Improve Graph Rendering

RamonMeffert / elm-gossip

A user-friendly web tool for exploring dynamic gossip.

https://r3n.nl/elm-gossip/

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Improve Graph Rendering #15

Closed RamonMeffert closed 3 years ago

RamonMeffert commented 3 years ago

Consider rendering the first N agents in a circle to improve quality of rendered graph
Look at how GraphViz renders graph (probably very hard)
At the very least, make sure nodes do not overlap

RamonMeffert commented 3 years ago

This should also take into account the reworked graph data structure (#28), as currently edges can overlap (I think)

RamonMeffert commented 3 years ago

A possible improvement for this might be to use Graph.update when a change to the graph is made. I have a feeling this might keep nodes in the same positions. Not sure though

m4lvin commented 3 years ago

Some examples that are currently rendered with overlapping nodes:

Ab B bCd D dE (a "double bush")
Ab B bC D E F (some disconnected nodes)
A B abC abD abE abF (some nodes with the same links)

RamonMeffert commented 3 years ago

The library I'm using to render the graph, elm-visualization, just received a major update. Notably, they've added support for collision detection in force-directed graphs. This will solve this problem! I'll update to this new version when I find some time, hopefully soon.

RamonMeffert commented 3 years ago

Should be better now!