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You can [ Add nodes to the canvas manually] ( #add-nodes-to-the-canvas-manually )
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as well as [ Add nodes and edges using a query] ( #add-nodes-and-edges-using-a-query ) .
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- Afterwards, you can also [ Add nodes and edges using a query based on a selection] ( #add-nodes-and-edges-using-a-query-based-on-a-selection ) .
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+ Afterwards, you can also [ Add nodes and edges using a query based on a selection] ( #add-nodes-and-edges-using-a-query-based-on-a-selection )
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+ as well as [ Remove nodes from the canvas] ( #remove-nodes-from-the-canvas ) .
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### The viewport
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@@ -153,6 +154,22 @@ The query has access to the current selection via special bind variables.
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7 . Enter a name and optionally a description for the action and click ** Save** .
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+ ### Remove nodes from the canvas
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+ You can dismiss nodes to show less nodes and edges on the canvas to focus on the
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+ relevant parts of the graph at a given time. This only changes what is displayed
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+ on the canvas. It doesn't delete the underlying documents and you can add the
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+ dismissed nodes and their edges back to the canvas later on.
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+ 1 . Decide which nodes you want to either dismiss or keep. You can select nodes
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+ in different ways:
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+ - Right-click a single node to select only this node.
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+ - Hold the ** Shift** or ** Ctrl** key and click multiple nodes or drag the
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+ mouse to perform a box selection, then right-click one of the selected nodes.
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+ 2 . In the context menu, click ** Dismiss _ n_ nodes** to hide the selected nodes,
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+ or click ** Dismiss other nodes** to only keep the selection.
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+ 3 . The canvas updates to only display the remaining nodes, with no dangling edges.
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### View node and edge properties
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You can inspect the document attributes of node or edge as follows:
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