<chMax> (Maximum Children)

This element is used to indicate when to enable and disable the user interface components associated with adding a new shape to a diagram. This element defines a max number of nodes a diagram can support through the user interface directly.

example: 
<varLst>                         
	<chMax val="5"/>             
	<dir val="norm"/>            
	<resizeHandles val="exact" />
</varLst>

In this example we define the user interface to only be enabled to insert five nodes. ]

Parent Elements

<presLayoutVars> (§5.9.5.4); <varLst> (§5.9.2.31)

Attributes

Description

<val> (Maximum Children Value)

This attribute indicates the maximum number of children the node can have before the user interface should be disabled. A value of -1 indicates an infinite number of children. Default value is -1.

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_NodeCount simple type (§5.9.7.43).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_ChildMax">
	<attribute name="val" type="ST_NodeCount" default="-1" use="optional"/>
</complexType>