Coordinate System

When talking about the layout of a graph, we have to agree on how coordinates of graph elements are to be stored and interpreted. For the ELK graph, this is how it works:

Coordinate system reference.

The coordinates of most elements are relative to their parent element. There are a few exceptions:

  • Edge labels are relative to the coordinate system their edge is relative to.
  • Source points, bend points, and target points of edges are relative to the edge’s containing node. Following the usual containment conventions (as implemented in ElkGraphUtil) results in what is displayed in the image above.
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