Explore graphs visually.
Graph Explorer can load a diagram directly from the URL query string.
- Parameter:
dot=<urlencoded DOT text>
- Example:
https://<host>/diagrams/<projectId>?dot=<encodeURIComponent(dot)>
- Behavior on open:
- If any existing project’s persisted source exactly matches
dot
, that project opens. - Otherwise, a new project is created and initialized with
dot
.
- If any existing project’s persisted source exactly matches
Create a link from the UI:
- Toolbar link icon (top‑right)
- Commands palette entry: “Share URL”
Notes:
- The
dot
parameter usesencodeURIComponent
. Very large diagrams may produce long URLs; a compact format may be added later.
- Add support for Mermaid diagrams
- Improve performance
- I18n
- More precise DOT support
- Keyboard navigation
- Cloud storage
- User defined themes
- Documentation
- More examples
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