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I'd like to (optionally) see an arrow direction on edges. Most of the graphs I work with are directional. If I drag to try and create a back edge, it doesn't se

• djmeijer 4y ago
  +1 for arrows. Since the edges are directed I like the option (maybe default?) to render the edges as arrows. The flows just reads better in that way. It is a very nice tool with a lot of potential. At the moment I use tools like https://dreampuf.github.io/GraphvizOnline https://dreampuf.github.io/GraphvizOnline, knotend just adds the missing gui for editing with drag/drop and easy keyboard interaction. With arrow rendering as option and some basic way of styling (changing the background color is good enough for me, to distinguish different types of nodes) this can become my default tool for documenting flows. The dot file import and svg/dot file/mermaid export as very useful for creating flows, including the svg/mermaid in documentation files and using the dot file for archiving / future changes.
• escot 4y ago
  I agree, it's needed. It is one of several reasons that I need to rewrite the layout algo for both better positioning of nodes and edges (which makes drawing the arrow heads simpler since they won't overlap each other). In terms of back/forwards arrows -- the lines should be rendered differently if they are going from right to left (with a dashed line).