JavaScript/jQuery Diagram - How To
This section contains code samples that show how to use the Diagram UI component:
- Customize the Diagram component
- Restrict operations
Customize the Context Menu's Items
The example below demonstrates how to show default and custom commands in the context menu depending on the selected item:
- import React from 'react';
- import Diagram from 'devextreme-react/diagram';
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.diagramRef = React.createRef();
- this.onSelectionChanged = this.onSelectionChanged.bind(this);
- this.onCustomCommand = this.onCustomCommand.bind(this);
- }
- onSelectionChanged(e) {
- // Displays the "showGrid" and "snapToGrid" commands when a user selects no items
- if (e.items.length === 0)
- e.component.option("contextMenu.commands", ["showGrid", "snapToGrid"]);
- else
- // Displays the "fontName", "fontSize", and "selectShapes" commands when a user selects a shape
- if (e.items[0].itemType === "shape")
- e.component.option("contextMenu.commands", ["fontName", "fontSize", {name: "selectShapes", text: "Select All Shapes"}]);
- else
- // Displays the "connectorLineStart", "connectorLineEnd", and "selectConnectors" commands when a user selects a connector
- e.component.option("contextMenu.commands", ["connectorLineStart", "connectorLineEnd", {name: "selectConnectors", text: "Select All Connectors"}]);
- }
- onCustomCommand(e) {
- if (e.name == "selectShapes") {
- var shapes = e.component.getItems().filter(function(item) {
- return (item.itemType === "shape")
- });
- e.component.setSelectedItems(shapes);
- }
- if (e.name == "selectConnectors") {
- var connectors = e.component.getItems().filter(function(item) {
- return (item.itemType === "connector")
- });
- e.component.setSelectedItems(connectors);
- }
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <Diagram id="diagram" ref={this.diagramRef} onSelectionChanged={this.onSelectionChanged} onCustomCommand={this.onCustomCommand}>
- </Diagram>
- );
- }
- }
- export default App;
Specify a Command's Location on the Main Toolbar
Use the location property to set the location of a command or separator on the main toolbar. This property accepts one of the following values:
center
Places the command in the center of the main toolbar.before
Places the command before the central element(s).after
Places the command after the central element(s).
The Diagram UI component displays commands with the same location property value in the order in which you listed them. When the main toolbar cannot accommodate all commands, the component places excess commands in the overflow menu.
The example below demonstrates how to customize the main toolbar:
- import React from 'react';
- import Diagram, { HistoryToolbar, ViewToolbar, MainToolbar, Command, Toolbox } from 'devextreme-react/diagram';
- import { confirm } from 'devextreme/ui/dialog';
- import 'whatwg-fetch';
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.diagramRef = React.createRef();
- }
- onCustomCommand(e) {
- if(e.name === 'clear') {
- var result = confirm('Are you sure you want to clear the diagram? This action cannot be undone.', 'Warning');
- result.then(
- function(dialogResult) {
- if(dialogResult) {
- e.component.import('');
- }
- }
- );
- }
- }
- componentDidMount() {
- var diagram = this.diagramRef.current.instance;
- fetch('data/diagram-flow.json')
- .then(function(response) {
- return response.json();
- })
- .then(function(json) {
- diagram.import(JSON.stringify(json));
- })
- .catch(function() {
- throw 'Data Loading Error';
- });
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <Diagram id="diagram" ref={this.diagramRef} onCustomCommand={this.onCustomCommand}>
- <MainToolbar visible={true}>
- <Command name="undo" location="before" />
- <Command name="redo" location="before" />
- <Command name="separator" location="before" />
- <Command name="copy" location="center" />
- <Command name="paste" location="center" />
- <Command name="cut" location="center" />
- <Command name="separator" location="after" />
- <Command name="clear" icon="clearsquare" text="Clear Diagram" location="after" />
- </MainToolbar>
- <Toolbox visibility="hidden" />
- <HistoryToolbar visible={false} />
- <ViewToolbar visible={false} />
- </Diagram>
- );
- }
- }
- export default App;
Restrict Operations
The Diagram UI component raises the requestEditOperation event every time a user attempts an edit operation. This article contains code samples that demonstrate how to use this event's parameters to prohibit individual edit operations and customize a shape collection in the toolbox and context toolbox.
Refer to the following section for more information on the requestEditOperation event's parameters: Prohibit Individual Operations.
Prohibit Creating Loops
The example below demonstrates how to prevent users from connecting a shape to itself:
- import React from 'react';
- import Diagram from 'devextreme-react/diagram';
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.diagramRef = React.createRef();
- this.onRequestEditOperation = this.onRequestEditOperation.bind(this);
- }
- onRequestEditOperation(e) {
- if (e.operation === 'changeConnection')
- if (e.args.connector && e.args.connector.fromId === e.args.connector.toId)
- e.allowed = false;
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <Diagram id="diagram" ref={this.diagramRef} onRequestEditOperation={this.onRequestEditOperation}>
- </Diagram>
- );
- }
- }
- export default App;
Prohibit Adding Shapes Twice
The example below demonstrates how to prevent users from adding more than one shape of each type to a chart:
- import React from 'react';
- import Diagram, { ContextToolbox,} from 'devextreme-react/diagram';
- var currentShapeId;
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.diagramRef = React.createRef();
- this.onRequestEditOperation = this.onRequestEditOperation.bind(this);
- }
- onRequestEditOperation(e) {
- if (e.operation === 'addShape') {
- // Gets types of shapes the chart contains
- var itemsTypes = e.component.getItems().filter(function(item) {
- return (item.itemType === "shape") && (item.id !== e.args.shape.id);
- }).map(a => a.type);
- // Cancels the operation if the chart contains a shape with the same type as the shape that is about to be added
- if (itemsTypes.indexOf(e.args.shape.type) !== -1) {
- e.allowed = false;
- return;
- }
- }
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <Diagram id="diagram" ref={this.diagramRef} onRequestEditOperation={this.onRequestEditOperation} >
- </Diagram>
- );
- }
- }
- export default App;
See Also
Remove Shapes from Toolboxes
In the example below, the Diagram component updates the shape collection in the toolbox and context toolbox as follows:
- Removes a shape from these toolboxes after a user adds it to a chart
- Returns a shape to these toolboxes after a user deletes it from a chart
- import React from 'react';
- import Diagram from 'devextreme-react/diagram';
- var shapeCount;
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.diagramRef = React.createRef();
- this.onRequestEditOperation = this.onRequestEditOperation.bind(this);
- this.onOptionChanged = this.onOptionChanged.bind(this);
- }
- onOptionChanged(e) {
- // Detects changes of the Diagram model
- if (e.name === "hasChanges" && e.value) {
- e.component.option("hasChanges", false);
- var currentShapeCount = e.component.getItems().filter(function(item) {
- return (item.itemType ==="shape")
- }).length;
- // Updates the toolbox and context toolbox if a shape was added or deleted
- if (this.shapeCount !== currentShapeCount) {
- this.shapeCount = currentShapeCount;
- window.setTimeout(function() {
- e.component.updateToolbox();
- }, 0);
- }
- }
- }
- onRequestEditOperation(e) {
- if (e.operation === "addShapeFromToolbox") {
- e.component.getItems().forEach(function(item) {
- // Removes a shape from the toolboxes if the chart contains a shape of this type
- if (item.itemType === "shape" && item.type === e.args.shapeType)
- e.allowed = false;
- });
- }
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <Diagram id="diagram" ref={this.diagramRef} onRequestEditOperation={this.onRequestEditOperation} onOptionChanged={this.onOptionChanged}>
- </Diagram>
- );
- }
- }
- export default App;
See Also
Prohibit Moving Shapes Between Containers
The example below demonstrates how to prevent users from moving a shape from one container to another:
- import React from 'react';
- import Diagram, from 'devextreme-react/diagram';
- var containerIds = {};
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.diagramRef = React.createRef();
- this.onRequestEditOperation = this.onRequestEditOperation.bind(this);
- this.onSelectionChanged = this.onSelectionChanged.bind(this);
- }
- onRequestEditOperation(e) {
- if (e.operation === "moveShape")
- // Cancels the operation if a user moves a shape outside its container.
- if (containerIds[e.args.shape.id] !== e.args.shape.containerId)
- e.allowed = false;
- }
- onSelectionChanged(e) {
- e.component.getItems().forEach(item => {containerIds[item.id] = item.containerId;});
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <Diagram id="diagram" ref={this.diagramRef} onRequestEditOperation={this.onRequestEditOperation} onSelectionChanged={this.onSelectionChanged}>
- </Diagram>
- );
- }
- }
- export default App;
Customize Shape Collection in the Context Toolbox
The following example demonstrates how to hide shapes in the context toolbox depending on the connector's start node type:
- import React from 'react';
- import Diagram, { ContextToolbox,} from 'devextreme-react/diagram';
- var currentShapeId;
- class App extends React.Component {
- constructor(props) {
- super(props);
- this.diagramRef = React.createRef();
- this.onRequestEditOperation = this.onRequestEditOperation.bind(this);
- }
- onRequestEditOperation(e) {
- if (e.operation === 'changeConnection' && e.args.connector)
- // Gets the connector's start node identifier
- this.currentShapeId = e.args.connector.fromId;
- if (e.operation === 'addShapeFromToolbox') {
- // Gets the connector's start node type
- var currentShape = e.component.getItemById(this.currentShapeId);
- if (e.args.shapeType === 'terminator')
- // If the connector's start node type is "decision"
- if (currentShape && currentShape.type === 'decision')
- // Hides the "terminator" shape in the context toolbox
- e.allowed = false;
- }
- }
- render() {
- return (
- <Diagram id="diagram" ref={this.diagramRef} onRequestEditOperation={this.onRequestEditOperation} >
- <ContextToolbox shapeIconsPerRow={3} width={100} shapes={['process', 'decision', 'terminator']}>
- </ContextToolbox>
- </Diagram>
- );
- }
- }
- export default App;
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