 
                     setAttr(node, 'data-kind', handle.kind);
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.spec.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.spec.ts
index 39a99a3f..34817860 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 TypeFox and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2022 TypeFox and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -48,4 +48,41 @@ describe('PointToPointLine', () => {
             expect(intersection).to.be.undefined;
         });
     });
+    describe('direction', () => {
+        // the coordinate system goes from left to right and top to bottom
+        // thus, x increases to the right and y increases downwards
+        // so a line going north is (x:0,y:1) -> (x:0:y0)
+        it('correctly defines line to north', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 0, y: 1 }, { x: 0, y: 0 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('north');
+        });
+        it('correctly defines line to north-east', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 0, y: 1 }, { x: 1, y: 0 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('north-east');
+        });
+        it('correctly defines line to east', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 0, y: 0 }, { x: 1, y: 0 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('east');
+        });
+        it('correctly defines line to south-east', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 0, y: 0 }, { x: 1, y: 1 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('south-east');
+        });
+        it('correctly defines line to south', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 0, y: 0 }, { x: 0, y: 1 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('south');
+        });
+        it('correctly defines line to south-west', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 1, y: 0 }, { x: 0, y: 1 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('south-west');
+        });
+        it('correctly defines line to west', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 1, y: 0 }, { x: 0, y: 0 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('west');
+        });
+        it('correctly defines line to north-west', () => {
+            const line = new PointToPointLine({ x: 1, y: 1 }, { x: 0, y: 0 });
+            expect(line.direction).to.equal('north-west');
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.ts b/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.ts
index a09dd4e8..b74d1c41 100644
--- a/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.ts
+++ b/packages/sprotty/src/utils/geometry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /********************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 TypeFox and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2022 TypeFox and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ export function linear(p0: Point, p1: Point, lambda: number): Point {
 
 /**
  * A diamond or rhombus is a quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length.
- * It consinsts of four points, a `topPoint`, `rightPoint`, `bottomPoint`, and a `leftPoint`,
+ * It consists of four points, a `topPoint`, `rightPoint`, `bottomPoint`, and a `leftPoint`,
  * which are connected by four lines -- the `topRightSideLight`, `topLeftSideLine`, `bottomRightSideLine`,
  * and the `bottomLeftSideLine`.
  */
@@ -472,6 +472,10 @@ export interface Line {
     readonly c: number
 }
 
+export type CardinalDirection =
+    'north' | 'north-east' | 'east' | 'south-east' |
+    'south' | 'south-west' | 'west' | 'north-west';
+
 /**
  * A line made up from two points.
  */
@@ -517,6 +521,33 @@ export class PointToPointLine implements Line {
         return this.slope;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The direction of this line, such as 'north', 'south', or 'south-west'.
+     */
+    get direction(): CardinalDirection {
+        const hDegrees = toDegrees(this.angle);
+        const degrees = hDegrees < 0 ? 360 + hDegrees : hDegrees;
+        // degrees are relative to the x-axis
+        if (degrees === 90) {
+            return 'south';
+        } else if (degrees === 0 || degrees === 360) {
+            return 'east';
+        } else if (degrees === 270) {
+            return 'north';
+        } else if (degrees === 180) {
+            return 'west';
+        } else if (degrees > 0 && degrees < 90) {
+            return 'south-east';
+        } else if (degrees > 90 && degrees < 180) {
+            return 'south-west';
+        } else if (degrees > 180 && degrees < 270) {
+            return 'north-west';
+        } else if (degrees > 270 && degrees < 360) {
+            return 'north-east';
+        }
+        throw new Error(`Cannot determine direction of line (${this.p1.x},${this.p1.y}) to (${this.p2.x},${this.p2.y})`);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param otherLine the other line
      * @returns the intersection point between `this` line and the `otherLine` if exists, or `undefined`.