Wiki source code of Dynamic Label Sizing

Last modified by Richard Kreissig on 2023/09/14 10:19

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3.1	5	Labels of nodes, ports, and especially of edges can quickly become wider than we're comfortable with, causing diagram elements to increase in size to the point where the diagram becomes illegible. This page documents approaches we're exploring to tackle this problem.
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3.1	8	Contents
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	12	{{toc/}}
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	14	= Basic Ideas =
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	16	There's two basic approaches for dynamically adjusting the size of labels:
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	18	1. Wrapping. This strategy splits the label's text into multiple lines, thus decreasing the width, but increasing the height of the label.
	19	1. Abbreviating. This strategy shortens the label's text, thus effectively reducing its width and keeping the height constant.
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	21	These strategies can either be integrated with the layout algorithm or not. We will mostly be exploring how such strategies can be integrated into the layout algorithm.
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	23	= Integrating Dynamic Label Sizing With KLay Layered =
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	25	This is the status of support for dynamic label sizes of the different types of labels:
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	27	\|=(((
	28	Label Type
	29	)))\|=(((
	30	Status
	31	)))
	32	\|(((
	33	Node
	34	)))\|(((
5.1	35	unsupported
3.1	36	)))
	37	\|(((
	38	Port
	39	)))\|(((
5.1	40	Unsupported
3.1	41	)))
	42	\|(((
	43	Edge (Source)
	44	)))\|(((
5.1	45	Unsupported
3.1	46	)))
	47	\|(((
	48	Edge (Center)
	49	)))\|(((
5.1	50	Basic Support
3.1	51	)))
	52	\|(((
	53	Edge (Target)
	54	)))\|(((
5.1	55	Unsupported
3.1	56	)))
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	58	== Edge Labels (Center) ==
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	60	{{warning title="ToDo"}}
	61	Write this section.
	62	{{/warning}}