Flowy

A javascript library to create pretty flowcharts with ease ✨

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Flowy makes creating WebApps with flowchart functionality an incredibly simple task. Build automation software, mind mapping tools, or simple programming platforms in minutes by implementing the library into your project.

Made by Alyssa X

Table of contents

• Features
• Installation
• Running Flowy
  • Initialization
  • Example
• Methods
  • Get the flowchart data
  • Delete all blocks

Features

Currently, Flowy supports the following:

• Responsive drag and drop
• Automatic snapping
• Block rearrangement
• Delete blocks
• Automatic block centering

You can try out the demo to see the library in action.

Installation

Adding Flowy to your WebApp is incredibly simple:

1. Include jQuery to your project
2. Link flowy.min.js and flowy.min.css to your project

Running Flowy

Initialization

flowy(canvas, ongrab, onrelease, onsnap, spacing_x, spacing_y);

Parameter	Type	Description
canvas	jQuery object	The element that will contain the blocks
ongrab	function (optional)	Function that gets triggered when a block is dragged
onrelease	function (optional)	Function that gets triggered when a block is released
onsnap	function (optional)	Function that gets triggered when a block snaps with another one
spacing_x	integer (optional)	Horizontal spacing between blocks (default 20px)
spacing_Y	integer (optional)	Vertical spacing between blocks (default 80px)

To define the blocks that can be dragged, you need to add the class .create-flowy

Example

HTML

<div class="create-flowy">The block to be dragged</div>
<div id="canvas"></div>

Javascript

var spacing_x = 40;
var spacing_y = 100;
// Initialize Flowy
flowy($("#canvas"), onGrab, onRelease, onSnap, spacing_x, spacing_y);
function onGrab(){
	// When the user grabs a block
}
function onRelease(){
	// When the user releases a block
}
function onSnap(){
	// When a block snaps with another one
}

Methods

Get the flowchart data

// As an object
flowy.output();
// As a JSON string
JSON.stringify(flowy.output());

The JSON object that gets outputted looks like this:

{
	"id": 1,
	"parent": 0,
	"data": [
		{
		"name": "blockid",
		"value": "1"
		}
	]
}

Here's what each property means:

Key	Value type	Description
id	integer	Unique value that identifies a block
parent	integer	The id of the parent a block is attached to (-1 means the block has no parent)
data	array of objects	An array of all the inputs within the selected block
name	string	The name attribute of the input
value	string	The value attribute of the input

Delete all blocks

To remove all blocks at once use:

flowy.deleteBlocks()

Currently there is no method to individually remove blocks. The only way to go about it is by splitting branches manually.

Feel free to reach out to me through email at hi@alyssax.com or on Twitter if you have any questions or feedback! Hope you find this useful 💜