Network - layout

Acts as the camera that looks on the canvas. Does the animation, zooming and focusing.

Options

When enabling the hierarchical layout, it overrules some of the other options. The physics is set to the hierarchical repulsion solver and dynamic smooth edges are converted to static smooth edges.

nametypedefaultdescription
randomSeedNumberundefined When NOT using the hierarchical layout, the nodes are randomly positioned initially. This means that the settled result is different every time. If you provide a random seed manually, the layout will be the same every time. Ideally you try with an undefined seed, reload until you are happy with the layout and use the getSeed() method to ascertain the seed.
hierarchicalObject or BooleanObject When true, the layout engine positions the nodes in a hierarchical fashion using default settings. For customization you can supply an object.

Methods

This is a list of all the methods in the public API. Options can be set directly to the module or you can use the setOptions method of the network itself and use the module name as an object name.

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getSeed() NumberIf you like the layout of your network and would like it to start in the same way next time, ask for the seed using this method and put it in the randomSeed option.

Events

There are no events emitted by the layout module.