When connecting to a node, you can specify the anchor point of the connected node using NodeAnchor, which, together with the connection point ConnectionPoint, determines the starting and ending points of the edge.

• Starting point: Draw a reference line from the first path point or the center of the target node (when there is no path point) to the anchor point of the source node, and then calculate the intersection point of the reference line and the graph according to the intersection calculation method specified by connectionPoint, which is the starting point of the edge.
• Ending point: Draw a reference line from the last path point or the center of the source node (when there is no path point) to the anchor point of the target node, and then calculate the intersection point of the reference line and the graph according to the intersection calculation method specified by connectionPoint, which is the ending point of the edge.

X6 has built-in the following anchor point definitions.

• center The center point of the element connected to the edge (default value).
• top The top center point of the element connected to the edge.
• bottom The bottom center point of the element connected to the edge.
• left The left center point of the element connected to the edge.
• right The right center point of the element connected to the edge.
• midSide The center point of the nearest side of the element connected to the edge.
• topLeft The top-left corner of the element connected to the edge.
• topRight The top-right corner of the element connected to the edge.
• bottomLeft The bottom-left corner of the element connected to the edge.
• bottomRight The bottom-right corner of the element connected to the edge.
• orth The orthogonal point.
• nodeCenter The center point of the node.

You can specify the anchor point when creating an edge:

const edge = graph.addEdge({
  source: {
    cell: 'source-id',
    anchor: {
      name: 'midSide',
      args: {
        dx: 10,
      },
    },
  },
  target: {
    cell: 'target-id',
    anchor: 'orth', // Simplified writing when there are no parameters
  },
})

After creation, you can modify the anchor point by calling the edge.setSource and edge.setTarget methods:

edge.setSource({
  cell: 'source-id',
  anchor: {
    name: 'midSide',
    args: {
      dx: 10,
    },
  },
})

When creating a canvas, you can set the global default anchor point through the connecting option:

new Graph({
  connecting: {
    anchor: {
      name: 'midSide',
      args: {
        dx: 10,
      },
    },
  },
})

Simplified writing when there are no parameters:

new Graph({
  connecting: {
    anchor: 'midSide',
  },
})

Built-in Anchors

center

The center point of the element, supporting the following parameters:

top

The top center point of the element, supporting the following parameters:

bottom

The bottom center point of the element, supporting the following parameters:

left

The left center point of the element, supporting the following parameters:

right

The right center point of the element, supporting the following parameters:

midSide

The center point of the nearest side of the element, supporting the following parameters:

topLeft

The top-left corner of the element, supporting the following parameters:

topRight

The top-right corner of the element, supporting the following parameters:

bottomLeft

The bottom-left corner of the element, supporting the following parameters:

bottomRight

The bottom-right corner of the element, supporting the following parameters:

orth

The orthogonal point, supporting the following parameters:

nodeCenter

The center point of the node, supporting the following parameters:

Custom Anchors

An anchor point definition is a function with the following signature, returning an anchor point.

export type Definition<T> = (
  this: EdgeView,
  nodeView: NodeView,
  magnet: SVGElement,
  ref: Point.PointLike | SVGElement,
  args: T,
  type: Edge.TerminalType,
) => Point

After completing the anchor point definition, we register the anchor point:

Graph.registerAnchor('custom-anchor', ...)

After registration, we can use the anchor point by name:

new Graph({
  connecting: {
    anchor: {
      name: 'custom-anchor',
    },
  },
})