Graph theory (a.k.a. network) library for analysis and visualisation
Description
ccNetViz is a lightweight, high performance javascript library for large network graphs (see graph theory) visualization using WebGL. It enables custom styling of nodes and edges in css like way, curve edges, dynamic changes of the network, force-directed layout and basic graph interactivity. Used for example by Cell Collective project. ccNetViz is open source library available under GPLv3 License.
Basic Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>ccNetViz example</title>
<style type="text/css">
#container {
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
}
</style>
<script src="dist/ccNetViz.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="container"/>
<script>
var graph = new ccNetViz(document.getElementById('container'), {
styles: {
node: { texture: "images/node.png", label: { hideSize: 16 } },
edge: { arrow: { texture: "images/arrow.png" } }
}});
var nodes = [
{ label: "Hello" },
{ label: "World" },
{ label: "!" }
];
var edges = [
{ source: nodes[0], target: nodes[1] },
{ source: nodes[1], target: nodes[2] },
{ source: nodes[2], target: nodes[1] }
];
graph.set(nodes, edges, "force");
graph.draw();
</script>
</body>
</html>In-built support for the multiple layouts
Recommended layout is Force based.
Inbuilt support for multiple layouts such as the Force, Hierarchical, Circular, Spectral, Hive, Grid, Versinus.
Inbuilt support for two modifications of Tree layout.
- Graph layouts - live example
- Tree-specific layouts - live example
If you want to use one of our in-built layout ( see the https://github.com/HelikarLab/ccNetViz/tree/master/src/layout for list of all available ones ), pass it as second parameter into the set function such as:
graph.set(nodes, edges, "force"); //set the force layoutAdvanced Examples
- Advanced styling - live example
- Complex graphs - live example
- Mouse event on hover - live example
- Mouse events on move - live example
- Multi level - live example
- Styles - live example
- Using SDF fonts - live example
- User definied layout - live example
- Edges-to-edges support - live example
Documentation
ccNetViz(element, options)
Creates new ccNetViz graph renderer attached to canvas element specified as first argument, styled with styles defined in styles property of options parameter.
Example options
{
styles: {
background: { color: "rgb(0, 0, 0)" }, //background color of canvas, default: "rgb(255, 255, 255)"
node: { //predefined style
minSize: 8, //minimum size of node representation in pixels, default: 6
maxSize: 16, //maximum size of node representation in pixels, default: 16
color: "rgb(255, 0, 0)", //node color (combined with node image), default: "rgb(255, 255, 255)"
texture: "images/circle.png", //node image
label: {
hideSize: 16, //minimum size (height) for the label to be displayed
color: "rgb(120, 0, 0)", //label color, default: "rgb(120, 120, 120)"
font: { //label font
type: "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",
size: 15
}
}
},
edge: { //predefined style
width: 2, //edge width in pixels, default: 1
color: "rgb(86, 86, 86)", //edge color, default: "rgb(204, 204, 204)"
arrow: {
minSize: 6, //minimum size of arrow in pixels, default: 6
maxSize: 12, //maximum size of arrow, default: 12
aspect: 2, //aspect of arrow image, default: 1
texture: "images/arrow.png", //arrow image
hideSize: 2 //minimum size of arrow to be displayed
},
type: "line" //type of edge (supported types - "line", "dashed", "dotted", "chain-dotted")
},
nodeBlue: { //custom style
color: "rgb(0, 0, 255)"
},
nodeGiant: { //custom style
minSize: 16
},
nodeWithSmallBlueLabel: { //custom style
label: {
color: "rgb(0, 0, 255)",
font: { //label font
type: "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif",
size: 11
}
}
},
nodeWithSDFFont: { //custom style with rendering SDF fonts
label: {
color: "rgb(0, 0, 255)",
font: {
type: "sdf",
texture: "fonts/OpenSans-Regular.png", //SDF (Signed distance field) texture
metrics: "fonts/OpenSans-Regular.json", //SDF metrics
size: 15,
outlineColor: "rgb(0,255,255)" //color of outline - optional ( if it is not setted - background color would be used )
}
}
},
edgeWideYellow: { //custom style
width: 4,
color: "rgb(255, 255, 0)"
},
edgeWithWhiteArrow: { //custom style
arrow: {
color: "rgb(255, 255, 255)"
}
}
},
onChangeViewport: function(viewport){}, //called every time viewport changes
onLoad: function(){}, //called when graph loaded
getNodesCount(){}, //callback to use if you want to force nodes count into this library (used to calculate curve excentricity and other built in options), expecting number as return value
getEdgesCount(){}, //callback to use if you want to force edges count into this library (used to calculate curve excentricity and other built in options), expecting number as return value
onDrag: function(viewport){}, //drag event, disable original event in case of return false
onZoom: function(viewport){}, //zoom event, disable original event in case of return false
onClick: function(){}, //called on click on graph
onDblClick: function(){}, //called on double click on graph
passiveEvts: false //make mouse events passive for performance reasons ( default false )
}There are three predefined styles:
- node: default style used for all nodes
- edge: default style used for all edges
- background: default style used for canvas background
All default property values of these styles can be overriden (as in example above).
Besides overriding default styles (used for all nodes / edges) it is possible to define custom styles (like "nodeBlue" etc. in example above) and then use this style just for specified subsets of nodes / edges (see bellow how to define style for given node / edge). Property values specified for given custom style override default style values.
When you want to use SDF (signed distance field) fonts, you can use one of our predefined style from our github io page or generate your own with node-fontnik.
set(nodes, edges, layout)
Sets the data to be displayed by given ccNetViz instance. "nodes" argument is an array of objects describing graph nodes. Each node can have following properties:
- label (optional): text label for given node (displayed if node labels are enabled by node label style)
- x, y (optional): predefined position for given node (if "layout" argument is not specified these positions will be used for graph layout)
- color (optional): ccNetViz.color object defining color for this given node (use this in case of coloring each node separately, for coloring groups of nodes use color property of node style)
- style (optional): name of custom style class used for this node (for example: "nodeBlue" see above section for how to define custom styles)
"edges" argument is an array of objects describing directed graph edges. Each edge has following properties:
- source: pointer to given source node object
- target: pointer to given target node object
- style (optional): name of custom style class used for this edge
Optional "layout" argument defines layout used to render this graph. Possible values: "force", "random", "circular", "tree". If not specified, positions are taken from each node x, y properties.
find(x, y, radius, nodes, edges)
findArea(x1, y1, x2, y2, nodes, edges)
draw()
Renders current data.
resize()
Adjust graph for current canvas size.
resetView()
Reset zoom and panning.
setViewport(viewport)
Set graph viewport.
"viewport" argument is an object with keys to modify (all of keys are optional)
{
"x": 0.123, //x offset of viewport (number in range 0-1), optional
"y": 0.326, //y offset of viewport (number in range 0-1), optional
"size": 0.98, //size value of viewport (number in range 0-1) - the amount of original screen that is visible, optional
}cntShownNodes()
Get number of nodes
cntShownEdges()
Get number of edges
remove()
Clear graph and remove internal events from DOM.
nodes
Property to access nodes data of given graph. Use this just to read current values, for modification use "set" method instead.
edges
Property to access edges data of given graph. Use this just to read current values, for modification use "set" method instead.
This is the pipeline you should follow to make changes to ccNetViz:
- Fork ccNetViz repository e.g. from HeilikarLab. Start a server (such as Apache) with a path to the ccNetViz directory.
- Make changes to src/ tree.
- Run "$ npm update" to download needed packages.
- Build with "$ npm run build" on the ccNetViz root directory.
- Clear cache from browser if updates are not loading: e.g. in Chrome, go to settings->privacy->Clear Browsing Data->select only "Cache images and files" and click "Clear browsing data".
- Run a test page (e.g. anyone in examples/) at the browser to see the results.
- Commit changes to your fork and make a pull request e.g. on the repository you forked.
Notes:
- If the file tree does not get updated, there might be issues with the files you are trying to update. You can try: "$ ./node_modules/.bin/babel --presets=es2015 ./src//<the_new_file>.js" to get things working.
- You have to build the package (e.g. into dist/) to run new code, i.e. you cannot make changes to src/ tree and load them to the browser.
- E.g. in Chrome, it always reused the package from cache (ctrl+shift+r does not force it to reload recently built package), i.e. you have to clear the cache.