AngularJS

Label

28 Jun 201724 minutes to read

Label is a block of text that can be displayed over a node or connector. Label is used to textually represent an object with a string that can be edited at run time. You can add Multiple Labels to a node/connector.

Create Label

You can add a label to a node/connector by defining the label object and adding that to the labels collection of node/connector. The text property of label defines the text to be displayed. The following code illustrates how to create a Label.

<div ng-controller="diagramCtrl">
    <div>
        <ej-diagram id="diagramCore" e-height="500px" e-width="700px" e-nodes="nodes" e-connectors="connectors">
        </ej-diagram>
    </div>
</div>

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    //Initializes labels collection
    labels: [
        // Defines JSON to create a label
        {
            //Defines the text to be displayed
            text: "Label"
        }
    ]
}];
var connectors = [{
    name: "connector1",
    sourcePoint: {
        x: 200,
        y: 50
    },
    targetPoint: {
        x: 300,
        y: 150
    },
    segments: [{
        type: "orthogonal",
        length: 50,
        direction: "bottom"
    }],
    //Initializes labels collection
    labels: [
        //Defines JSON to create a label
        {
            //Defines the text to be displayed
            text: "Label",
            //Defines the background color of the text block
            fillColor: "white"
        }
    ]
}]

//Initializes Diagram
syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
    $scope.connectors = connectors;
});

To explore more label properties, refer to Label Properties.

Add Labels at runtime

Labels can be added at runtime by using the client side method addLabel. The following code illustrates how to add a label to a node.

var diagram = $("#sourceDiagram").ejDiagram("instance");

 // Defines JSON to create a label
 var label = {
     name: "label",
     text: "Node"
 };
 diagram.addLabel("node1", label);

 //Insert label at a specific index of labels collection
 var label = {
     name: "label",
     text: "New Label",
     offset: {
         x: 0.1,
         y: 0.1
     }
 };
 diagram.insertLabel("node1", label, 1);

Update Label at runtime

The client side API updateLabel is used to update the labels at run time.

The following code example illustrates how to change the label properties.

var diagram = $("#diagram").ejDiagram("instance");
var selectedObject = diagram.model.selectedItems.children[0];
diagram.updateLabel(selectedObject.name, selectedObject.labels[0], {
    text: "label",
    fillColor: "red"
});

Alignment

Label can be aligned relative to the node boundaries. It has margin, offset, horizontal and vertical alignment settings. It is quite tricky when all four alignments are used together but gives you more control over alignment.

Offset

The offset property of label is used to align the labels based on fractions. 0 represents top/left corner, 1 represents bottom/right corner, and 0.5 represents half of width/height.

The following image shows the relationship between the label position (black colored circle) and offset (fraction values).

Horizontal and vertical alignments

The horizontalAlignment property of label is used to set how the label is horizontally aligned at the label position determined from the fraction values. The verticalAlignment property is used to set how label is vertically aligned at the label position.

The following tables illustrates all the possible alignments visually with offset (0, 0).

Horizontal Alignment	Vertical Alignment	Output with Offset(0,0)
Left	Top
Center
Right
Left	Center
Center
Right
Left	Bottom
Center
Right

The following codes illustrates how to align labels.

var nodes = [{
        name: "node",
        width: 100,
        height: 100,
        offsetX: 100,
        offsetY: 100,
        borderColor: "black",
        fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
        labels: [{
            text: "Label",
            // Sets offset to label
            offset: {
                x: 0,
                y: 0.5
            },
            // Sets to align label horizontally relative to given offset 
            horizontalAlignment: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.HorizontalAlignment.Left,
            // Sets to align label vertically relative to given offset
            verticalAlignment: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.VerticalAlignment.Center,
            // Sets text alignment to label
            textAlign: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.TextAlign.Center
        }]
    }]
    //Initializes Diagram
    syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
        $scope.nodes = nodes;
    });

Label alignment with respect to Segments

segmentOffset and alignment properties of label allows you to align the connector labels with respect to the segments. In the following image, the labels are placed exactly over the segments regardless of its rectangular bounds.

Following code example illustrates how to align connector labels.

<div ng-controller="diagramCtrl">
    <div>
        <ej-diagram id="diagramCore" e-height="500px" e-width="700px" e-nodes="nodes" e-defaultsettings-node="defaultSettings.node" e-defaultsettings-connector="defaultSettings.connector">
        </ej-diagram>
    </div>
</div>

var nodes = [{
         name: "node1",
         width: 50,
         height: 40,
         offsetX: 200,
         offsetY: 200,
         labels: [{
             "text": "Task 1"
         }]
     },
     {
         name: "node2",
         width: 50,
         height: 40,
         offsetX: 400,
         offsetY: 200,
         labels: [{
             "text": "Task 2"
         }]
     }
 ];
 var connectors = [{
     name: "connector1",
     sourceNode: "node1",
     targetNode: "node2"
 }];

 //Initializes Diagram
 syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
     $scope.nodes = nodes;
     $scope.connectors = connectors;
     $scope.defaultSettings = {
         connector: {
             segments: [{
                 type: "orthogonal"
             }],
             // Sets labels for segments
             labels: [{
                 text: "0",
                 fontColor: "black",

                 // Aligns the label either top or left(before) of the connector segment
                 alignment: "before",

                 // Sets the position of the label with respect to the segment
                 segmentOffset: 0
             }, {
                 text: "1",
                 fontColor: "black",

                 // Aligns the label either bottom or right(after) of the connector segment
                 alignment: "after",

                 // Sets segmentOffset as 1
                 segmentOffset: 1,

                 // Enables boundaryConstraints for the label should be docked within the label bounds
                 boundaryConstraints: true,

             }],
             lineWidth: 2
         },
         node: {
             borderColor: "#000000",
             fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
             labels: [{
                 "fontColor": "black",
             }]
         },
     };
 });

By default, connector labels will be aligned with respect to the segments. The relativeMode property of label allows you to disable this segment specific label alignment. Following code example illustrates how to disable the segment specific label alignment.

var nodes = [{
         name: "node1",
         width: 50,
         height: 40,
         offsetX: 200,
         offsetY: 200,
         labels: [{
             "text": "Task 1"
         }]
     },
     {
         name: "node2",
         width: 50,
         height: 40,
         offsetX: 400,
         offsetY: 200,
         labels: [{
             "text": "Task 2"
         }]
     }
 ];
 var connectors = [{
     name: "connector1",
     sourceNode: "node1",
     targetNode: "node2",
     lineWidth: 2,
     segments: [{
         type: "orthogonal"
     }],

     // Sets labels for segments
     labels: [{
         text: "0",
         fontColor: "black",

         //Sets the relativeMode as segmentpath
         relativeMode: "segmentpath",
     }]
 }];

 syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
     $scope.nodes = nodes;
     $scope.connectors = connectors;
 });

Margin

Margin is an absolute value used to add some blank space in any one of its four sides. You can displace the labels with the margin property.
The following code example illustrates how to align a label based on its offset, horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment and margin values.

var nodes = [{
     name: "node",
     width: 100,
     height: 100,
     offsetX: 100,
     offsetY: 100,
     borderColor: "black",
     fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
     labels: [{
         text: "Label",
         offset: {
             x: 0.5,
             y: 1
         },
         horizontalAlignment: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.HorizontalAlignment.Center,
         verticalAlignment: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.VerticalAlignment.Top,
         //Sets margin to add label outside a node 
         margin: {
             top: 10
         }
     }]
 }];
 //Initializes Diagram
 syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
     $scope.nodes = nodes;
 });

Text Alignment

The textAlign property of label allows you to set how the text should be aligned (left, right, center, or justify) inside the text block. The following codes illustrate how to set textAlign for a label.

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    // Sets text alignment for a label
    labels: [{
        text: "Text Align is set as Left",
        textAlign: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.TextAlign.Left
    }]
}];

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
});

TextAlign	Image
Left
Right
Center
Justify

Wrapping

When text overflows node boundaries, you can control it by using text wrapping. So, it is wrapped into multiple lines. The wrapping property of label defines how the text should be wrapped. The following code illustrates how to wrap a text in a node.

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    //Enables Text-wrapping
    labels: [{
        text: "Label Text Wrapping",
        wrapping: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.TextWrapping.Wrap
    }]
}];

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
});

Values	Description	Image
NoWrap	Text will not be wrapped
Wrap	Text-wrapping occurs when the text overflows beyond the available node width.
WrapWithOverflow (Default)	Text-wrapping occurs when the text overflows beyond the available node width. However, the text may overflow beyond the node width in the case of a very long word.

Appearance

You can change the font style of the labels with the font specific properties(fontSize,fontFamily,fontColor.,). The following code illustrates how to customize the appearance of a label.

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    labels: [{
        text: "Label Text",
        //Sets styles to a label 
        fontSize: 12,
        fontFamily: "TimesNewRoman",
        fontColor: "black",
        bold: true,
        italic: true,
        textDecoration: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.TextDecorations.Underline
    }]
}];

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
});

The fill, border and opacity appearances of the text can also be customized with appearance specific properties of label.The following code illustrates how to customize background, opacity and border of a label.

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    labels: [{
        text: "Label Text",
        //Customizes background and borders of a label 
        fillColor: "white",
        borderColor: "black",
        borderWidth: 1,
        //Customize transparency of a label
        opacity: 0.7
    }]
}];

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
});

Drag

A Label can be displaced from its original position to any preferred location interactively. Dragging is disabled by default. You can enable label dragging with the constraints property of node/connector. The following code illustrates how to enable label dragging.

var nodeConstraints = ej.datavisualization.Diagram.NodeConstraints;
var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    //Enables Label Dragging for node.
    constraints: nodeConstraints.Default | nodeConstraints.DragLabel,
    labels: [{
        text: "Label Text"
    }]
}];

var connectorConstraints = ej.datavisualization.Diagram.ConnectorConstraints;
var connectors = [{
    name: "connector1",
    sourcePoint: {
        x: 200,
        y: 50
    },
    targetPoint: {
        x: 300,
        y: 150
    },
    segments: [{
        type: "orthogonal",
        length: 50,
        direction: "bottom"
    }],
    //Enables Label Dragging for connector. 
    constraints: connectorConstraints.Default | connectorConstraints.DragLabel,
    labels: [{
        text: "Label "
    }]
}];

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
    $scope.connectors = connectors;
});

Rotate

You can rotate the labels to any desired angle. Labels are rotated to the angle that is defined by the rotateAngle property of label. The following code illustrates how to rotate a label.

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    labels: [{
        text: "Label",
        //Sets label's rotation Angle
        rotateAngle: 45
    }]
}]

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
});

NOTE

There is no built-in support to rotate labels interactively.

Edit

Diagram provides support to edit a Label at runtime, either programmatically or interactively. By default, label is in View mode. But it can be brought to edit mode in two ways;

By double-clicking the label.
By selecting the item and pressing the F2 key.

Double-clicking any label will enables editing of that. Double-clicking the node enables first label editing. When the focus of editor is lost, the label for the node is updated.

You can programmatically edit the label by changing the mode of the label. The following code illustrates how to edit the label programmatically.

var diagram = $("#diagram").ejDiagram("instance");
var node = diagram.model.selectedItems.children[0];
//Sets label mode as Edit 
var options = {
    mode: ej.datavisualization.Diagram.LabelEditMode.Edit
};
diagram.updateLabel(node.name, node.labels[0], options);

Read Only labels

Diagram allows to create read only labels. You have to set the readOnly property of label to enable/disable the read only mode. The following code illustrates how to enable readOnly mode.

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    //Sets label as read-only
    labels: [{
        text: "Label",
        readOnly: true
    }]
}];

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
});

Multiple labels

You can add any number of labels to a node or connector. The following code illustrates how to add multiple labels to a node.

var nodes = [{
    name: "node",
    width: 100,
    height: 100,
    offsetX: 100,
    offsetY: 100,
    borderColor: "black",
    fillColor: "#1BA0E2",
    //Adds multiple labels to a node
    labels: [{
        text: "Left",
        offset: {
            x: 0.12,
            y: 0.1
        }
    }, {
        text: "Center",
        offset: {
            x: 0.5,
            y: 0.5
        }
    }, {
        text: "Right",
        offset: {
            x: 0.82,
            y: 0.9
        }
    }]
}];

syncApp.controller('diagramCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.nodes = nodes;
});

Limitation

To enable faster rendering, labels are rendered in a separate layer because of this, all the labels always stay on top. When two nodes are overlapped, text of underlying node is not hidden by the overlapped node.

Expected behavior	Current behavior