GraphElem

The GraphElem is the base class for all representations of graph elements: entities, junctors, groups and edges. This class has variables and methods common to all elements.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
`eid`	integer	Read only. Unique integer assigned to each GraphElem.
`isEntity`	boolean	Read only. Returns `False` (see Entity.)
`isJunctor`	boolean	Read only. Returns `False` (see Junctor.)
`isGroup`	boolean	Read only. Returns `False` (see Group.)
`isEdge`	boolean	Read only. Returns `False` (see Edge.)
`canHaveParent`	boolean	Read only. Returns `False` (see VertexElem.)
`hasParent`	boolean	Read only. Returns `True` if has parent.
`frame`	tuple	Read only. The element’s bounds as a tuple (left, top, width, height), or (0, 0, 0, 0) if the element is hidden in a collapsed group.
`annotation`	string or `None`	The annotation (note) of the element, an HTML document as a string, or None if the element has no note. If set to plain text, the font of the annotation defaults to Monospaced/12.
`isHiddenInCollapse`	boolean	Returns `True` if the element is in a collapsed group, otherwise `False`.
`hasAnnotation`	boolean	Returns `True` if the element has an annotation, otherwise `False`.
`annotationNumber`	integer	Read only. The annotation (note) number of the element, an integer, or zero if the element has no note.
`displayAnnotationNumber`	integer	Read only. The annotation (note) number of the element if note numbers are displayed as an integer, or zero if the element has no note or note numbers are not displayed.
`partFrames`	dictionary	Read only. A dictionary of tuples (x, y, width, height). The keys are Shape Part Types for visual elements that vary by GraphElem type and state.
`plainAnnotation`	string or `None`	Read only. the annotation (note) of the element as plain text, or None if the element has no note.
`annotationEditor`	TextEditor	Returns a TextEditor instance which allows for modification of the annotation, or None if the element has no note (variable is read only, the TextEditor itself can be modified).
`user`	dictionary	A dictionary containing user defined attributes (variable is read only, the dictionary itself can be modified) Example: `previousFacility = elem.user['facility']; elem.user['facility'] = 'Los Angeles'; del elem.user['careless']`