UV Editor edge straightening; edges are NOT straight

I unwrapped a surface in the UV Editor:

In the end I need a rectangular island, therefore I straighten the edges one by one.

All edges are not straight.
The helps tells me they should:

2024-08-07_UV1.3dm (316.8 KB)

@Jussi_Aaltonen ?

Thanks for pointing that out. It’s true, they are made straighter but not collinear. I think that help page needs to be corrected. Also the text about Smooth command is probably a wish rather than reality.

RH-83260 UV Editor straightening help wrong

You can draw lines for the sides and use curve constraints. They will give you more precise colinearity.

Did so already…

While we are at that:

The prompt says I have to select a closed curve.
That’s not the case.

Thanks, logged it: RH-83311 UV Editor: edge straightening prompt and behavior inconsistent