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GDL: Edge Anchors and Edge Types

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Special Edge Types

  • An edge of a special type is specified by

     
    edge type: { source: "title"  target: "title"  attributes }

  • Supported edge types

     
    backedge
nearedge
leftnearedge
rightnearedge
bentnearedge
leftbentnearedge
rightbentnearedge

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Anchor Points

  • An edge can be attached to an
    explicit line within a node by

     
    anchor: integer

example

Example


graph: {edge.arrowstyle: line

node: { title: "A"  label: "line1\nline2" }
node: { title: "t1" }
node: { title: "t2" }
node: { title: "t3" }
node: { title: "t4" }

edge:         { source: "A"  target: "t1"  anchor: 1 }
edge:         { source: "A"  target: "t2"  anchor: 2 }
edge:         { source: "t3" target: "A"  }
nearedge:     { source: "t2" target: "t3" }
bentnearedge: { source: "t2" target: "t4" }

       }

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Hints

  • Anchors are not compatible with near edges

  • Anchors only apply if the graph orientation is top to bottom

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