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# Demos
## Basic flowchart
```
%% Example diagram
graph LR
A[Square Rect] -- Link text --> B((Circle))
A --> C(Round Rect)
B --> D{Rhombus}
C --> D
```
```mermaid
graph LR
A[Square Rect] -- Link text --> B((Circle))
A --> C(Round Rect)
B --> D{Rhombus}
C --> D
```
## Larger flowchart with some styling
```
%% Code for flowchart below
graph TB
sq[Square shape] --> ci((Circle shape))
subgraph A subgraph
od>Odd shape]-- Two line<br>edge comment --> ro
di{Diamond with <br/> line break} -.-> ro(Rounded<br>square<br>shape)
di==>ro2(Rounded square shape)
end
%% Notice that no text in shape are added here instead that is appended further down
e --> od3>Really long text with linebreak<br>in an Odd shape]
%% Comments after double percent signs
e((Inner / circle<br>and some odd <br>special characters)) --> f(,.?!+-*ز)
cyr[Cyrillic]-->cyr2((Circle shape Начало));
classDef green fill:#9f6,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
classDef orange fill:#f96,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
class sq,e green
class di orange
```
```mermaid
graph TB
sq[Square shape] --> ci((Circle shape))
subgraph A subgraph
od>Odd shape]-- Two line<br>edge comment --> ro
di{Diamond with <br/> line break} -.-> ro(Rounded<br>square<br>shape)
di==>ro2(Rounded square shape)
end
%% Notice that no text in shape are added here instead that is appended further down
e --> od3>Really long text with linebreak<br>in an Odd shape]
%% Comments after double percent signs
e((Inner / circle<br>and some odd <br>special characters)) --> f(,.?!+-*ز)
cyr[Cyrillic]-->cyr2((Circle shape Начало));
classDef green fill:#9f6,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
classDef orange fill:#f96,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
class sq,e green
class di orange
```
## Basic sequence diagram
```
%% Sequence diagram code
sequenceDiagram
Alice ->> Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
Bob-->>John: How about you John?
Bob--x Alice: I am good thanks!
Bob-x John: I am good thanks!
Note right of John: Bob thinks a long&lt;br/>long time, so long&lt;br/>that the text does&lt;br/>not fit on a row.
Bob-->Alice: Checking with John...
Alice->John: Yes... John, how are you?
```
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
Alice->> Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
Bob-->> John: How about you John?
Bob--x Alice: I am good thanks!
Bob-x John: I am good thanks!
Note right of John: Bob thinks a long<br/>long time, so long<br/>that the text does<br/>not fit on a row.
Bob-->Alice: Checking with John...
Alice->John: Yes... John, how are you?
```
## Loops, alt and opt
```
%% Sequence diagram code
sequenceDiagram
loop Daily query
Alice-&gt;&gt;Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
alt is sick
Bob-&gt;&gt;Alice: Not so good :(
else is well
Bob-&gt;&gt;Alice: Feeling fresh like a daisy
end
opt Extra response
Bob-&gt;&gt;Alice: Thanks for asking
end
end
```
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
loop Daily query
Alice->>Bob: Hello Bob, how are you?
alt is sick
Bob->>Alice: Not so good :(
else is well
Bob->>Alice: Feeling fresh like a daisy
end
opt Extra response
Bob->>Alice: Thanks for asking
end
end
```
## Message to self in loop
```
%% Sequence diagram code
sequenceDiagram
participant Alice
participant Bob
Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
loop Healthcheck
John->>John: Fight against hypochondria
end
Note right of John: Rational thoughts&lt;br/>prevail...
John-->>Alice: Great!
John->>Bob: How about you?
Bob-->>John: Jolly good!
```
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
participant Alice
participant Bob
Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
loop Healthcheck
John->>John: Fight against hypochondria
end
Note right of John: Rational thoughts<br/>prevail...
John-->>Alice: Great!
John->>Bob: How about you?
Bob-->>John: Jolly good!
```

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# Development: Updating the documentation
## Getting the development environment up
1. Fork the gh-pages branch in the the mermaid repository
2. Do npm install
## Working with the documentation
The html files are generated from the source and the markdown files in the docs folder. The site generation is done
using the docker.js framework with the command below.
```
docker -i ../mermaid/ -x "*git*|*travis*|*bin*|*dist*|*node_modules*|*gulp*|*lib*|*editor*|*conf*|*scripts*|*test*|*htmlDocs*" --extras mermaid -w -o htmlDocs
```
Thus ... One important thing to remember. * Do not edit the html files directly! * Those changes will be overwritten
when the site is re-generated.
## Committing the changes
Do a pull request to merge the changes to the site.
# Things to be done in order to add a new diagram type
## Step 1: Grammar & Parsing
### Grammar
This would be to define a jison grammar for the new diagram type. That should start with a way to identify that the text in the mermaid tag is a diagram of that type. Create a new folder under diagrams for your new diagram type and a parser folder in it. This leads us to step 2.
For instance:
* the flowchart starts with the keyword graph.
* the sequence diagram starts with the keyword sequenceDiagram
### Store data found during parsing
There are some jison specific sub steps here where the parser stores the data encountered when parsing the diagram, this data is later used by the renderer. You can during the parsing call a object provided to the parser by the user of the parser. This object can be called during parsing for storing data.
```
statement
: 'participant' actor { $$='actor'; }
| signal { $$='signal'; }
| note_statement { $$='note'; }
| 'title' message { yy.setTitle($2); }
;
```
In the extract of the grammar above, it is defined that a call to the setTitle method in the data object will be done when parsing and the title keyword is encountered.
**Note:** Make sure that the parseError function for the parser is defined and calling mermaidPAI.parseError this way a common way of detecting parse errors is provided for the end-user.
For more info look in the example diagram type:
The yy object has the following function:
```javascript
exports.parseError = function(err,hash){
mermaidAPI.parseError(err,hash);
};
```
when parsing the yy object is initialized as per below:
```javascript
var parser;
parser = exampleParser.parser;
parser.yy = db;
```
## Step 2: Rendering
Write a renderer that given the data found during parsing renders the diagram. To look at an example look at sequendeRenderer.js rather then the flowchart renderer as this is a more generic example.
Place the renderer in the diagram folder.
## Step 3: Detection of the new diagram type
The second thing to do is to add the capability to detect the new new diagram to type to the detectType in utils.js. The detection should return a key for the new diagram type.
## Step 4: The final piece - triggering the rendering
At this point when mermaid is trying to render the diagram, it will detect it as being of the new type but there will be no match when trying to render the diagram. To fix this add a new case in the switch statement in main.js:init this should match the diagram type returned from step number 2. The code in this new case statement should call the renderer for the diagram type with the data found by the parser as an argument.
# Usage of the parser as a separate module
## Setup
```
var graph = require('./graphDb');
var flow = require('./parser/flow');
flow.parser.yy = graph;
```
## Parsing
```
flow.parser.parse(text);
```
## Data extraction
```
// Javascript example
graph.getDirection();
graph.getVertices();
graph.getEdges();
```
The parser is also exposed in the mermaid api by calling:
```
var parser = mermaid.getParser();
```
Note that the parse needs a graph object to store the data as per:
```
flow.parser.yy = graph;
```
Look at graphDb.js for more details on that object.

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#Flowcharts - Basic Syntax
## Graph
This statement declares a new graph and the direction of the graph layout.
```
%% Example code
graph TD
```
This declares a graph oriented from top to bottom.
```mermaid
graph TD
Start --> Stop
```
```
%% Example code
graph LR
```
This declares a graph oriented from left to right.
Possible directions are:
* TB - top bottom
* BT - bottom top
* RL - right left
* LR - left right
* TD - same as TB
```mermaid
graph LR
Start --> Stop
```
## Nodes & shapes
### A node (default)
```
graph LR
id1
```
```mermaid
graph LR
id
```
Note that the id is what is displayed in the box.
### A node with text
It is also possible to set text in the box that differs from the id. If this is done several times, it is the last text
found for the node that will be used. Also if you define edges for the node later on, you can omit text definitions. The
one previously defined will be used when rendering the box.
```
graph LR
id1[This is the text in the box]
```
```mermaid
graph LR
id1[This is the text in the box]
```
### A node with round edges
```
graph LR
id1(This is the text in the box);
```
```mermaid
graph LR
id1(This is the text in the box)
```
### A node in the form of a circle
```
graph LR
id1((This is the text in the circle));
```
```mermaid
graph LR
id1((This is the text in the circle))
```
### A node in an asymetric shape
```
graph LR
id1>This is the text in the box]
```
```mermaid
graph LR
id1>This is the text in the box]
```
Currently only the shape above is possible and not its mirror. *This might change with future releases.*
### A node (rhombus)
```
graph LR
id1{This is the text in the box}
```
```mermaid
graph LR
id1{This is the text in the box}
```
## Links between nodes
Nodes can be connected with links/edges. It is possible to have different types of links or attach a text string to a link.
### A link with arrow head
```
graph LR
A-->B
```
```
graph LR;
A-->B
```
### An open link
```
graph LR
A --- B
```
```mermaid
graph LR;
A --- B
```
### Text on links
```
A-- This is the text --- B
```
or
```
A---|This is the text|B;
```
```mermaid
graph LR;
A-- This is the text ---B
```
### Dotted link
-.->
```mermaid
graph LR;
A-.->B;
```
### Dotted link with text
-. text .->
```mermaid
graph LR;
A-. text .-> B
```
### Thick link
==>
```mermaid
graph LR;
A ==> B
```
### Thick link with text
== text ==>
```mermaid
graph LR;
A == text ==> B
```
## Subgraphs
```
subgraph title
graph definition
end
```
An example below:
```
%% Subgraph example
graph TB
subgraph one
a1-->a2
end
subgraph two
b1-->b2
end
subgraph three
c1-->c2
end
c1-->a2
```
```mermaid
graph TB
c1-->a2
subgraph one
a1-->a2
end
subgraph two
b1-->b2
end
subgraph three
c1-->c2
end
```
## Interaction
It is possible to bind a click event to a node:
```
click nodeId callback
```
* nodeId is the id of the node
* callback is the name of a javascript function defined on the page displaying the graph, the function will be called with the nodeId as parameter.
## Styling and classes
### Styling links
It is possible to style links. For instance you might want to style a link that is going backwards in the flow. As links
have no ids in the same way as nodes, some other way of deciding what style the links should be attached to is required.
Instead of ids, the order number of when the link was defined in the graph is used. In the example below the style
defined in the linkStyle statement will belong to the fourth link in the graph:
```
linkStyle 3 stroke:#ff3,stroke-width:4px;
```
### Styling a node
It is possible to apply specific styles such as a thicker border or a different background color to a node.
```
%% Example code
graph LR
id1(Start)-->id2(Stop)
style id1 fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
style id2 fill:#ccf,stroke:#f66,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray: 5, 5;
```
```mermaid
graph LR
id1(Start)-->id2(Stop)
style id1 fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
style id2 fill:#ccf,stroke:#f66,stroke-width:2px,stroke-dasharray: 5, 5
```
#### Classes
More convenient then defining the style everytime is to define a class of styles and attach this class to the nodes that
should have a different look.
a class definition looks like the example below:
```
classDef className fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
```
Attachment of a class to a node is done as per below:
```
class nodeId1 className;
```
It is also possible to attach a class to a list of nodes in one statement:
```
class nodeId1,nodeId2 className;
```
#### Default class
If a class is named default it will be assigned to all classes without specific class definitions.
```
classDef default fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px;
```
## Graph declarations with spaces between vertices and link and without semicolon
* In graph declarations, the statements also can now end without a semicolon. After release 0.2.16, ending a graph statement with semicolon is just optional. So the below graph declaration is also valid along with the old declarations of the graph.
* A single space is allowed between vertices and the link. However there should not be any space between a vertex and its text and a link and its text. The old syntax of graph declaration will also work and hence this new feature is optional and is introduce to improve readability.
Below is the new declaration of the graph edges which is also valid along with the old declaration of the graph edges.
```
A[Hard edge] -->|Link text| B(Round edge)
B --> C{Decision}
C -->|One| D[Result one]
C -->|Two| E[Result two]
```
```mermaid
graph LR
A[Hard edge] -->|Link text| B(Round edge)
B --> C{Decision}
C -->|One| D[Result one]
C -->|Two| E[Result two]
```
## Configuration...
Is it possible to adjust the width of the rendered flowchart.
This is done by defining **mermaid.flowchartConfig** or by the CLI to use a json file with the configuration. How to use
the CLI is described in the mermaidCLI page.
mermaid.flowchartConfig can be set to a JSON string with config parameters or the corresponding object.
```
mermaid.flowchartConfig = {
width:100%;
};
```

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# Gant diagrams
> A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart, first developed by Karol Adamiecki in 1896, and independently by Henry Gantt in the 1910s, that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project.
Mermaid can render Gantt diagrams. The code snippet below:
```
%% Example of sequence diagram
gantt
title A Gantt Diagram
section Section
A task :a1, 2014-01-01, 30d
Another task :after a1 , 20d
section Another
Task in sec :2014-01-12 , 12d
anther task : 24d
```
Renders the following diagram:
```mermaid
gantt
title A Gantt Diagram
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
section Section
A task :a1, 2014-01-01, 30d
Another task :after a1 , 20d
section Another
Task in sec :2014-01-12 , 12d
anther task : 24d
```
# Syntax
```
%% Example with slection of syntaxes
gantt
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
title Adding GANTT diagram functionality to mermaid
section A section
Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
Future task : des3, after des2, 5d
Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d
section Critical tasks
Completed task in the critical line :crit, done, 2014-01-06,24h
Implement parser and jison :crit, done, after des1, 2d
Create tests for parser :crit, active, 3d
Future task in critical line :crit, 5d
Create tests for renderer :2d
Add to mermaid :1d
section Documentation
Describe gantt syntax :active, a1, after des1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page :after a1 , 20h
Add another diagram to demo page :doc1, after a1 , 48h
section Last section
Describe gantt syntax :after doc1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page : 20h
Add another diagram to demo page : 48h
```
Renders like below:
```mermaid
gantt
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
title Adding GANTT diagram functionality to mermaid
section A section
Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
Future task : des3, after des2, 5d
Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d
section Critical tasks
Completed task in the critical line :crit, done, 2014-01-06,24h
Implement parser and jison :crit, done, after des1, 2d
Create tests for parser :crit, active, 3d
Future task in critical line :crit, 5d
Create tests for renderer :2d
Add to mermaid :1d
section Documentation
Describe gantt syntax :active, a1, after des1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page :after a1 , 20h
Add another diagram to demo page :doc1, after a1 , 48h
section Last section
Describe gantt syntax :after doc1, 3d
Add gantt diagram to demo page : 20h
Add another diagram to demo page : 48h
```
### title
Tbd
## Sections statements
Tbd
## Setting dates
Tbd
### Date format
Tbd
#### Diagram definition
Input Example Description:
```
YYYY 2014 4 digit year
YY 14 2 digit year
Q 1..4 Quarter of year. Sets month to first month in quarter.
M MM 1..12 Month number
MMM MMMM January..Dec Month name in locale set by moment.locale()
D DD 1..31 Day of month
Do 1st..31st Day of month with ordinal
DDD DDDD 1..365 Day of year
X 1410715640.579 Unix timestamp
x 1410715640579 Unix ms timestamp
Input Example Description
H HH 0..23 24 hour time
h hh 1..12 12 hour time used with a A.
a A am pm Post or ante meridiem
m mm 0..59 Minutes
s ss 0..59 Seconds
S 0..9 Tenths of a second
SS 0..99 Hundreds of a second
SSS 0..999 Thousandths of a second
Z ZZ +12:00 Offset from UTC as +-HH:mm, +-HHmm, or Z
```
More info in: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/
#### Scale
```
%a - abbreviated weekday name.
%A - full weekday name.
%b - abbreviated month name.
%B - full month name.
%c - date and time, as "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y".
%d - zero-padded day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
%e - space-padded day of the month as a decimal number [ 1,31]; equivalent to %_d.
%H - hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
%I - hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].
%j - day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].
%m - month as a decimal number [01,12].
%M - minute as a decimal number [00,59].
%L - milliseconds as a decimal number [000, 999].
%p - either AM or PM.
%S - second as a decimal number [00,61].
%U - week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53].
%w - weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6].
%W - week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number [00,53].
%x - date, as "%m/%d/%Y".
%X - time, as "%H:%M:%S".
%y - year without century as a decimal number [00,99].
%Y - year with century as a decimal number.
%Z - time zone offset, such as "-0700".
%% - a literal "%" character.
```
More info in: https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Time-Formatting
## Styling
Styling of the a sequence diagram is done by defining a number of css classes. During rendering these classes are extracted from the
### Classes used
Class | Description
--- | ---
actor | Style for the actor box at the top of the diagram.
text.actor | Styles for text in the actor box at the top of the diagram.
actor-line | The vertical line for an actor.
messageLine0 | Styles for the solid message line.
messageLine1 | Styles for the dotted message line.
messageText | Defines styles for the text on the message arrows.
labelBox | Defines styles label to left in a loop.
labelText | Styles for the text in label for loops.
loopText | Styles for the text in the loop box.
loopLine | Defines styles for the lines in the loop box.
note | Styles for the note box.
noteText | Styles for the text on in the note boxes.
### Sample stylesheet
```
.grid .tick {
stroke: lightgrey;
opacity: 0.3;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.grid path {
stroke-width: 0;
}
#tag {
color: white;
background: #FA283D;
width: 150px;
position: absolute;
display: none;
padding:3px 6px;
margin-left: -80px;
font-size: 11px;
}
#tag:before {
border: solid transparent;
content: ' ';
height: 0;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -5px;
position: absolute;
width: 0;
border-width: 10px;
border-bottom-color: #FA283D;
top: -20px;
}
.taskText {
fill:white;
text-anchor:middle;
}
.taskTextOutsideRight {
fill:black;
text-anchor:start;
}
.taskTextOutsideLeft {
fill:black;
text-anchor:end;
}
```
## Configuration
Is it possible to adjust the margins for rendering the sequence diagram.
This is done by defining **mermaid.sequenceConfig** or by the CLI to use a json file with the configuration. How to use
the CLI is described in the mermaidCLI page.
mermaid.sequenceConfig can be set to a JSON string with config parameters or the corresponding object.
```
mermaid.ganttConfig = {
titleTopMargin:25,
barHeight:20,
barGap:4,
topPadding:75,
sidePadding:75
};
```
### Possible configration params:
Param | Descriotion | Default value
--- | --- | ---
mirrorActor|Turns on/off the rendering of actors below the diagram as well as above it|false
bottomMarginAdj|Adjusts how far down the graph ended. Wide borders styles with css could generate unwantewd clipping which is why this config param exists.|1

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mermaid
=======
![Alt text](../img/header.png)
Generation of diagrams and flowcharts from text in a similar manner as markdown.
Ever wanted to simplify documentation and avoid heavy tools like Visio when explaining your code?
This is why mermaid was born, a simple markdown-like script language for generating charts from text via javascript. [Try it using our editor](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/live_editor).
Code examples below:
```
%% An example of a flowchart
graph TD;
A-->B;
A-->C;
B-->D;
C-->D;
```
```
%% An example of a sequence diagram
sequenceDiagram
participant Alice
participant Bob
Alice->John: Hello John, how are you?
loop Healthcheck
John->John: Fight against hypochondria
end
Note right of John: Rational thoughts &lt;br/>prevail...
John-->Alice: Great!
John->Bob: How about you?
Bob-->John: Jolly good!
```
```
%% Example of a Gannt diagram
gantt
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
title Adding GANTT diagram functionality to mermaid
section A section
Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
Future task : des3, after des2, 5d
Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d
section Critical tasks
Completed task in the critical line :crit, done, 2014-01-06,24h
Implement parser and jison :crit, done, after des1, 2d
Create tests for parser :crit, active, 3d
Future task in critical line :crit, 5d
Create tests for renderer :2d
Add to mermaid :1d
```
Play with mermaid using this [editor](http://danielmschmidt.github.io/mermaid-demo/) or this [live editor](live_editor). You can also look at mermaid in action using [jsbin](http://jsbin.com/faxunexeku/1/edit?html,output).
## Further reading
* [Usage](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/usage.html)
* [Flowchart syntax](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/flowchart.html)
* [Sequence diagram syntax](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/sequenceDiagram.html)
* [Gantt chart syntax](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/gantt.html)
* [Mermaid client](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/mermaidCLI.html)
* [Editor](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/live_editor)
# Credits
Many thanks to the [d3](http://d3js.org/) and [dagre-d3](https://github.com/cpettitt/dagre-d3) projects for providing
the graphical layout and drawing libraries! Thanks also to the
[js-sequence-diagram](http://bramp.github.io/js-sequence-diagrams) project for usage of the grammar for the
sequence diagrams.
*Mermaid was created by Knut Sveidqvist for easier documentation.*
Knut has not done all work by himself, here is the full list of the projects [contributors](https://github.com/knsv/mermaid/graphs/contributors).

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# mermaid CLI
Installing mermaid globally (`npm install -g mermaid`) will expose the `mermaid` command to your environment, allowing you to generate PNGs from any file containing mermaid markup via the command line.
**Note:** The `mermaid` command requires [PhantomJS](http://phantomjs.org/) (version `^1.9.0`) to be installed and available in your *$PATH*, or you can specify it's location with the `-e` option. For most environments, `npm install -g phantomjs` will satisfy this requirement.
## Usage
```
$ mermaid --help
Usage: mermaid [options] <file>...
file The mermaid description file to be rendered
Options:
-s --svg Output SVG instead of PNG (experimental)
-p --png If SVG was selected, and you also want PNG, set this flag
-o --outputDir Directory to save files, will be created automatically, defaults to `cwd`
-e --phantomPath Specify the path to the phantomjs executable
-c --sequenceConfig Specify the path to the file with the configuration to be applied in the sequence diagram
-h --help Show this message
-v --verbose Show logging
--version Print version and quit
```
```
mermaid testGraph.mmd
```
## Sequence diagram configuration
The --sequenceConfig option allows overriding the sequence diagram configuration. It could be useful to increase the width between actors, the notes width or the margin to fit some large texts that are not well rendered with the default configuration, for example.
The content of the file must be a JSON like this:
```
{
"diagramMarginX": 100,
"diagramMarginY": 10,
"actorMargin": 150,
"width": 150,
"height": 65,
"boxMargin": 10,
"boxTextMargin": 5,
"noteMargin": 10,
"messageMargin": 35
}
```
These properties will override the default values and if a property is not set in this object, it will left it empty and could raise an error. The current properties (measured in px) are:
- diagramMarginX: Size of the empty space to add at the left-right of the diagram.
- diagramMarginY: Size of the empty space to add at the top-bottom of the diagram.
- actorMargin: Horizontal space between each participant. The arrows between them would have this size too.
- width: Width of the participant box.
- height: Height of the participant box.
- boxMargin: Blank area around loop boxes.
- boxTextMargin: Blank area between the text and the border in a loop box.
- noteMargin: Size of the empty space around a note.
- messageMargin: Space between messages
## CLI Known Issues
- SVG output currently does some replacement on text, as mermaid's SVG output is only appropriate for browsers. Text color and background color is not yet replicated; please use PNGs for most purposes until this is resolved.
- SVG output is decidedly non-standard. It works, but may cause issues in some viewers.

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title: Usage
order: 1
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#Installation
Either use the npm or bower package managers as per below:
```
bower install mermaid --save-dev
```
```
npm install mermaid --save-dev
```
Or download javascript files:
* [mermaid including dependencies](https://cdn.rawgit.com/knsv/mermaid/0.d.0/dist/mermaid.min.js)
There are some bundles to choose from:
* mermaid.js, mermaid.min.js This bundle contains everything you need to run mermaid
* mermaid.slim.js, mermaid.slim.min.js This bundle does not contain d3 which is usefull for sites that already have d3 in place
* mermaidAPI.js, mermaidAPI.min.js, This bundle does not contain the web integration provided in the other packages but has a render function instead returns svg code.
** Important: **
> It's best to use a specific tag or commit hash in the URL (not a branch). Files are cached permanently after the first request.
Read more about that at [https://rawgit.com/](https://rawgit.com/)
# Usage
Include mermaid on your web page:
```
&lt;script src=&quot;mermaid.min.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;script&gt;mermaid.initialize({startOnLoad:true});&lt;/script&gt;
```
Further down on your page mermaid will look for tags with ```class="mermaid"```. From these tags mermaid will try to
read the chart definiton which will be replaced with the svg chart.
A chart defined like this:
```
&lt;div class=&quot;mermaid&quot;&gt;
CHART DEFINITION GOES HERE
&lt;/div&gt;
```
Would end up like this:
```
&lt;div class=&quot;mermaid&quot; id=&quot;mermaidChart0&quot;&gt;
&lt;svg&gt;
Chart ends up here
&lt;/svg&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
```
An id is also added to mermaid tags without id.
## Calling `mermaid.init`
By default, `mermaid.init` will be called when the document is ready, finding all elements with
`class="mermaid"`. If you are adding content after mermaid is loaded, or otherwise need
finer-grained control of this behavior, you can call `init` yourself with:
- a configuration object
- some nodes, as
- a node
- an a array-like of nodes
- or W3C selector that will find your nodes
Example:
```
mermaid.init({noteMargin: 10}, ".someOtherClass");
```
Or with no config object, and a jQuery selection:
```
mermaid.init(undefined, $("#someId .yetAnotherClass"));
```
#Usage with browserify
Minimalistic javascript:
```
mermaid = require('mermaid');
```
#API usage
Include mermaid on your web page:
```
&lt;script src=&quot;mermaidAPI.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
mermaidAPI.initialize({
startOnLoad:false
});
$(function(){
var graphDefinition = 'graph TB\na-->b';
var graph = mermaidAPI.render(graphDefinition);
$("#graphDiv").html(graph);
});
&lt;/script&gt;
```
#Sample API usage with browserify
```
$ = require('jquery');
mermaidAPI = require('mermaid').mermaidAPI;
mermaidAPI.initialize({
startOnLoad:false
});
$(function(){
var graphDefinition = 'graph TB\na-->b';
var cb = function(html){
console.log(html);
}
mermaidAPI.render('id1',graphDefinition,cb);
});
```
# Example of marked renderer
This is the renderer used for transforming the documentation from markdown to html with mermaid diagrams in the html.
```
var renderer = new marked.Renderer();
renderer.code = function (code, language) {
if(code.match(/^sequenceDiagram/)||code.match(/^graph/)){
return '&lt;div class="mermaid">'+code+'&lt;/div>';
}
else{
return '&lt;pre>&lt;code>'+code+'&lt;/code>&lt;/pre>';
}
};
```
Another example in coffeescript that also includes the mermaid script tag into the generated markup.
```
marked = require 'marked'
module.exports = (options) ->
hasMermaid = false
renderer = new marked.Renderer()
renderer.defaultCode = renderer.code
renderer.code = (code, language) ->
if language is 'mermaid'
html = ''
if not hasMermaid
hasMermaid = true
html += '<script src="'+options.mermaidPath+'"></script>'
html + '<div class="mermaid">'+code+'</div>'
else
@defaultCode(code, language)
renderer
```
## Advanced usage
**Error handling**
When the parser encounters invalid syntax the **mermaid.parseError** function is called. It is possible to override this
function in order to handle the error in an application specific way.
**Parsing text without rendering**
It is also possible to validate the syntax before rendering in order to streamline the user experience. The function
**mermaid.parse(txt)** takes a text string as an argument and returns true if the text is syntactically correct and
false if it is not. The parseError function will be called when the parse function returns false.
The code-example below in meta code illustrates how this could work:
```js
mermaid.parseError = function(err,hash){
displayErrorInGui(err);
};
var textFieldUpdated = function(){
var textStr = getTextFromFormField('code');
if(mermaid.parse(textStr)){
reRender(textStr)
}
};
bindEventHandler('change', 'code', textFieldUpdated);
```