Hi All,


I have few node with labels attached to them in my diagram. I have a query regarding changing the position of the text corresponding to a node i.e when I select a node from the design and click on a button for say the button is labeled as "Top" the text corresponding to the selected node should get aligned top to the selected node. Can somebody please help me and tell how can I accomplish this task.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.

Hi Stoyan,

Thanks for the quick reply.

The query regarding the text alignment from my last post is been resolved with the help few discussions available on the forum. Can you please help me resolving few other issues which are as follows :-

1. I have few nodes in the diagram when I select multiple nodes from the diagram I need to highlight the last selected node so that it can be easily differentiated from other selected nodes.

2. Also in the same situation as described above i.e when I select multiple node from the diagram and click on a button from my design say labeled as "Align Left" then all the nodes other than the last selected one should get aligned left to the last selected node.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.

Hi Stoyan,

Again thanks for the quick reply. Yes your suggestions proved to be handy but I am facing few more issues please guide me through these issues

1. I have set the HandleStyle property for the node to "MoveOnly" in my diagram with this property set how can I highlight the last node selected in my diagram..

2. Also can you please elaborate on the suggestion provided by you in the last post of yours for the "Align Left" option for the selected nodes.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.

Hi Stoyan,

Thanks for the reply.

Yes surely the code snippet provided by you helped a lot in accomplishing the task and the query is resolved. But I have few more queries can you please guide me through those

1. Same as "Align Left" option in my previous queries I have now buttons say "Align Right" and "Align Bottom" upon clicking on which, as the name suggest, all the selected nodes except the last selected one will get aligned rightward and bottom with respect to the last selected node. I have written the following code for "Align Right" and "Align Bottom" button action respectively.

Align Right :

private void btnAlignRight_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
DiagramNode active = diagram.ActiveItem as DiagramNode;
if (active != null)
{
foreach (DiagramNode node in diagram.Selection.Nodes)
node.Move(active.Bounds.Right, node.Bounds.Y);
}
}

Align Bottom :

private void btnAlignBottom_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
DiagramNode active = diagram.ActiveItem as DiagramNode;
if (active != null)
{
foreach (DiagramNode node in diagram.Selection.Nodes)
node.Move( node.Bounds.X, active.Bounds.Bottom );
}
}

These codes align all the nodes to the bottom of the selected node including the last selected node which is not desired. The last selected node should remove stationary in both cases i.e align right and align top while all the other selected nodes should get aligned as desired.

2. Also can you please provide me a sample code for highlighting the last selected node when multiple nodes are selected from the diagram and the HandlesStyle property of the nodes is set to MoveOnly.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. It surely helped. Please help me through few more queries which are as follows :

1. There is a button in the diagram labeled as "Compact" which align all the nodes present in the diagram so that they all occupy minimum area and the X and Y axis distance between all the nodes on the same level of the hierarchy in the diagram is same.

2. There is another button on the diagram labeled as "Hierarchy" which align all the nodes on the same level together based on the links associated with the node and produce a hierarchical arranged node diagram where nodes from same hierarchy level are in one line and as the hierarchy of the nodes flows the nodes representation is the same.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.

Hi Stoyan,

I am kind of new to MindFusion so can you please provide a detailed solution or a sample code for the last query from me about the alignment issue.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.

Hi Stoyan,

Thanks again for the vital help.

I have used the GridLayout for the "Compact" button functionality and TreeLayout for the "Heirarchy" button functionality.

The code used by me is as follows :

GridLayout :

private void btnCompact_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
GridLayout gridLayout = new GridLayout();
gridLayout.GridSize = 75;
gridLayout.Arrange(diagram);
}

TreeLayout :

private void btnHierarchy_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{

TreeLayout treeLayout = new TreeLayout();
treeLayout.Type = TreeLayoutType.Cascading;
treeLayout.LevelDistance = 10;
treeLayout.KeepRootPosition = true;
treeLayout.Arrange(diagram);

}

The issues faced by me are as follows :

1. Each time i click the "Compact" button the nodes in the design gets aligned according to the present alignment of the nodes which is not desired. I just need the nodes to get aligned only once i.e only on the first click of the button and the alignment should be retained even when I click the "Compact" button again. Same is the issue with the TreeLayout.

2. I also tried the HorizontalVertical property in TreeLayout and it did nothing i.e each time I click on the "Heirarchy" button there was no effect on the alignment. The code I used for the purpose is as follows :

private void btnHierarchy_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{

TreeLayout treeLayout = new TreeLayout();
treeLayout.Type = TreeLayoutType.HorizontalVertical;
treeLayout.LevelDistance = 10;
treeLayout.KeepRootPosition = true;
treeLayout.Arrange(diagram);
}

Can you please tell me what is that I am missing in this and also for my requirements which of the property among available ones should I use .

3. Also the links gets bend while aligning the nodes in the Tree as well as Grid layout which is not desired any suggestions how I can prevent the bending of the links between the nodes while aligning them upon clicking the "Compact" and "Hierarchy" buttons.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.