Edge Attribute Dialog Window

This graph editor dialog window is used to set the attributes of a particular edge in the graph (the one which is currently selected or the one over which the popup menu has been opened). The dialog items in this window reflect the currently supported edge attributes (refer to the term representation specification for details about edge attributes).

Note: This dialog window can also be used mouseless with keyboard operations.

Dialog Items of the Edge Attribute Window

• Direction
  This item specifies the use of arrows for an edge. By default, each edge has an arrow pointing to the child node. With this dialog item it is possible to let the edge pointing to the parent node, to both the parent and the child node or to omit the arrows for the currently selected edge. Note that the arrows are only a visual attribute of the edge and changing the edge direction does not manipulate the parent/child relationsships in the graph.

• Pattern
  This item specifies the pattern of the currently selected edge. An edge can be visualized with a solid (default), dotted, dashed, thick or double line.

• Head
  This item specifies the "arrow" head of the currently selected edge. An edge can be visualized with a filled arrow (default), arrow, filled circle or circle head.

• Color
  This item specifies the color of an edge which can be choosen from a palette of 24 colors. To modify the colors in the palette, double-click on a color to open the color editor.

• Apply
  Push button to accept the current settings of this dialog window. Without pressing Apply, modifications to these options are not considered by daVinci. For more convenience, the window remains open after pressing the Apply button, so use the Cancel button to close the window.

• Cancel
  Push button to close the edge attribute dialog without performing any action.

• Reset
  Push button to undo any modification to these attributes unless Apply is not pressed. So Reset goes back to the current settings.

• Help
  Push button to start the online help system with this page.