Default shapes

Shapes overview

The DHTMLX Diagram library provides you with a set of default types of shapes that you can use to build your diagram. The default shapes include:

• a set of the flow chart shapes

Tip: Use the name of the necessary shape as a value of the type attribute inside the shape object, while preparing a data set for loading into the diagram.

• the "card" type that is the default type of shapes in the org chart mode of Diagram. Each shape has a text and a colored header line. Shapes located on the same level have headers of identical color.

• the "img-card" type that can be used for adding shapes with images. Don't forget to provide images for cards via the img attribute of the shape object.

• the "topic" type that is the default type of shapes in the "mindmap" mode of Diagram. Each shape has a text and a colored border. The color of the outline depends on the level the shape belongs to.

note

Any of the above shapes can be added into the diagram of any mode ("default", "org", or "mindmap" one).

Setting the type of a shape

To set the type of a shape, use the type property inside the shape object while preparing a related JSON structure to load into the diagram:

const data = [
    { id: 1, x: 280, y: 0, text: "Start", type: "start" },
    { id: 2, x: 280, y: 120, text: "Read N", type: "output" },
    { id: 3, x: 280, y: 240, text: "M=1\nF=2", type: "process" },
    { id: 4, x: 280, y: 360, text: "F=F*M", type: "process" },
    { id: 5, x: 280, y: 480, text: "Is M=N?", type: "decision" }
];

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See the full list of configuration properties of a shape object. Do not add custom properties while creating data objects for default shapes.

Setting the default shape type

It is also possible to set the default type for all the shapes via the defaultShapeType attribute of the diagram config object:

const diagram = new dhx.Diagram("diagram_container", {
    type: "default", // or type: "org", or type: "mindmap" 
    defaultShapeType: "rectangle"
});
diagram.data.parse(data);

This value will be applied, if the configuration object of the shape doesn't contain the type property.