and a default label will not get the label interpreted as an html-like label.
If a node's <A HREF=#d:shape>shape</A> is record, then the label can
have a <A HREF=shapes.html#record>special format</A>
which describes the record layout.
+ <P>
+ Note that a node's default label is "\N", so the node's name or ID becomes
+ its label. Technically, a node's name can be an HTML string but this will not
+ mean that the node's label will be interpreted as an <a href="shapes.html#html">HTML-like label</a>. This is
+ because the node's actual label is an ordinary string, which will be replaced
+ by the raw bytes stored in the node's name.
+ To get an HTML-like label, the label attribute value itself must be an HTML string.
<DT><A NAME=d:labelURL HREF=#a:labelURL><STRONG>labelURL</STRONG></A>
<DD> If <B>labelURL</B> is defined, this is the link used for the label
In addition, all of these markups are
currently only available via the cairo and svg renderers.
The horizontal and vertical rules </EM>(<TT><HR></TT> and <TT><VR></TT>)
-<EM>are only available in versions
-later than 8 July 2011.
-</EM>
+<EM>are only available in versions later than 8 July 2011.</EM>
<P>
-<B>NOTE:</B><EM>For releases later than 9 September 2014, one can use <TT>shape=plain</TT> so that the size
+<B>NOTE:</B><EM>For releases later than 9 September 2014, one can use </EM><TT>shape=plain</TT> <EM>so that the size
of the node is totally determined by the label. Otherwise, the node's margin, width and height values may cause the
-node to be larger, so that edges are clipped away from the label. In effect, <TT>shape=plain</TT> is shorthand
-for <TT>shape=none width=0 height=0 margin=0</TT>.
+node to be larger, so that edges are clipped away from the label. In effect, </EM><TT>shape=plain</TT> <EM>is shorthand
+for </EM> <TT>shape=none width=0 height=0 margin=0</TT>.
<P>
If the value of a label attribute
(<A HREF=attrs.html#d:label><TT>label</TT></A> for nodes, edges, clusters, and
If a node's <A HREF=#d:shape>shape</A> is record, then the label can
have a <A HREF=shapes.html#record>special format</A>
which describes the record layout.
+<P>
+Note that a node's default label is "\\N", so the node's name or ID becomes
+its label. Technically, a node's name can be an HTML string but this will not
+mean that the node's label will be interpreted as an <a href="shapes.html#html">HTML-like label</a>. This is
+because the node's actual label is an ordinary string, which will be replaced
+by the raw bytes stored in the node's name.
+To get an HTML-like label, the label attribute value itself must be an HTML string.
:labelURL:E:escString:""; map,svg
If <B>labelURL</B> is defined, this is the link used for the label
of an edge. This value overrides any <A HREF=#d:URL>URL</A>