ExamplesEdges

Reconnect Edge

An edge is reconnectable by dragging it to another handle if you are using the onReconnect handler prop. The handler gets called after the edge gets dropped to a new handle. You can use the reconnectEdge helper function to update your edges state accordingly.

import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import {
  ReactFlow,
  Background,
  useNodesState,
  useEdgesState,
  Controls,
  reconnectEdge,
  addEdge,
} from '@xyflow/react';
 
import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
 
 
const initialNodes = [
  {
    id: '1',
    type: 'input',
    data: {
      label: (
        <>
          Node <strong>A</strong>
        </>
      ),
    },
    position: { x: 250, y: 0 },
  },
  {
    id: '2',
    data: {
      label: (
        <>
          Node <strong>B</strong>
        </>
      ),
    },
    position: { x: 75, y: 0 },
  },
  {
    id: '3',
    data: {
      label: (
        <>
          Node <strong>C</strong>
        </>
      ),
    },
    position: { x: 400, y: 100 },
    style: {
      background: '#D6D5E6',
      color: '#333',
      width: 180,
    },
  },
  {
    id: '4',
    data: {
      label: (
        <>
          Node <strong>D</strong>
        </>
      ),
    },
    position: { x: -75, y: 100 },
  },
  {
    id: '5',
    data: {
      label: (
        <>
          Node <strong>E</strong>
        </>
      ),
    },
    position: { x: 150, y: 100 },
  },
  {
    id: '6',
    data: {
      label: (
        <>
          Node <strong>F</strong>
        </>
      ),
    },
    position: { x: 150, y: 250 },
  },
];
 
const initialEdges = [
  {
    id: 'e1-3',
    source: '1',
    target: '3',
    label: 'This edge can only be updated from source',
    reconnectable: 'source',
  },
  {
    id: 'e2-4',
    source: '2',
    target: '4',
    label: 'This edge can only be updated from target',
    reconnectable: 'target',
  },
  {
    id: 'e5-6',
    source: '5',
    target: '6',
    label: 'This edge can be updated from both sides',
  },
];
 
const EdgeReconnect = () => {
  const [nodes, setNodes, onNodesChange] = useNodesState(initialNodes);
  const [edges, setEdges, onEdgesChange] = useEdgesState(initialEdges);
  // gets called after end of edge gets dragged to another source or target
  const onReconnect = useCallback(
    (oldEdge, newConnection) =>
      setEdges((els) => reconnectEdge(oldEdge, newConnection, els)),
    [],
  );
  const onConnect = useCallback(
    (params) => setEdges((els) => addEdge(params, els)),
    [],
  );
 
  return (
    <ReactFlow
      nodes={nodes}
      edges={edges}
      onNodesChange={onNodesChange}
      onEdgesChange={onEdgesChange}
      snapToGrid
      onReconnect={onReconnect}
      onConnect={onConnect}
      fitView
      attributionPosition="top-right"
      style={{ backgroundColor: "#F7F9FB" }}
      >
        <Controls />
        <Background />
      </ReactFlow>
  );
};
 
export default EdgeReconnect;

A couple of properties interact with one another to determine whether an edge is updatable or not: