JavaScript/jQuery Diagram - Containers

This demo shows the JavaScript Diagram component's capability to wrap shapes into containers. A container is a special shape with the following features:

A container can contain other shapes (including other containers).
A container is dragged with its content.
A container can be collapsed with a collapse button.

To wrap a shape, drop it into a container.

If you bind the JavaScript Diagram to a data source, define the containerKeyExpr property to store information about the parent container in the data source. Otherwise, this information will be lost.

Backend API

$(() => { const diagram = $('#diagram').dxDiagram({ toolbox: { groups: ['general', { category: 'containers', title: 'Containers', expanded: true }], }, }).dxDiagram('instance'); $.ajax({ url: '../../../../data/diagram-structure.json', dataType: 'text', success(data) { diagram.import(data); }, }); });

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#diagram { height: 725px; }

{ "page": { "width": 11910, "height": 8400, "pageColor": "white", "pageWidth": 8400, "pageHeight": 11910, "pageLandscape": true, "units": 0 }, "connectors": [], "shapes": [ { "key": "0", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "verticalContainer", "text": "Development", "x": 720, "y": 720, "width": 10440.000000000002, "height": 7020, "childKeys": [ "1", "2", "4", "3" ] }, { "key": "1", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "verticalContainer", "text": "ASP.NET Team", "x": 1080, "y": 1440, "width": 2160, "height": 5760, "childKeys": [ "5", "6" ] }, { "key": "2", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "verticalContainer", "text": "Javascript Team", "x": 3600, "y": 1440, "width": 2160, "height": 5760, "childKeys": [ "7", "8" ] }, { "key": "3", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "verticalContainer", "text": "WPF Team", "x": 6120, "y": 1440, "width": 2160, "height": 5760, "childKeys": [ "9", "10", "11" ] }, { "key": "4", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "verticalContainer", "text": "WinForms Team", "x": 8640, "y": 1440, "width": 2160, "height": 5760, "childKeys": [ "12", "13" ] }, { "key": "5", "dataKey": "119", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Laurence\nLebihan", "x": 1440, "y": 2160, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "6", "dataKey": "120", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Elizabeth\nLincoln", "x": 1440, "y": 3600, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "7", "dataKey": "122", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Patricio\nSimpson", "x": 3960, "y": 2160, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "8", "dataKey": "123", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Francisco\nChang", "x": 3960, "y": 3600, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "9", "dataKey": "115", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Christina\nBerglund", "x": 6480, "y": 2160, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "10", "dataKey": "116", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Hanna\nMoos", "x": 6480, "y": 3600, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "11", "dataKey": "117", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Frederique\nCiteaux", "x": 6480, "y": 5040, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "12", "dataKey": "112", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Ana\nTrujillo", "x": 9000, "y": 2160, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 }, { "key": "13", "dataKey": "113", "locked": false, "zIndex": 0, "type": "rectangle", "text": "Antonio\nMoreno", "x": 9000, "y": 3600, "width": 1440, "height": 1080 } ] }