yEd Graph Editor Manual

Flowchart Layout
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Flowchart Layout
T his is a hierarchical layout algorit hm t ailored f or Flowchart diagrams.
Amongst it s main dif f erences f rom a generic hierarchical layout are support
f or user-def ined direct ions of branch edges (out going edges of decision
nodes) and t weaks t o enf orce node alignment which produces a Flowchart -like
impression.

Since some of it s f eat ures are t riggered by specif ic symbols, t his layout
algorit hm works best wit h t he dedicat ed Flowchart symbols in t he
correspondent sect ion of t he palet t e.

Layout Settings
Orientation

Specif ies t he main orient at ion of t he layout .

T op t o Bot t om
T he main orient at ion will be f rom t op t o bot t om.
Lef t t o Right
T he main orient at ion will be f rom lef t t o right .

Positive (Negative) Branch Feature

Specif ies t he label t ext t hat ident if ies a posit ive (negat ive) branch, t hat is an
out going edge of a decision node.

Positive (Negative) Branch Direction

Specif ies t he direct ion of posit ive (negat ive) branches. T his direct ion is
relat ive t o t he orient at ion of t he layout , f or example, edges of direct ion Left in
Flow go t o t he right side f or Top to Bottom orient at ion and t o t he t op f or Left to
Right orient at ion.

In-Edge Grouping

Det ermines whet her incoming edges should be grouped or not . In Optimized
mode, t he incoming edges of a node are grouped if t here are t hree or more of
t hem, but t wo incoming edges are lef t alone.

Allow Flatwise Edges

In general, hierarchical layout algorit hms enf orce t hat t he end point s of an
edge do not belong t o t he same layer. If t his set t ing is enabled, t his algorit hm
allows such edges, t hat is, edges wit h horizont al direct ion f or Top to Bottom
orient at ion and wit h vert ical direct ion f or Left to Right orient at ion.

Minimum Node Distance

Det ermines t he minimum dist ance bet ween t wo nodes.

Minimum Edge Distance

Det ermines t he minimum dist ance bet ween t wo edges.

Minimum Pool Distance

Det ermines t he minimum dist ance bet ween t wo pool nodes.

Lane Insets

Det ermines t he minimal dist ance bet ween t he border of a swimlane and it s
cont aining element s.