Labels in EJ2 JavaScript Diagram control
30 Jun 202415 minutes to read
Annotation
is a block of text that can be displayed over a node or connector. Annotation is used to textually represent an object with a string that can be edited at runtime. Multiple annotations can be added to a node/connector.
Create annotation
An annotation can be added to a node/connector by defining the annotation object and adding that to the annotation collection of the node/connector. The content
property of annotation defines the text to be displayed. The following code illustrates how to create a annotation.
var node = {
id: 'node1',
// Position of the node
offsetX: 100,
offsetY: 100,
// Size of the node
width: 100,
height: 100,
style: {
fill: '#6BA5D7',
strokeColor: 'white',
},
// Sets the Annotation for the Node
annotations: [
{
// Sets the text to be displayed
content: 'Annotation',
},
],
};
var connector = {
sourcePoint: {
x: 300,
y: 100,
},
targetPoint: {
x: 400,
y: 300,
},
type: 'Orthogonal',
style: {
strokeColor: '#6BA5D7',
},
// Sets the Annotation for the Connector
annotations: [
{
// Sets the text to be diaplayed
content: 'Annotation',
},
],
};
// initialize Diagram component
var diagram = new ej.diagrams.Diagram(
{
width: '100%',
height: '600px',
nodes: [node],
connectors: [connector],
},
'#element'
);
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Diagram</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-diagrams/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>
Add annotations at runtime
Annotations can be added at runtime by using the diagram method addLabels
. The following code illustrates how to add a annotation to a node.
The annotation’s id
property is used to define the name of the annotation and its further used to find the annotation at runtime and do any customization.
var node = {
// Position of the node
offsetX: 250,
offsetY: 250,
// Size of the node
width: 100,
height: 100,
style: { fill: '#6BA5D7', strokeColor: 'white' },
};
// initialize Diagram component
var diagram = new ej.diagrams.Diagram({
width: '100%', height: '600px', nodes: [node]
});
diagram.appendTo('#element');
document.getElementById('addAnnotation').onclick = () => {
var annotation = [{ id: 'label1', content: 'Annotation' }]
//Parameters of addLabels method
//1. Node - Node to add the annotation
//2. Annotation - Annotation to be added to the node
diagram.addLabels(diagram.nodes[0], annotation);
diagram.dataBind();
};
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Diagram</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-diagrams/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<input type="button" value="addAnnotation" id="addAnnotation" />
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>
Remove annotation
A collection of annotations can be removed from the node by using diagram method removeLabels
. The following code illustrates how to remove a annotation to a node.
var node = {
// Position of the node
offsetX: 250,
offsetY: 250,
// Size of the node
width: 100,
height: 100,
sstyle: { fill: '#6BA5D7', strokeColor: 'white' },
annotations: [
{
id: 'label1',
content: 'Annotation',
},
],
};
// initialize Diagram component
var diagram = new ej.diagrams.Diagram(
{
width: '100%',
height: '600px',
nodes: [node],
},
'#element'
);
document.getElementById('removeAnnotation').onclick = () => {
let annotation = diagram.nodes[0].annotations;
diagram.removeLabels(diagram.nodes[0], annotation);
};
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Diagram</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-diagrams/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<input type="button" value="removeAnnotation" id="removeAnnotation" />
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>
Update annotation at runtime
You can get the annotation directly from the node’s annotations collection property and you can change any annotation properties at runtime. To reflect the changes immediately, we need to call dataBind
.
The following code example illustrates how to change the annotation properties.
var node = {
// Position of the node
offsetX: 250,
offsetY: 250,
// Size of the node
width: 100,
height: 100,
sstyle: { fill: '#6BA5D7', strokeColor: 'white' },
annotations: [{ content: 'Annotation' }],
};
// initialize Diagram component
var diagram = new ej.diagrams.Diagram(
{
width: '100%',
height: '600px',
nodes: [node],
},
'#element'
);
document.getElementById('updateAnnotation').onclick = () => {
diagram.nodes[0].annotations[0].content = 'Updated Annotation';
diagram.dataBind();
};
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Diagram</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-diagrams/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/ej2-navigations/styles/fabric.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.1.48/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<input type="button" value="updateAnnotation" id="updateAnnotation" />
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>