</TABLE>
As the figures suggest, the shapes <TT>rect</TT> and <TT>rectangle</TT> are synonyms for <TT>box</TT>, and <TT>none</TT> is a synonym for <TT>plaintext</TT>.
The shape <TT>plain</TT> is similar to these two, except that it also enforces 
<TT>width=0 height=0 margin=0</TT>, which guarantees that the actual size of the node is entirely determined by the label.
This is useful, for example, when using <A HREF=shapes.html#html>HTML-like labels</A>.
Also, unlike the rest, we have shown these three, as well as <TT>underline</TT>,
without <TT>style=filled</TT>
to indicate the normal use. If fill were turned on, the label text would
appear in a filled rectangle.
<P>
The geometries of polygon-based shapes are also affected
by the node attributes 
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:regular><TT>regular</TT></A>, 
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:peripheries><TT>peripheries</TT></A> and
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:orientation><TT>orientation</TT></A>.
If <TT>shape="polygon"</TT>, the attributes
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:sides><TT>sides</TT></A>, 
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:skew><TT>skew</TT></A> and
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:distortion><TT>distortion</TT></A> are also used.
If unset, they default to 4, 0.0 and 0.0, respectively.
The point shape is special in that it is
only affected by the <A HREF=attrs.html#d:peripheries><TT>peripheries</TT></A>, 
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:width><TT>width</TT></A> and
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:height><TT>height</TT></A> attributes.
<P>
Normally, the size of a node is determined by smallest width and height
needed to contain its label and image, if any, with a margin specified by
the <A HREF=attrs.html#d:margin><TT>margin</TT></A> attribute. The width
and height must also be at least as large as the sizes specified by the
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:width><TT>width</TT></A> and
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:height><TT>height</TT></A> attributes, which specify
the minimum values for these parameters. 
See the <A HREF=attrs.html#d:fixedsize><TT>fixedsize</TT></A> attribute
for ways of restricting the node size.
In particular, if <tt>fixedsize=shape</tt>, the node's shape will be fixed
by the <A HREF=attrs.html#d:width><TT>width</TT></A> and
<A HREF=attrs.html#d:height><TT>height</TT></A> attributes, and the shape
is used for edge termination, but both the shape and label sizes are used
preventing node overlap. For example, the following graph
<XMP>
digraph G {
  { 
    node [margin=0 fontcolor=blue fontsize=32 width=0.5 shape=circle style=filled]
    b [fillcolor=yellow fixedsize=true label="a very long label"]
    d [fixedsize=shape label="an even longer label"]
  }
  a -> {c d}
  b -> {c d}
}
</XMP>
yields the figure<BR>
<IMG SRC=fixed.gif>
<P>
Note that the label of the yellow node, with <tt>fixedsize=true</tt>, overlaps
the other node, where there is sufficient space for the gray node with
<tt>fixedsize=shape</tt>.
<P>
The shapes: <TT>note</TT>, <TT>tab</TT>, <TT>folder</TT>,
<TT>box3d</TT> and <TT>component</TT> were provided by Pander.
The synthetic biology shapes:
<TT>promoter</TT>,
<TT>cds</TT>,
<TT>terminator</TT>,
<TT>utr</TT>,
<TT>primersite</TT>,
<TT>restrictionsite</TT>,
<TT>fivepoverhang</TT>,
<TT>threepoverhang</TT>,
<TT>noverhang</TT>,
<TT>assembly</TT>,
<TT>signature</TT>,
<TT>insulator</TT>,
<TT>ribosite</TT>,
<TT>rnastab</TT>,
<TT>proteasesite</TT>,
<TT>proteinstab</TT>,
<TT>rpromoter</TT>,
<TT>rarrow</TT>,
<TT>larrow</TT> and
<TT>lpromoter</TT>
were contributed by Jenny Cheng.

<H2><A NAME=record>Record-based Nodes</A></H2>
<B>NOTE:</B> Please see the note about record-based nodes at the
<A HREF=#top>top</A> of this page. Also note that there are problems using 
non-trivial edges (edges with ports or labels) between adjacent
nodes on the same rank if one or both nodes has a record shape.
<P>
These are specified by shape values of "record" and "Mrecord".
The structure of a record-based node is determined by 
its <A HREF=attrs.html#d:label><TT>label</TT></A>,
which has the following schema:
  <TABLE>
  <TR><TD ALIGN=right><I>rlabel</I><TD>=<TD><I>field</I> ( '|' <I>field</I> )*</TR>
  <TR><TD ALIGN=right>where <I>field</I><TD>=<TD>fieldId</I> or '{' <I>rlabel</I> '}'</TR>
  <TR><TD ALIGN=right>and <I>fieldId</I><TD>=<TD> [ '<' <I>string</I> '>'] [ <I>string</I> ]</TR>
  </TABLE>
Braces, vertical bars and angle brackets must be escaped with
a backslash character if you wish them to appear as a literal character.
Spaces are interpreted as separators between tokens,
so they must be escaped if you want spaces in the text.
<P>
The first string in <I>fieldId</I> assigns a portname to the field and can 
be combined with the node name to indicate where to attach an edge
to the node. (See <A HREF=attrs.html#k:portPos>portPos</A>.)
The second string is used as the text for the field; it supports the usual
<A HREF=attrs.html#k:escString>escape sequences</A> &#92;n, &#92;l and &#92;r.
<P>
Visually, a record is a box, with fields represented by alternating
rows of horizontal or vertical subboxes. The Mrecord shape is identical
to a record shape, except that the outermost box has rounded corners.
Flipping between horizontal and vertical layouts is done by nesting
fields in braces "{...}". The top-level orientation in a record is
horizontal. Thus, a record with label "A | B | C | D" will have 4 fields 
oriented left to right, while "{A | B | C | D}" will have them 
from top to bottom and "A | { B | C } | D" will have "B" over "C", with
"A" to the left and "D" to the right of "B" and "C".
<P> 
The initial orientation of a record node depends on the
<A HREF="attrs.html#d:rankdir">rankdir</A> attribute. If this attribute
is <TT>TB</TT> (the default) or <TT>BT</TT>, corresponding to vertical
layouts, the top-level fields in a record are displayed horizontally.
If, however, this attribute is <TT>LR</TT> or <TT>RL</TT>, 
corresponding to horizontal layouts, the top-level fields are 
displayed vertically.
<P>
As an example of a record node, the dot input
<XMP>
digraph structs {
    node [shape=record];
    struct1 [label="<f0> left|<f1> mid&#92; dle|<f2> right"];
    struct2 [label="<f0> one|<f1> two"];
    struct3 [label="hello&#92;nworld |{ b |{c|<here> d|e}| f}| g | h"];
    struct1:f1 -> struct2:f0;
    struct1:f2 -> struct3:here;
}
</XMP>

yields the figure<BR>
<IMG SRC=record.gif>
<P>
If we add the line
<XMP>
    rankdir=LR
</XMP>
we get the layout<BR>
<IMG SRC=record2.gif>
<P>
If we change node <TT>struct1</TT> to have shape <TT>Mrecord</TT>,
it then looks like:<BR>
<IMG SRC=mrecord.gif>

<H2><A NAME="d:style">Styles for Nodes</A></H2>
The <A HREF=attrs.html#d:style><TT>style</TT></A>
attribute can be used to modify the appearance of a node.
At present, there are 8 style values recognized:
<TT>filled</TT>, <TT>invisible</TT>, <TT>diagonals</TT>, <TT>rounded</TT>.
<TT>dashed</TT>, <TT>dotted</TT>, <TT>solid</TT> and <TT>bold</TT>.
As usual, the value of the <A HREF=attrs.html#d:style><TT>style</TT></A>
attribute can be a comma-separated list of any of these. If the
style contains conflicts (e.g, <TT>style="dotted, solid"</TT>), the last
attribute wins.
<DL>
<DT><A NAME=d:filled></A><TT>filled</TT>
  <DD>This value indicates that the node's interior should be filled.
The color used is the node's <TT>fillcolor</TT> or, if that's not defined, its
<TT>color</TT>. For unfilled nodes, the interior of the node is transparent to
whatever color is the current graph or cluster background color.
Note that <TT>point</TT> shapes are always filled.
<P>
Thus, the code
<XMP>
digraph G {
  rankdir=LR
  node [shape=box, color=blue]
  node1 [style=filled] 
  node2 [style=filled, fillcolor=red] 
  node0 -> node1 -> node2
}
</XMP>
yields the figure<BR>
<IMG SRC=fill.gif>

<DT><A NAME=d:invisible></A><TT>invisible</TT>
  <DD>Setting this style causes the node not to be displayed at all.
Note that the node is still used in laying out the graph.

<DT><A NAME=d:diagonals></A><TT>diagonals</TT>
  <DD>The diagonals style causes small chords to be drawn near the vertices
of the node's polygon or, in case of circles and ellipses, two chords near
the top and the bottom of the shape. The special node shapes
<A HREF=#d:Msquare><TT>Msquare</TT></A>,
<A HREF=#d:Mcircle><TT>Mcircle</TT></A>, and
<A HREF=#d:Mdiamond><TT>Mdiamond</TT></A>
are simply an ordinary square, circle and
diamond with the diagonals style set.

<DT><A NAME=d:rounded></A><TT>rounded</TT>
  <DD>The rounded style causes the polygonal corners to be smoothed.
Note that this style also applies to record-based nodes. Indeed,
the <TT>Mrecord</TT> shape is simply shorthand for setting this style.
Also, prior to 26 April 2005, the rounded and filled styles were 
mutually exclusive.
<P>
As an example of rounding, dot uses the graph
<XMP>
digraph R {
  rankdir=LR
  node [style=rounded]
  node1 [shape=box]
  node2 [fillcolor=yellow, style="rounded,filled", shape=diamond]
  node3 [shape=record, label="{ a | b | c }"]

  node1 -> node2 -> node3
}
</XMP>
to produce the figure<BR>
<IMG SRC=round.gif>
<DT><A NAME=d:dashed></A><TT>dashed</TT>
  <DD>This style causes the node's border to be drawn as a dashed line.
<DT><A NAME=d:dotted></A><TT>dotted</TT>
  <DD>This style causes the node's border to be drawn as a dotted line.
<DT><A NAME=d:solid></A><TT>solid</TT>
  <DD>This style causes the node's border to be drawn as a solid line,
which is the default.
<DT><A NAME=d:bold></A><TT>bold</TT>
  <DD>This style causes the node's border to be drawn as a bold line.
See also <A HREF=attrs.html#d:penwidth>penwidth</A>.

</DL>

<P>
Additional styles may be available with a specific code generator.
