The yEd Graph Editor is based on the powerful yFiles diagramming library. yFiles is available for
- | HTML5/JavaScript, |
- | the Microsoft® .NET environment, and |
- | Java and JavaFX. |
Learn more about the integration of the powerful yFiles technology into your own apps and applications on our website.
The possibilities offered by the yEd Graph Editor and its essential concepts are explained in the section yEd First Steps.
Key Bindings and Mouse Interaction
yEd provides access to powerful layout algorithms. In Description of the available Layout Algorithms they are being described briefly.
In Description of the available Tools a brief overview of the supplied tools is given.
Graph elements offer a range of (e.g. graphical) properties; Properties of Nodes and Edges describes them briefly.
One of yEd's most exciting features is the ability to work with a graph hierarchy. Grouping Support contains more detailed information about this topic.
Auto Grouping allows to compute a grouping which is in accordance with one of several criteria.
yEd can open and save graphs from and to a number of different file formats. Furthermore, images can be created in common bitmap and vector graphic formats. In section File Formats, the supported formats are described in more detail.
Support for creating and working with Swimlane diagrams using specialized swimlane nodes and table nodes, respectively, is explained in Support for Swimlane Diagrams.
Creation of specialized UML nodes is explained in UML Support.
Editing attribute names in entity nodes is explained in Entity Relationship Diagrams.
yEd allows to import custom representations for nodes from various file formats.
It is possible to convert a node to a label and vice versa.
Custom properties are a flexible means for storing additional data with the elements of a graph. By default, however, they are not visible in the diagram. The Properties Mapper lets you change the visible properties of the nodes and edges in a graph according to their custom properties.