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Ortho edges ignore ports and enter nodes

Edges using splines=ortho ignore or misplace port specifications, so arrows miss node borders or penetrate nodes.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 4 July 2016 · last reported 20 April 2025

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What's going wrong

When graph authors combine orthogonal edge routing with HTML table ports or explicit head and tail ports, edges often end in the middle of a table, skip the named port, or cut through the node body.

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