Features of MindFusion.Diagramming for ASP.NET
A comprehensive list with the most important features of the control divided into sections. You can find further details about the component's features at the "API Overview" section in the online help.
The NetDiagram Component
- Redistribution is royalty free
- Assembly is strong-named
- Can be purchased with source code
- Is written in C#
User Interaction
- Several user interaction modes
- Scrolling and zooming
- Copy and paste items to/from the clipboard
- Panning
- Automatic scrolling while dragging items with the mouse
- Alignment to grid
- Multiple selection
- Tool-tips
- Docking points can be defined for nodes
- Undo / redo support
Programming
- Programmatic access to the diagram objects and selections
- Numerous properties for customizing appearance and behavior
- Numerous utility methods
- Path finding and cycle detection
- Rich event set
Store and Retrieve Diagrams into/from
- Files on disk
- .NET streams
- ASCII strings
- XML documents
Output
- To a JavaApplet running in a web page
- To an image with associated client side image map
- To HTML5 Canvas element
- Printing and print preview
- Create bitmap images
Import and Export
- Import Visio 2003 VDX files
- Import of Visio 2013 VSDX files
- Import of OpenOffice Draw ODG files
- Export images in BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG formats
- Export diagrams to PDF
- Export Visio 2003 VDX files
- Export Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) files
- Export Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
- Export Portable Document Format (PDF) files
Hierarchical Grouping
- Attaching nodes to other nodes
- Attaching nodes to link control points
- Attaching nodes to link segments
Diagram Elements
- More than 100 predefined node shapes
- Ability to define custom shapes and shape libraries
- Rotation of shapes at arbitrary angles
- Container nodes
- Tables with unlimited number of rows and columns
- Table cells can span several columns and rows
- Sections of table rows can be expanded or collapsed
- Links can comprise multiple segments
- Link segments can be straight lines or curves
- Support for custom node and link types
Automatic Layout
- Spring-Embedder graph layout
- Directional tree layout
- Radial tree layout
- Layered graph layout
- Grid layout
- Simulated Annealing graph layout
- Orthogonal graph layout
- Circular graph layout
- Orthogonal link router
- Tree map layout
- Decision flowchart layout
- Automatic link routing
Appearance
- Styles and themes
- Nodes can display images and text
- Various text alignment styles
- Text can be laid-out in polygonal areas
- Styled HTML-like text formatting
- Glass visual effects
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Custom painting of nodes
- Shadows
- User-assigned mouse cursors
- Z-order
- Rich choice of pen and brush styles
- Transparent nodes
- Invisible nodes
- Embossment and shadow dispersion visual effects
- A background lane grid
Behavior
- Lock diagram elements
- Read-only mode supported
- Tables can be scrolled
- Collapse and expand hierarchy branches
- In-place text editing
- Dynamic positioning of links relative to connected nodes
Link Diagram Items
- Nodes to nodes
- Table rows to table rows
- Nodes to table rows
- Unconnected links
Auxiliary Controls
- Overview control
- Shapes listbox
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