React Flow Implementation

Quick Start

import { ReactFlow, useNodesState, useEdgesState, addEdge } from '@xyflow/react';
import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';

const initialNodes = [
  { id: '1', position: { x: 0, y: 0 }, data: { label: 'Node 1' } },
  { id: '2', position: { x: 200, y: 100 }, data: { label: 'Node 2' } },
];

const initialEdges = [{ id: 'e1-2', source: '1', target: '2' }];

export default function Flow() {
  const [nodes, setNodes, onNodesChange] = useNodesState(initialNodes);
  const [edges, setEdges, onEdgesChange] = useEdgesState(initialEdges);

  const onConnect = useCallback(
    (connection) => setEdges((eds) => addEdge(connection, eds)),
    [setEdges]
  );

  return (
    <div style={{ width: '100%', height: '100vh' }}>
      <ReactFlow
        nodes={nodes}
        edges={edges}
        onNodesChange={onNodesChange}
        onEdgesChange={onEdgesChange}
        onConnect={onConnect}
        fitView
      />
    </div>
  );
}

Core Patterns

TypeScript Types

import type { Node, Edge, NodeProps, BuiltInNode } from '@xyflow/react';

// Define custom node type with data shape
type CustomNode = Node<{ value: number; label: string }, 'custom'>;

// Combine with built-in nodes
type MyNode = CustomNode | BuiltInNode;
type MyEdge = Edge<{ weight?: number }>;

// Use throughout app
const [nodes, setNodes] = useNodesState<MyNode>(initialNodes);

Custom Nodes

import { memo } from 'react';
import { Handle, Position, type NodeProps } from '@xyflow/react';

// Define node type
type CounterNode = Node<{ count: number }, 'counter'>;

// Always wrap in memo for performance
const CounterNode = memo(function CounterNode({ data, isConnectable }: NodeProps<CounterNode>) {
  return (
    <>
      <Handle type="target" position={Position.Top} isConnectable={isConnectable} />
      <div className="counter-node">
        Count: {data.count}
        {/* nodrag prevents dragging when interacting with button */}
        <button className="nodrag" onClick={() => console.log('clicked')}>
          Increment
        </button>
      </div>
      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Bottom} isConnectable={isConnectable} />
    </>
  );
});

// Register in nodeTypes (define OUTSIDE component to avoid re-renders)
const nodeTypes = { counter: CounterNode };

// Use in ReactFlow
<ReactFlow nodeTypes={nodeTypes} ... />

Multiple Handles

// Use handle IDs when a node has multiple handles of same type
<Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="a" />
<Handle type="source" position<