This makes use of two tools, defined in their own files: ColumnResizingTool.js and RowResizingTool.js. Each tool adds an Adornment to a selected node that has a resize handle for each column or each row of a "Table" Panel. While resizing, you can press the Tab or the Delete key in order to stop the tool and restore the column or row to its natural size.

This sample also adds TwoWay Bindings to the RowColumnDefinition.width property for the columns. Each column width is stored in the corresponding index of the node data's "widths" property, which must be an Array of numbers. The default value is NaN, allowing the column to occupy its natural width. Note that there are no Bindings for the row heights.

The model data, automatically updated after each change or undo or redo:

See also the Add & Remove Rows & Columns sample.


GoJS Features in this sample

Table Panels

The "Table" Panel, Panel.Table, arranges objects in rows and columns. Each object in a Table Panel is put into the cell indexed by the value of GraphObject.row and GraphObject.column. The panel will look at the rows and columns for all of the objects in the panel to determine how many rows and columns the table should have. More information can be found in the GoJS Intro.

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Item Arrays

It is sometimes useful to display a variable number of elements in a node by data binding to a JavaScript Array. In GoJS, this is simply achieved by binding (or setting) Panel.itemArray. The Panel will create an element in the panel for each value in the Array. More information can be found in the GoJS Intro.

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Tools

Tools handle all input events, such as mouse and keyboard interactions, in a Diagram. There are many kinds of predefined Tool classes that implement all of the common operations that users do.

For flexibility and simplicity, all input events are canonicalized as InputEvents and redirected by the diagram to go to the Diagram.currentTool. By default the Diagram.currentTool is an instance of ToolManager held as the Diagram.toolManager. The ToolManager implements support for all mode-less tools. The ToolManager is responsible for finding another tool that is ready to run and then making it the new current tool. This causes the new tool to process all of the input events (mouse, keyboard, and touch) until the tool decides that it is finished, at which time the diagram's current tool reverts back to the Diagram.defaultTool, which is normally the ToolManager, again.

More information can be found in the GoJS Intro.

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GoJS Extensions

GoJS can be extended in a variety of ways. The most common way to change the standard behavior is to set properties on the GraphObject, Diagram, CommandHandler, Tool, or Layout. But when the desired property does not exist, you might need to override methods of CommandHandler, Tool, Layout, Link, or Node. Methods that you can override are documented in the API reference. Various features of GoJS can be overriden, either by replacing a method on an instance (a feature of JavaScript) or by defining a subclass. You should not modify the prototypes of any of the GoJS classes.

In addition to our samples, GoJS provides an extensions gallery, showcasing the creation of custom tools and layouts. Those classes and samples are written in TypeScript, available at ../extensionsJSM/, as ECMAScript/JavaScript modules -- these use the ../release/go-module.js library. We recommend that you copy the files that you need into your project, so that you can adjust how they refer to the GoJS library that you choose and so that you can include them into your own building and packaging procedures.

More information can be found in the GoJS Intro.

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Geometry Path Strings

The GoJS Geometry class controls the "shape" of a Shape, whereas the Shape.fill and Shape.stroke and other shape properties control the colors and appearance of the shape. For common shape figures, there are predefined geometries that can be used by setting Shape.figure. However one can also define custom geometries.

One can construct any Geometry by allocating and initializing a Geometry of at least one PathFigure holding some PathSegments. But you may find that using the string representation of a Geometry is easier to write and save in a database. Use the static method Geometry.parse or the Shape.geometryString property to transform a geometry path string into a Geometry object.

More information can be found in the GoJS Intro.

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