25.5 About the Graph Visualization Toolbar and Visualization Modes

Learn about the graph visualization toolbar and supported graph visualization modes in your graph visualization.

The graph visualization toolbar is displayed on the left of the graph visualization panel as shown:

Figure 25-17 Graph Visualization Toolbar

Description of "Figure 25-17 Graph Visualization Toolbar"

The toolbar supports the following graph visualization modes:

• Move/Zoom: This mode allows you to zoom in and out, as well as to move to another part of the visualization.
• Fit to Screen: This mode fits the resulting graph in the graph visualization view.
• Toggles Sticky Mode: This mode allows you to cancel the action of dragging the nodes around.
• Activate Network Evolution: This allows you to activate or deactivate network evolution.
• Graph Manipulation: This mode allows you to interact with your graph visualization. Supported actions are:
  • Expand: To expand on a selected vertex and fetch n-hop neighbors using the hop count slider. You can set the hop count between one and five (maximum hop count).
  • Drop: To remove selected vertices from the visualization.
  • Focus: To drop everything and fetch n-hop neighbors of a 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.
  • Undo: To undo the last action.
  • Redo: To redo the last action.
  • Reset: To reset the visualization to the original state after the query.

  See Graph Interaction Options in Property Graph Visualization Developer's Guide and Reference for examples.

In addition, Toggle fullscreen mode is available on the right of the graph visualization panel.