cytoscape-edgehandles

Description

This extension creates handles on nodes that can be dragged to create edges between nodes.

Dependencies

Cytoscape.js ^2.2.8 || ^3.0.0

Usage instructions

Download the library:

via npm: npm install cytoscape-edgehandles,
via bower: bower install cytoscape-edgehandles, or
via direct download in the repository (probably from a tag).

require() the library as appropriate for your project:

CommonJS:

var cytoscape = require('cytoscape');
var edgehandles = require('cytoscape-edgehandles');

edgehandles( cytoscape ); // register extension

AMD:

require(['cytoscape', 'cytoscape-edgehandles'], function( cytoscape, edgehandles ){
  edgehandles( cytoscape ); // register extension
});

Plain HTML/JS has the extension registered for you automatically, because no require() is needed.

Initialisation

You initialise the extension on the Cytoscape instance:

var cy = cytoscape({
  container: document.getElementById('#cy'),
	/* ... */
});

// the default values of each option are outlined below:
var defaults = {
  preview: true, // whether to show added edges preview before releasing selection
  stackOrder: 4, // Controls stack order of edgehandles canvas element by setting it's z-index
  handleSize: 10, // the size of the edge handle put on nodes
  handleHitThreshold: 6, // a threshold for hit detection that makes it easier to grab the handle
  handleIcon: false, // an image to put on the handle
  handleColor: '#ff0000', // the colour of the handle and the line drawn from it
  handleLineType: 'ghost', // can be 'ghost' for real edge, 'straight' for a straight line, or 'draw' for a draw-as-you-go line
  handleLineWidth: 1, // width of handle line in pixels
  handleOutlineColor: '#000000', // the colour of the handle outline
  handleOutlineWidth: 0, // the width of the handle outline in pixels
  handleNodes: 'node', // selector/filter function for whether edges can be made from a given node
  handlePosition: 'middle top', // sets the position of the handle in the format of "X-AXIS Y-AXIS" such as "left top", "middle top"
  hoverDelay: 150, // time spend over a target node before it is considered a target selection
  cxt: false, // whether cxt events trigger edgehandles (useful on touch)
  enabled: true, // whether to start the plugin in the enabled state
  toggleOffOnLeave: false, // whether an edge is cancelled by leaving a node (true), or whether you need to go over again to cancel (false; allows multiple edges in one pass)
  edgeType: function( sourceNode, targetNode ) {
    // can return 'flat' for flat edges between nodes or 'node' for intermediate node between them
    // returning null/undefined means an edge can't be added between the two nodes
    return 'flat';
  },
  loopAllowed: function( node ) {
    // for the specified node, return whether edges from itself to itself are allowed
    return false;
  },
  nodeLoopOffset: -50, // offset for edgeType: 'node' loops
  nodeParams: function( sourceNode, targetNode ) {
    // for edges between the specified source and target
    // return element object to be passed to cy.add() for intermediary node
    return {};
  },
  edgeParams: function( sourceNode, targetNode, i ) {
    // for edges between the specified source and target
    // return element object to be passed to cy.add() for edge
    // NB: i indicates edge index in case of edgeType: 'node'
    return {};
  },
  start: function( sourceNode ) {
    // fired when edgehandles interaction starts (drag on handle)
  },
  complete: function( sourceNode, targetNodes, addedEntities ) {
    // fired when edgehandles is done and entities are added
  },
  stop: function( sourceNode ) {
    // fired when edgehandles interaction is stopped (either complete with added edges or incomplete)
  }, 
  cancel: function( sourceNode, renderedPosition, invalidTarget ){
    // fired when edgehandles are cancelled ( incomplete - nothing has been added ) - renderedPosition is where the edgehandle was released, invalidTarget is
        // a collection on which the handle was released, but which for other reasons (loopAllowed | edgeType) is an invalid target
  }
};

cy.edgehandles( defaults );

Classes

These classes can be used for styling the graph as it interacts with the extension:

edgehandles-source : The source node
edgehandles-target : A target node
edgehandles-preview : Preview elements (used with options.preview: true)
edgehandles-hover : Added to nodes as they are hovered over as targets
edgehandles-ghost-edge : The ghost handle line edge
edgehandles-presumptive-target : A node that, during an edge drag, may become a target when released

Events

During the course of a user's interaction with the extension, several events are generated and triggered on the corresponding elements:

On the source node:

cyedgehandles.showhandle : when the handle is shown
cyedgehandles.start : when starting to drag on the handle
cyedgehandles.stop : when the handle is released
cyedgehandles.complete : when the handle has been released and edges are created
cyedgehandles.cancel : when the handle has been released but not on a valid target. The handler receives two arguments - the renderedPosition at which the handle was released and a collection of presumptive targets. Presumptive targets are nodes that would have become targets but were, for some reason, deemed invalid. Possible reasons include edgeType or loopAllowed returning null.

On the target node:

cyedgehandles.addpreview : when a preview is shown (i.e. target selected)
cyedgehandles.removepreview : when a preview is removed (i.e. target unselected)

Example binding:

cy.on('cyedgehandles.start', 'node', function(e){
	var srcNode = this;

	// ...
});

Extension functions

All function can be called via cy.edgehandles('function-name'):

cy.edgehandles('enable') : enable the extension
cy.edgehandles('disable') : disable the extension
cy.edgehandles('option', 'preview', false) : set individual option (e.g. 'preview')
cy.edgehandles('option', { /* options */ }) : set all options
cy.edgehandles('option', 'preview') : get option value (e.g. 'preview')
cy.edgehandles('destroy') : destroy the extension instance
cy.edgehandles('start', 'some-node-id') : start the handle drag state on node with specified id (e.g. 'some-node-id')
cy.edgehandles('drawon') : enable draw mode
cy.edgehandles('drawoff') : disable draw mode

Publishing instructions

This project is set up to automatically be published to npm and bower. To publish:

Set the version number environment variable: export VERSION=1.2.3
Publish: gulp publish
If publishing to bower for the first time, you'll need to run bower register cytoscape-edgehandles https://github.com/cytoscape/cytoscape.js-edgehandles.git

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