With the new
node.couple rule
selected, you will set the status and date properties in the Styling
Customizer. To set properties for the couple nodes:
-
Select the
node.couplerule in the Style Rules pane. -
In the Parameters tab of the Styling Customizer, set the status to
@status, as follows:- Right-click in the field.
- Click Enter an Expression.
- Delete the current value.
- Select
@statusfrom the list of available expressions. - Press Enter.
-
Set the start date to
@startdateand the end date to@enddatein the same way. -
Press Enter.
You can see the diagram change as you work, see the following
figure.
Customized couple nodes
The Couple symbol has been designed to change colors
according to the status: green for married couples, black for divorced
couples.
You can see that
person nodes
and couple nodes now look different to
represent the semantics of the data. You can see your new rules in
the node section of the Style Rules.