Graph visualization with rust, petgraph and egui in its DNA.
This project represents a Widget
implementation for egui framework. It allows effortless interactive graph visualization with rust.
--- release v1.0.0 ---
The project is on the track to v1.0.0 and there will be some releases prior.
Now I am working on demo project for a wikipedia article connections demonstration. This project serves several goals: * usage demonstration of the widget; * demonstration of web-assembly compatibility; * find and polish final pre-release issues; * increase discoverability of the project.
Docs can be found here
First, let's define the BasicApp
struct that will hold the graph.
rust
pub struct BasicApp {
g: Graph<(), ()>,
}
Next, implement the new()
function for the BasicApp
struct.
rust
impl BasicApp {
fn new(_: &CreationContext<'_>) -> Self {
let g = generate_graph();
Self { g }
}
}
Create a helper function called generate_graph()
. In this example, we create three nodes with and three edges connecting them in a triangular pattern.
```rust
fn generate_graph() -> Graph<(), ()> {
let mut g: Graph<(), ()> = StableGraph::new();
let a = g.add_node(Node::new(egui::Vec2::new(0., SIDE_SIZE), ()));
let b = g.add_node(Node::new(egui::Vec2::new(-SIDE_SIZE, 0.), ()));
let c = g.add_node(Node::new(egui::Vec2::new(SIDE_SIZE, 0.), ()));
g.add_edge(a, b, Edge::new(()));
g.add_edge(b, c, Edge::new(()));
g.add_edge(c, a, Edge::new(()));
g
} ```
Now, lets implement the update()
function for the BasicApp
. This function creates a GraphView
widget providing a mutable reference to the graph, and adds it to egui::CentralPanel
using the ui.add()
function for adding widgets.
rust
impl App for BasicApp {
fn update(&mut self, ctx: &Context, _: &mut eframe::Frame) {
egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |ui| {
ui.add(&mut GraphView::new(&mut self.g));
});
}
}
Finally, run the application using the run_native()
function with the specified native options and the BasicApp
.
rust
fn main() {
let native_options = eframe::NativeOptions::default();
run_native(
"egui_graphs_basic_demo",
native_options,
Box::new(|cc| Box::new(BasicApp::new(cc))),
)
.unwrap();
}
You can further customize the appearance and behavior of your graph by modifying the settings or adding more nodes and edges as needed.
It is easy to add interactivity to the visualization. Just use SettingsNavigation
and SettingsInteraction
with constructor methods. You can also check basic interactive demo and comprehensive configurable demo for usage references and settings description.