MxGraph: Is it possible to display a graph in HTML without SVG?

Question

I am looking for a way to render a graph in HTML, exclusively using mxGraph Javascript, without using an SVG canvas. The user manual says:

mxGraph also includes a function that fully displays html, this limits the range of available functions, but is suitable for simpler diagrams. "

However, I tried the following without success:

var editor = new mxEditor();
var graph = new mxGraph(graphContElem, new mxGraphModel(), 'fastest'); // fastest maps to stricthtml
graph.setHtmlLabels(true);
graph.dialect = mxConstants.DIALECT_STRICTHTML;
editor.graph = graph;
editor.createGraph();

Adding this cell:

var prototype = new mxCell('<input type="text" value="test" />', new mxGeometry(0, 0, w, h), style);
prototype.setVertex(true);
... import cells ...

It leads to the following:

<svg style="width: 100%; height: 100%; display: block; min-width: 1px; min-height: 1px;">
...
    <g transform="translate(104,61)">
        <foreignObject style="overflow:visible;" pointer-events="all" width="173" height="19">
            <div style="display:inline-block;font-size:11px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica;color:#774400;line-height:1.2;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;text-align:center;">
                <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="display:inline-block;text-align:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;">
                    <input type="text" value="test">
                </div>
            </div>
        </foreignObject>
    </g>
    ...
</svg>

My goal is to develop a form editor; therefore, the graph cells will be HTML widgets or web components, such as, for example, input fields.

Is this possible with mxGraph? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

, mxGraph .