# Edge path styles

**Category:** Styling  
**Live demo:** https://xenolithengine.github.io/xenolith-graph/examples/edge-paths/  
**Frameworks shipped:** vanilla, react

## Description

Per-edge `pathStyle`: bezier (default Xen S-curve), smoothstep (rounded orthogonal), step (90° elbows), linear (straight). Set on construction or live via `editor.setEdgeOptions(id, { pathStyle })`. Same wire colour / animated dash / arrowhead contract regardless of shape.

## Source files

  - [vanilla] vanilla/edge-paths.ts
  - [vanilla] shared/edge-paths.ts
  - [react] demos/EdgePathsDemo.tsx
  - [react] shared/edge-paths.ts

## How to use this example

Open the live demo at https://xenolithengine.github.io/xenolith-graph/examples/edge-paths/ to interact with it in the browser. The same source files are
reproduced verbatim in the page so you can copy-paste into your own project. Every example is
self-contained — pick one, copy the files, install `@xenolithengine/graph-editor` + the relevant framework
adapter, and it runs.

## See also

- Full project docs: https://xenolithengine.github.io/xenolith-graph/llms.txt
- All examples (raw): https://xenolithengine.github.io/xenolith-graph/api/graphs.jsonl
- MCP tool catalog: https://xenolithengine.github.io/xenolith-graph/api/mcp-tools.json
- Repository: https://github.com/XenolithEngine/xenolith-graph