I'd like to use TB rankdir for my top-level graph, but LR rankdir within subgraphs. Is this possible? The commented-out rankdir in the subgraph doesn't do anything.
digraph G{
graph [compound=true]
subgraph "cluster_0" {
label=top
A->B->C
}
{ rank=source A B C}
subgraph "cluster_A" {
label = A_zoom
// rankdir=LR;
A1->A2->A3->A6->A7
A1->A4->A3->A5->A7
}
A->A1 [ltail="cluster_0" lhead="cluster_A"]
}
I would really appreciate any help!
Sorry, the rankdir attribute applies to the entire graph (https://graphviz.org/docs/attrs/rankdir/)
However, often there are graph-specific work-arounds:
digraph G{
graph [compound=true]
rankdir=LR;
subgraph clusterX{ // increase separation between the clusters
subgraph "cluster_0" {
label=top
A->B->C
}
peripheries=0 // hide this cluster, placed at end to prevent inheritance
}
//{ rank=source A B C}
subgraph "cluster_A" {
label = A_zoom
// rankdir=LR;
A1->A2->A3->A6->A7
A1->A4->A3->A5->A7
}
//A->A1 [ltail="cluster_0" lhead="cluster_A"]
A->A2 [ltail="cluster_0" lhead="cluster_A"]
}