Appearance

The Appearance panel appears as shown:

Figure: Appearance

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The following table describes the attributes in the Appearance panel:

Table: Appearance Attributes

Attribute Description
Height An integer value (in px) to set the size of the graph visualization panel. Default value is 400 px.
Show Display Size Control This toggle determines if the display size control feature needs to be displayed at the bottom of the graph visualization. It is switched ON by default.
If this toggle is switched OFF, then the display size control feature is not displayed in the graph visualization panel.
Group Edges When this option is enabled, multiple edges between the same source and target vertex will be grouped together in the graph. The grouped edges will be shown as a single edge with a number on it, indicating how many edges have been grouped.
Size Mode Two size modes are supported:
  • Normal (default)
  • Compact
Edge Marker Supported edge markers are:
  • None
  • Arrow (default)
Escape HTML in Tooltip Switch on this toggle if you wish to escapes HTML content used on vertex or edge tooltip.
Tooltip Max Length An integer value that determines the maximum length of characters for the tooltip. Default value is 100.
Dark Theme Enable this toggle to switch to a dark theme.
Custom Theme Enable this toggle if you wish to configure a custom theme for the following:
  • Background Color: Enter a color code or pick a color for the background.
  • Text Color: Enter a color code or pick a color for the text.
Default Values for Modes Specifies the default state of mode for the following options:
  • Enable Interaction: Specifies the default state of the graph interaction mode. True activates Select mode and false switches to Move/Zoom mode in the toolbar.
  • Enable Fit to Screen: Specifies the default state of the Fit to Screen toggle button in the toolbar.
  • Enable Sticky Mode: Specifies the default state of the Sticky mode toggle button in the toolbar.
  • Enable Evolution Setting: Specifies the default state of the Evolution toggle button in the visualization panel. However, note that the Evolution button will be displayed only if Evolution is enabled in the Evolution section.
Display You can enable or disable the Modes and Exploration options.

Supported Modes Options are:

  • Interaction:
  • Fit to Screen
  • Sticky
  • Evolution

Supported Exploration Options are:

  • Expand: To retrieve n-hops neighbors of selected vertices.
  • Focus: To shift the focus of view; it drops everything and fetches n-hops neighbors of the selected vertex.
  • Group: To group selected multiple vertices and collapse them into a single one.
  • Ungroup: To select a group of collapsed vertices and ungroup them.
  • Drop: To remove selected vertices or edges from the visualization.
  • Undo: To undo the last action.
  • Redo: To redo the last action.
  • Reset: To reset the visualization to its default state.