Node Appearance - Halo Size / Shape

The Node Appearance - Halo Size / Shape setting panel controls the size / shape of the translucent halos displayed behind node labels.

Node Type

The first column shows the node type which the controls in that row apply to.

Selecting a node in the graph or the tables while the setting dialog is visible will select the associated row in this table.

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Size Attribute

A numerical attribute loaded from the data, whose value type was specified as integer or decimal.
A dynamic attribute which usually have numeric values.
Constant: Indicates that all halos should have the same size rather than being proportional to a particular attribute.
The size of images displayed in the node label will be proportional to the Size Attribute * Multiplier.

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Multiplier

The multiplier value is applied to the size attribute to establish the size of the node halo.

The multiplier slider is proportional to an exponent of the multiplier value. Moving the slider left to right changes the multiplier value from 0.001 to 0.1 to 10 to 1,000

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Shape

By default halos are circular in shape, but you can use this dropdown to make them square or diamonds.

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Halo Visibility

This check box controls whether the halo is visible.

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