Question: is it possible to use different shapes for vertices?

[SashaVolushkova]

I see , that i can use css for change color, or label font. But it will be more better to use different shapes for different types of vertices. Is it possible? Thanks!

[k1ll1n]

This question has already been asked by the community, but there is no answer to it. https://github.com/brunomnsilva/JavaFXSmartGraph/issues/4

I’ll add on my own that I also tried replacing the vertices with some icons, which was also unsuccessful( https://github.com/brunomnsilva/JavaFXSmartGraph/issues/34

For this reason, we are waiting for a response from the author of the project.

[brunomnsilva]

Hi! This "request" is not new, but it needs some (maybe heavy) changes to the base code. I just released version 1.1 with minor improvements. I'll try to tackle this in the following days and see what can be done without straying from the library's main objective -> to visualize an underlying model.

Can you share with me your use cases, so I can have some direction?

[k1ll1n]

Hello @brunomnsilva! I'm planning to generate a map of geographic locations based on your JavaFXSmartGraph. Therefore, I need the ability to replace vertices with icons (svg or png) of cities and villages (perhaps some other options).

This is my use case for your JavaFXSmartGraph)

[SashaVolushkova]

@brunomnsilva , Hello! Cases: I use this tool to show event graph: services, events(as edges), topics. And I need to differ services and topics. Now I use css, but it will be nice to choose icon by some parameter in Vertex ( Graph<V, E>).

If you have any ideas, how to make it possible, I'll try to help (and try to make PR).

Thanks.

[brunomnsilva]

New shapes added to version 2.0.0-rc1! 😄

Regarding images, maybe they can be set to the background of the shapes. I'll have to look into it!

[brunomnsilva]

Closing this issue, as resolved.

For the background of shapes, see issue #34.