Port in ASP.NET MVC Diagram control
Diagram provides support to define custom ports for making connections.
When a connector is connected between two nodes, its end points are automatically docked to the node’s nearest boundary as shown in the following image.
Ports act as the connection points of the node and allows to create connections with only those specific points as shown in the following image.
Create port
Add ports when initializing nodes
To add a connection port, define the port object and add it to node’s ports collection. The offset property of port accepts an object of fractions and used to determine the position of ports. The following code illustrates how to add ports when initializing the node.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Syncfusion.EJ2.Diagrams;
using System.Drawing;
namespace EJ2MVCSampleBrowser.Controllers.Diagram {
public partial class DiagramController: Controller {
// GET: Nodes
public ActionResult Nodes() {
List < DiagramPort > ports1 = new List < DiagramPort > ();
ports1.Add(new CustomPort() {
Id = "port1", Shape = PortShapes.Circle,
Offset = new DiagramPoint() {
X = 0.5, Y = 0.5
}
});
List < DiagramNode > nodes = new List < DiagramNode > ();
nodes.Add(new Node() {
Id = "node1",
Width = 100,
Height = 100,
Style = new NodeStyleNodes() {
Fill = "#6BA5D7",
StrokeColor = "White"
},
text = "node1",
OffsetX = 100,
OffsetY = 100,
Ports = ports1
});
ViewBag.nodes = nodes;
return View();
}
}
public class Node: DiagramNode {
public string text;
}
}Add ports at runtime
Add ports at runtime by using the client-side method addPorts. The following code illustrates how to add ports to node at runtime.
The port’s ID property is used to define the unique ID for the port and its further used to find the port at runtime. If ID is not set, then default ID is automatically set.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Syncfusion.EJ2.Diagrams;
using System.Drawing;
namespace EJ2MVCSampleBrowser.Controllers.Diagram {
public partial class DiagramController: Controller {
// GET: Nodes
public ActionResult Nodes() {
List < DiagramNode > nodes = new List < DiagramNode > ();
nodes.Add(new Node() {
Id = "node1",
Width = 100,
Height = 100,
Style = new NodeStyleNodes() {
Fill = "#6BA5D7",
StrokeColor = "White"
},
text = "node1",
OffsetX = 100,
OffsetY = 100,
});
ViewBag.nodes = nodes;
return View();
}
}
public class Node: DiagramNode {
public string text;
}
}// Initialize port collection
var port= [{
id: 'port1',
offset: {
x: 0,
y: 0.5
},
visibility: PortVisibility.Visible
} {
id: 'port2',
offset: {
x: 1,
y: 0.5
},
visibility: PortVisibility.Visible
},
{
id: 'port3',
offset: {
x: 0.5,
y: 0
},
visibility: PortVisibility.Visible
},
{
id: 'port4',
offset: {
x: 0.5,
y: 1
},
visibility: PortVisibility.Visible
}
];
// Method to add ports through run time
diagram.addPorts(diagram.nodes[0], port);Remove ports at runtime
Remove ports at runtime by using client-side method removePorts. Refer to the following example which shows how to remove ports at runtime.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Syncfusion.EJ2.Diagrams;
using System.Drawing;
namespace EJ2MVCSampleBrowser.Controllers.Diagram {
public partial class DiagramController: Controller {
// GET: Nodes
public ActionResult Nodes() {
List < DiagramPort > ports1 = new List < DiagramPort > ();
ports1.Add(new CustomPort() {
Id = "port1", Shape = PortShapes.Circle, Offset = new DiagramPoint() {
X = 0, Y = 0.5
}, Visibility = PortVisibility.Visible
});
ports1.Add(new CustomPort() {
Id = "port2", Shape = PortShapes.Circle, Offset = new DiagramPoint() {
X = 1, Y = 0.5
}, Visibility = PortVisibility.Visible
});
ports1.Add(new CustomPort() {
Id = "port3", Shape = PortShapes.Circle, Offset = new DiagramPoint() {
X = 0.5, Y = 1
}, Visibility = PortVisibility.Visible
});
ports1.Add(new CustomPort() {
Id = "port4", Shape = PortShapes.Circle, Offset = new DiagramPoint() {
X = 1, Y = 1
}, Visibility = PortVisibility.Visible
});
List < DiagramNode > nodes = new List < DiagramNode > ();
nodes.Add(new Node() {
Id = "node1",
Width = 100,
Height = 100,
Style = new NodeStyleNodes() {
Fill = "#6BA5D7",
StrokeColor = "White"
},
text = "node1",
OffsetX = 100,
OffsetY = 100,
Ports = ports1
});
ViewBag.nodes = nodes;
return View();
}
}
public class Node: DiagramNode {
public string text;
}
}var ports = [{
id: 'port1',
}, {
id: 'port2',
}, {
id: 'port3',
}, {
id: 'port4',
}]
diagram.removePorts(diagram.nodes[0], ports);Update port at runtime
You can change any port properties at runtime and update it through the client-side method dataBind.
The following code example illustrates how to change the port properties.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Syncfusion.EJ2.Diagrams;
using System.Drawing;
namespace EJ2MVCSampleBrowser.Controllers.Diagram {
public partial class DiagramController: Controller {
// GET: Nodes
public ActionResult Nodes() {
List < DiagramPort > ports1 = new List < DiagramPort > ();
ports1.Add(new CustomPort() {
Id = "port1", Shape = PortShapes.Circle,
Offset = new DiagramPoint() {
X = 0.5, Y = 0.5
}
});
List < DiagramNode > nodes = new List < DiagramNode > ();
nodes.Add(new Node() {
Id = "node1",
Width = 100,
Height = 100,
Style = new NodeStyleNodes() {
Fill = "#6BA5D7",
StrokeColor = "White"
},
text = "node1",
OffsetX = 100,
OffsetY = 100,
Ports = ports1
});
ViewBag.nodes = nodes;
return View();
}
}
public class Node: DiagramNode {
public string text;
}
}diagram.nodes[0].ports[0].offset = {
x: 1,
y: 1
};
diagram.dataBind();Appearance
- The shape of port can be changed by using its shape property. To explore the different types of port shapes, refer to Port Shapes. If you need to render a custom shape, then you can set shape as path and define path using path data property of port.
- The appearance of ports can be customized by using
strokeColor,strokeWidth, andfillproperties of the port. - Customize the port size by using the
widthandheightproperties of port. - The ports
visibilityproperty allows you to define, when the port should be visible.
The following code illustrates how to change the appearance of port.
Offset
The offset property of port is used to align the port based on fractions. 0 represents top/left corner, 1 represents bottom/right corner, and 0.5 represents half of width/height.
Constraints
The constraints property allows to enable/disable certain behaviors of ports. For more information about port
constraints, refer to Port Constraints.