Lesson 2: node shapes and border styles

The shape of a node can be specified by using the attribute “shape”:

node: { title: "example" shape: ellipse }

The following shapes are supported:

box (default) box
ellipse ellipse
circle circle
triangle triangle
rhomb rhomb
hexagon hexagon
trapeze trapeze
uptrapeze uptrapeze
rparallelogram rparallelogram
lparallelogram lparallelogram

The width and height of a node (in pixels) can be specified by using the attributes “width” and “height”:

node: { title: "1" 
        shape: rhomb
        width: 72
}
node: { title: "2" 
        shape: rhomb
        height: 72
}
node: { title: "3" 
        shape: rhomb
        width: 72 height: 72
}

The width of a node’s border (in pixels) can be specified by using the attribute “borderwidth”:

node: { title: "example" borderwidth: 6 }

The default width is 2 pixels.

The style of a node’s border can be specified by using the attribute “borderstyle”:

node: { title: "example" borderstyle: dotted }

The following styles are supported:

solid (default) solid
dashed dashed
dotted dotted
double double
triple triple
invisible invisible

Note:

  • Attributes can be specified in any order.
  • It is possible to change the appearance of several/all nodes at once by using global attributes.
  • Related topics such as colors, fonts and icons will be discussed later.
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