Sub Flow

React Flow supports rendering nested graphs and grouping of nodes. You can configure the behaviour of the child nodes using extent: 'parent' and render group elements without handles by passing type: 'group' to the node configuration. See our Sub Flow guide for more information.

import { useCallback } from 'react';
import {
  ReactFlow,
  addEdge,
  Background,
  useNodesState,
  useEdgesState,
  MiniMap,
  Controls,
} from '@xyflow/react';
 
import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
 
 
const initialNodes = [
  {
    id: '1',
    type: 'input',
    data: { label: 'Node 0' },
    position: { x: 250, y: 5 },
  },
  {
    id: '2',
    data: { label: 'Group A' },
    position: { x: 100, y: 100 },
    style: { width: 200, height: 200 },
    type: 'group',
  },
  {
    id: '2a',
    data: { label: 'Node A.1' },
    position: { x: 10, y: 50 },
    parentId: '2',
  },
  {
    id: '3',
    data: { label: 'Node 1' },
    position: { x: 320, y: 100 },
  },
  {
    id: '4',
    data: { label: 'Group B' },
    position: { x: 320, y: 200 },
    style: { width: 300, height: 300 },
    type: 'group',
  },
  {
    id: '4a',
    data: { label: 'Node B.1' },
    position: { x: 15, y: 65 },
    parentId: '4',
    extent: 'parent',
  },
  {
    id: '4b',
    data: { label: 'Group B.A' },
    position: { x: 15, y: 120 },
    style: {
      backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 0, 255, 0.2)',
      height: 150,
      width: 270,
    },
    parentId: '4',
  },
  {
    id: '4b1',
    data: { label: 'Node B.A.1' },
    position: { x: 20, y: 40 },
    parentId: '4b',
  },
  {
    id: '4b2',
    data: { label: 'Node B.A.2' },
    position: { x: 100, y: 100 },
    parentId: '4b',
  },
];
 
const initialEdges = [
  { id: 'e1-2', source: '1', target: '2', animated: true },
  { id: 'e1-3', source: '1', target: '3' },
  { id: 'e2a-4a', source: '2a', target: '4a' },
  { id: 'e3-4b', source: '3', target: '4b' },
  { id: 'e4a-4b1', source: '4a', target: '4b1' },
  { id: 'e4a-4b2', source: '4a', target: '4b2' },
  { id: 'e4b1-4b2', source: '4b1', target: '4b2' },
];
 
const NestedFlow = () => {
  const [nodes, setNodes, onNodesChange] = useNodesState(initialNodes);
  const [edges, setEdges, onEdgesChange] = useEdgesState(initialEdges);
 
  const onConnect = useCallback((connection) => {
    setEdges((eds) => addEdge(connection, eds));
  }, []);
 
  return (
    <ReactFlow
      nodes={nodes}
      edges={edges}
      onNodesChange={onNodesChange}
      onEdgesChange={onEdgesChange}
      onConnect={onConnect}
      className="react-flow-subflows-example"
      fitView
      style={{ backgroundColor: "#F7F9FB" }}
      >
        <MiniMap />
        <Controls />
        <Background color='#E6E6E6' />
      </ReactFlow>
  
  
  );
};
 
export default NestedFlow;

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