Hi,

Adjacent nodes can be distributed strictly horizontally or vertically only if you have chains of nodes of max.degree 2 (maximum number of connections per node). The GridLayout implements something of that kind for the general case where nodes can have arbitrary number of connections.

Stoyan

If all your nodes are indeed in chains of max degree 2, it's just a simple loop that starts from the node of degree one and sets the position of each next node in the chain so its Bounds.X values is set to the Bounds.Right of the previous node + some offset.

Hi Stoyan,

Thanks for the suggestion.

But there are few issues with such an arrangement.

1. I do not want the nodes which do not have any link to be effected anyway when I say "Distribute Horizontally" or "Distribute Vertically" there position should not be changed at present they are getting aligned with other nodes.

2. Also when I say "Distribute Horizontally" the vertical coordinates of the nodes should not get changed that should remain the same only the horizontal spacing between all the nodes which are connected through links should be same. Same applies to "Distribute Vertically" i.e when I say "Distribute Vertically" only the vertical spacing between the nodes connected by links should become equal, the horizontal coordinates of the nodes should not change they should be same as before the arrangement.

Any suggestions how I can accomplish these requirements.

Thanks and Regards,
Anant Shukla.