connectionDefaults.content Object

Defines the label displayed on the connection path.

Example - customizing connection content

<div id="diagram"></div>
<script>
  $("#diagram").kendoDiagram({
    dataSource: [
      {id:"one", name:"One"},
      {id:"two", name:"Two"},
      {id:"five", name:"Five"},
    ],
    connectionsDataSource:[
      {from:"one", to:"two", label: "plus one"},
      {from:"one", to:"five", label: "plus three"}
    ],
    layout: "layered",
    connectionDefaults: {
      content: {
        color: "green",
        fontFamily: "Segoe UI",
        fontSize: 16,
        fontStyle: "italic",
        fontWeight: 200,
        template: "#: dataItem.label #"
      }
    }
  });
</script>

connectionDefaults.content.color String

The color of the connection content text.

connectionDefaults.content.fontFamily String

The font family of the connection content text.

connectionDefaults.content.fontSize Number

The font size of the connection content text.

connectionDefaults.content.fontStyle String

The font style of the connection content text.

connectionDefaults.content.fontWeight String

The font weight of the connection content text.

connectionDefaults.content.template String|Function

The template which renders the labels.

The fields which can be used in the template are:

• dataItem - the data item, in case a field has been specified

Example - showing values from the connectionDataSource in the connection labels

<div id="diagram"></div>
<script>
  var serviceRoot = "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/service";

  var shapesDataSource = {
    transport: {
      read: {
        url: serviceRoot + "/DiagramShapes",
        dataType: "jsonp"
      }
    },
    schema: {
      model: {
        fields: {
          id: { from: "Id", type: "number" },
          JobTitle: { type: "string" },
          Color: { type: "string" }
        }
      }
    }
  };

  var connectionsDataSource = {
    transport: {
      read: {
        url: serviceRoot + "/DiagramConnections",
        dataType: "jsonp"
      }
    },
    schema: {
      model: {
        id: "id",
        fields: {
          id: { from: "Id", type: "number" },
          from: { from: "FromShapeId", type: "number" },
          to: { from: "ToShapeId", type: "number" },
          fromX: { from: "FromPointX", type: "number" },
          fromY: { from: "FromPointY", type: "number" },
          toX: { from: "ToPointX", type: "number" },
          toY: { from: "ToPointY", type: "number" }
        }
      }
    }
  };

  $("#diagram").kendoDiagram({
    dataSource: shapesDataSource,
    connectionsDataSource: connectionsDataSource,
    layout: {
      type: "layered"
    },
    shapeDefaults: {
      content: {
        template: "#= dataItem.JobTitle #"
      },
      width: 200
    },
    connectionDefaults: {
      content: {
        template: "#: dataItem.from # - #: dataItem.to #"
      }
    },
    dataBound: onDataBound
  });

  function onDataBound(e) {
    var that = this;
    setTimeout(function () {
      that.bringIntoView(that.shapes);
    }, 0);
  }
</script>

connectionDefaults.content.text String

The static text displayed on the connection.

connectionDefaults.content.visual Function

A function returning a visual element to render for the content of a connection.

Example - using a content visual for connections

<div id="diagram"></div>
<script>
  $("#diagram").kendoDiagram({
    dataSource: [{
      "name" : "Telerik",
      "items": [
        {"name": "Kendo UI"},
        {"name": "NativeScript"}
      ]
    }],
    connectionDefaults: {
      content: {
        visual: function(e) {
          var g = new kendo.dataviz.diagram.Group({
            autoSize: true
          });
          var circle = new kendo.dataviz.diagram.Circle({
            width: 15,
            height: 15,
            fill: {
              color: "LimeGreen"
            }
          });
          var text = new kendo.dataviz.diagram.TextBlock({
            text: "Foo",
            fontSize: 16,
            x: 30
          });

          g.append(circle);
          g.append(text);
          return g;
        }
      }
    },
    layout: {
      type: "tree"
    }
  });
</script>