added variable link weights based on relationship importance

Link lines are thicker for links belonging to more important relationships. Thickness varies linearly from 3px to 12px. Removed dashed linked lines.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
index 59891b7a1..92696138e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionFreeForm/CollectionFreeFormLinkView.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
         const { A, B, LinkDocs } = this.props;
         const linkDoc = LinkDocs[0];
         if (SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() || !A.ContentDiv || !B.ContentDiv) return;
-        setTimeout(action(() => this._opacity = 1), 0); // since the render code depends on querying the Dom through getBoudndingClientRect, we need to delay triggering render()
+        setTimeout(action(() => this._opacity = 0.75), 0); // since the render code depends on querying the Dom through getBoudndingClientRect, we need to delay triggering render()
         setTimeout(action(() => (!LinkDocs.length || !linkDoc.linkDisplay) && (this._opacity = 0.05)), 750); // this will unhighlight the link line.
         const acont = A.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.LINK ? A.ContentDiv.getElementsByClassName("linkAnchorBox-cont") : [];
         const bcont = B.rootDoc.type === DocumentType.LINK ? B.ContentDiv.getElementsByClassName("linkAnchorBox-cont") : [];
@@ -175,15 +175,24 @@ export class CollectionFreeFormLinkView extends React.Component<CollectionFreeFo
 
     render() {
         if (!this.renderData) return (null);
+
         const { a, b, pt1norm, pt2norm, aActive, bActive, textX, textY, pt1, pt2 } = this.renderData;
         LinkManager.currentLink = this.props.LinkDocs[0];
         const linkRelationship = LinkManager.currentLink?.linkRelationship; //get string representing relationship
         const linkRelationshipList = Doc.UserDoc().linkRelationshipList as List<string>;
         const linkColorList = Doc.UserDoc().linkColorList as List<string>;
+        const linkRelationshipSizes = Doc.UserDoc().linkRelationshipSizes as List<number>;
+        const currRelationshipIndex = linkRelationshipList.indexOf(linkRelationship);
+
         //access stroke color using index of the relationship in the color list (default black)
-        const strokeColor = linkRelationshipList.indexOf(linkRelationship) == -1 ? "black" : linkColorList[linkRelationshipList.indexOf(linkRelationship)];
+        const strokeColor = currRelationshipIndex == -1 ? "black" : linkColorList[linkRelationshipList.indexOf(linkRelationship)];
+
+        //calculate stroke width/thickness based on the relative importance of the relationshipship (i.e. how many links the relationship has)
+        //thickness varies linearly from 3px to 12px for increasing link count
+        const strokeWidth: string = currRelationshipIndex == -1 ? "3px" : Math.floor(2 + 10 * (linkRelationshipSizes[currRelationshipIndex] / Math.max(...linkRelationshipSizes))) + "px";
+
         return !a.width || !b.width || ((!this.props.LinkDocs[0].linkDisplay) && !aActive && !bActive) ? (null) : (<>
-            <path className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkLine" style={{ opacity: this._opacity, strokeDasharray: "2 2", stroke: strokeColor }}
+            <path className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkLine" style={{ opacity: this._opacity, /*strokeDasharray: "2 2",*/ stroke: strokeColor, strokeWidth: strokeWidth }}
                 d={`M ${pt1[0]} ${pt1[1]} C ${pt1[0] + pt1norm[0]} ${pt1[1] + pt1norm[1]}, ${pt2[0] + pt2norm[0]} ${pt2[1] + pt2norm[1]}, ${pt2[0]} ${pt2[1]}`} />
             {textX === undefined ? (null) : <text className="collectionfreeformlinkview-linkText" x={textX} y={textY} onPointerDown={this.pointerDown} >
                 {StrCast(this.props.LinkDocs[0].description)}