Problem Causal Chain

Question

I have been trying to make a causal chain, but I have two problems: 1) arrow should be a standard arrow without any curve "->". 2) There is a gap between the arrow and the boxes.

My code look like this:

\documentclass[margin=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{MinionPro}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,trees,positioning,arrows,chains,shapes.geometric,%
    decorations.pathreplacing,decorations.pathmorphing,shapes,%
    matrix,shapes.symbols}

\tikzset{
->=LaTeX,
  punktchain/.style={
    rectangle, 
    % fill=black!10,
    draw=black, very thick,
    text width=11em, 
    minimum height=3em, 
    text centered, 
    on chain},
  line/.style={draw, thick, ->},
  element/.style={
    tape,
    top color=white,
    bottom color=blue!50!black!60!,
    minimum width=12em,
    draw=blue!40!black!90, very thick,
    text width=10em, 
    minimum height=3.5em, 
    text centered, 
    on chain},
  ,every arrow/.append style={-LaTeX, >=LaTeX},
  tuborg/.style={decorate},
  tubnode/.style={midway, right=2pt},
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  [node distance=.8cm,
  start chain=going below,]

\begin{scope}[start branch=venstre,
        %We need to redefine the join-style to have the -> turn out right
        every join/.style={->, thick, shorten <=1pt}, ]
        \node[punktchain, join=by]
            (risiko) {Expectations};
        \node[punktchain, on chain=going left, join=by {<-}]
            (risiko) {Disconfirmation};
        \node[punktchain, on chain=going left, join=by {<-}]
            (risiko) {Satisfaction};
        \node[punktchain, on chain=going left, join=by {<-}]
            (risiko) {Repurchase Intention};
      \end{scope}

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

And my figure like this: enter image description here

I would appreciate any kind of help.

Thank you!

Please make your code minimal and compilable! E.g. leave away proprietary fonts. "standard arrow" is very vague. Maybe you point to some head found here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/5461 or you fix it by your self with help of: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/54796 — LaRiFaRi, Jun 08 '15 at 12:40

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '15 at 12:48

shorten <=1pt tells TikZ you want a gap. If you don't want one, don't say that you do ;).

As mentioned in the comments 'standard arrow' is vague. Really, if you want a standard arrow you just say -> rather than -LaTeX or whatever.

You might want something from the arrows.meta TikZ library. Try -Stealth[], for example, after adding arrows.meta to the libraries you are loading. There are many arrow tips to choose from here. See the TikZ manual for the full list of choices.

Problem Causal Chain

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