@dxos/plugin-explorer 0.9.1-main.c7dcc2e112 → 0.10.0

package/src/components/Visualization/index.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+export * from './Visualization';
+export * from './variants';

package/src/components/Visualization/variants.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { curveCatmullRom, line as d3Line } from 'd3';
+
+import { Obj } from '@dxos/echo';
+import {
+  CLUSTER_NODE_TYPE_LEAF,
+  CLUSTER_NODE_TYPE_ROOT,
+  GraphBundleProjector,
+  GraphClusterProjector,
+  GraphForceProjector,
+  GraphLatticeProjector,
+  type GraphLayout,
+  type GraphLayoutEdge,
+  type GraphLayoutNode,
+  GraphPlexusProjector,
+  type GraphProjector,
+  GraphSwarmProjector,
+  GraphTreeProjector,
+  PLEXUS_NODE_TYPE_FOCUS,
+  PLEXUS_NODE_TYPE_RELATION,
+  type PlexusRelation,
+  type RenderNode,
+  type SVGContext,
+  type SwarmNode,
+  TREE_NODE_TYPE_INBOUND,
+  TREE_NODE_TYPE_ROOT,
+  appendRadialGroupLabel,
+  appendRadialLeafLabel,
+  appendRootLabel,
+} from '@dxos/react-ui-graph';
+import { type SpaceGraphNode } from '@dxos/schema';
+
+import { getNodeFillForObject } from '../../util';
+
+/** Variants offered in the main `ExplorerArticle` toolbar. */
+export type ExplorerArticleVariant = 'force' | 'cluster' | 'bundle' | 'lattice' | 'swarm' | 'plexus';
+
+/** All variant ids, including companion-only variants not shown in the toolbar (e.g. `neighborhood`). */
+export type VisualizationVariantId = ExplorerArticleVariant | 'neighborhood';
+
+/** Options threaded to a variant's projector factory when (re)creating the live projector. */
+export type CreateProjectorOptions = {
+  /** Focus node id; centres ego/plexus layouts and (for plexus) dispatches to its focused layout. */
+  focusId?: string;
+  /** Layout snapshot from the outgoing projector so the new one animates from the prior positions. */
+  prev?: GraphLayout<SpaceGraphNode>;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Self-contained definition of a single visualization variant. Collecting the projector factory,
+ * node renderer, per-tick hook, and interaction flags in one record keeps each variant composable:
+ * adding or changing a variant touches exactly one entry rather than several parallel switches.
+ */
+export type VisualizationVariant = {
+  value: VisualizationVariantId;
+  /** Toolbar icon. */
+  icon: string;
+  /** Toolbar label / aria-label. */
+  label: string;
+  /** Build the projector that drives this variant's layout. */
+  createProjector: (ctx: SVGContext, options: CreateProjectorOptions) => GraphProjector<SpaceGraphNode>;
+  /** Append the SVG for a single node; omitted variants fall back to the renderer default. */
+  renderNode?: RenderNode<SpaceGraphNode>;
+  /** Per-tick post-transform hook (swarm tail trails). */
+  applyNode?: (group: SVGGElement, node: GraphLayoutNode<SpaceGraphNode>) => void;
+  /** Enable node dragging (force only). */
+  drag?: boolean;
+  /** Highlight connected nodes on hover (bundle only). */
+  highlightOnHover?: boolean;
+  /** Edge opacity override; omitted uses the renderer default. */
+  edgeOpacity?: number;
+  /** Clicking an object node focuses on it (plexus only). */
+  focusable?: boolean;
+  /** Track the cursor in model coordinates for boid avoidance (swarm only). */
+  trackPointer?: boolean;
+  /** Emit `onNodeHover` for preview popovers (every variant except plexus). */
+  emitsHover?: boolean;
+};
+
+/** Cross-variant tween duration. Matches the renderer's edge fade timing so node movement and edge enter/exit complete together. */
+const TWEEN_MS = 500;
+
+/** Fade-in duration applied to labels after the layout tween completes. */
+const LABEL_FADE_MS = 200;
+
+/** Base radius shared by all plexus leaf + relation nodes; the focus node is double. */
+const PLEXUS_LEAF_RADIUS = 5;
+const PLEXUS_FOCUS_RADIUS = PLEXUS_LEAF_RADIUS * 2;
+
+/** Base radius for neighborhood tidy-tree nodes; the root node is double. */
+const TREE_NODE_RADIUS = 6;
+const TREE_ROOT_RADIUS = TREE_NODE_RADIUS * 2;
+
+/**
+ * Catmull-Rom curve generator (α=0.5, "centripetal") for swarm boid trails.
+ * Passes through every point and avoids the looping/overshoot artifacts a plain
+ * cardinal spline produces when consecutive history samples land close together.
+ */
+const swarmTrailLine = d3Line<[number, number]>().curve(curveCatmullRom.alpha(0.5));
+
+/**
+ * Per-tick swarm tail update. The dx-node `<g>` transform has just been written, so we work
+ * in node-local coordinates: head at (0,0), history deltas trailing behind. The single
+ * `<path>` is stroked with a per-boid `<linearGradient>` whose endpoints we sync to the
+ * tail axis so the fade tracks the direction of travel.
+ */
+const applyNodeSwarm = (group: SVGGElement, node: GraphLayoutNode<SpaceGraphNode>): void => {
+  const swarm = node as SwarmNode;
+  const path = group.querySelector('path.dx-swarm-tail') as SVGPathElement | null;
+  const grad = group.querySelector('linearGradient') as SVGLinearGradientElement | null;
+  if (!path || !grad) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const history = swarm.history ?? [];
+  if (history.length === 0) {
+    path.setAttribute('d', '');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const hx = swarm.x ?? 0;
+  const hy = swarm.y ?? 0;
+  // Build local-space points head → most-recent → … → oldest (history is push-at-end so
+  // we walk it backwards), then run them through a Catmull-Rom curve generator so the
+  // trail reads as a smooth arc rather than a polyline. The gradient axis below is still
+  // head → oldest, so the fade stays aligned with travel direction.
+  const points: Array<[number, number]> = [[0, 0]];
+  for (let i = history.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    points.push([history[i].x - hx, history[i].y - hy]);
+  }
+  path.setAttribute('d', swarmTrailLine(points) ?? '');
+  const oldest = history[0];
+  grad.setAttribute('x2', String(oldest.x - hx));
+  grad.setAttribute('y2', String(oldest.y - hy));
+};
+
+/**
+ * Classify an edge incident to the focus into a relation group. Each relation/property gets two
+ * possible nodes: one for the outgoing direction (focus is the edge source, arrow `→`) and one
+ * for the incoming direction (focus is the edge target, arrow `←`), so both sides of a relation
+ * fan out separately. Relations group by relation typename; references group by their top-level
+ * property name. Edges not incident to the focus are ignored.
+ */
+const plexusRelationOf = (edge: GraphLayoutEdge<SpaceGraphNode>, focusId: string): PlexusRelation | undefined => {
+  const outgoing = edge.source.id === focusId;
+  const incoming = edge.target.id === focusId;
+  if (!outgoing && !incoming) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const direction = outgoing ? 'out' : 'in';
+  const arrow = outgoing ? '→' : '←';
+
+  if (edge.type === 'relation') {
+    const relation = (edge.data as any)?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined;
+    const typename = relation ? Obj.getTypename(relation) : undefined;
+    const name = typename ? shortTypename(typename) : 'Relation';
+    return { key: `relation:${direction}:${typename ?? '?'}`, label: `${name} ${arrow}` };
+  }
+
+  if (edge.type === 'ref') {
+    const property = (edge.data as any)?.property as string | undefined;
+    const name = property ?? 'References';
+    return { key: `ref:${direction}:${property ?? '?'}`, label: `${name} ${arrow}` };
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Group leaves by typename so same-type leaves cluster together — used by both the
+ * cluster (visible structural nodes) and bundle (invisible routing anchors) projectors.
+ */
+const typenameGroupOf = (node: GraphLayoutNode<SpaceGraphNode>): string | undefined => {
+  const obj = node.data?.data?.object;
+  return obj ? (Obj.getTypename(obj) ?? '(untyped)') : undefined;
+};
+
+/** Drop the package prefix from a typename for display: `org.dxos.type.Person` → `Person`. */
+const shortTypename = (typename: string): string => {
+  const last = typename.split('.').pop() ?? typename;
+  return last.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + last.slice(1);
+};
+
+/** Resolve a leaf's display label from its ECHO object, falling back to node-level metadata. */
+const labelForLeaf = (node: GraphLayoutNode<SpaceGraphNode>, obj: Obj.Unknown | undefined): string | undefined =>
+  (obj && Obj.getLabel(obj)) ?? node.data?.data?.label ?? node.id;
+
+/**
+ * Append a label beside a tidy-tree node. Outgoing nodes (right side) read rightward, inbound nodes
+ * (left side) read leftward, and the centred root reads above — so every label points away from the tree.
+ */
+const appendTreeLabel = (
+  group: Parameters<RenderNode<SpaceGraphNode>>[0],
+  text: string,
+  r: number,
+  placement: 'left' | 'right' | 'above',
+): void => {
+  const offset = r + 4;
+  const label = group.append('text').attr('class', 'dx-cluster-label').attr('opacity', 0).style('cursor', 'pointer');
+  if (placement === 'above') {
+    label.attr('x', 0).attr('y', -offset).attr('text-anchor', 'middle');
+  } else {
+    const toLeft = placement === 'left';
+    label
+      .attr('dy', '0.32em')
+      .attr('x', toLeft ? -offset : offset)
+      .attr('text-anchor', toLeft ? 'end' : 'start');
+  }
+  label.text(text).transition().delay(TWEEN_MS).duration(LABEL_FADE_MS).attr('opacity', 1);
+};
+
+/**
+ * All variant definitions keyed by id. Each entry fully describes one variant's layout, rendering,
+ * and interaction behavior — `Visualization` looks an entry up by id via `getVariant`.
+ */
+const DEFINITIONS: Record<VisualizationVariantId, VisualizationVariant> = {
+  force: {
+    value: 'force',
+    icon: 'ph--graph--regular',
+    label: 'Force-directed',
+    drag: true,
+    emitsHover: true,
+    // Force has no `duration` — its own simulation drives motion via ticks.
+    createProjector: (ctx, { prev }) => new GraphForceProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(ctx, undefined, undefined, prev),
+    renderNode: (group, node) => {
+      const r = node.r ?? 6;
+      group
+        .append('circle')
+        .attr('r', r)
+        .style('cursor', 'pointer')
+        .style('fill', getNodeFillForObject(node.data?.data?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined));
+    },
+  },
+  cluster: {
+    value: 'cluster',
+    icon: 'ph--asterisk-simple--regular',
+    label: 'Radial',
+    emitsHover: true,
+    createProjector: (ctx, { prev }) =>
+      new GraphClusterProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(
+        ctx,
+        {
+          duration: TWEEN_MS,
+          groupOf: typenameGroupOf,
+          rootLabel: 'Database',
+          groupLabel: shortTypename,
+          // All three node kinds share the same radius — leaves, groups, and root read
+          // as members of the same circle rather than ranked by size.
+          rootRadius: 4,
+          groupRadius: 4,
+        },
+        undefined,
+        prev,
+      ),
+    renderNode: (group, node) => {
+      const obj = node.data?.data?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined;
+      const r = node.r ?? 4;
+      // Synthetic root / group nodes have no underlying ECHO object; render them as
+      // smaller, neutral circles so the hierarchy reads as "structure + leaves".
+      group
+        .append('circle')
+        .attr('r', r)
+        .style('cursor', 'pointer')
+        .style('fill', obj ? getNodeFillForObject(obj) : 'var(--color-neutral-500)');
+      const labelOptions = { delay: TWEEN_MS, duration: LABEL_FADE_MS };
+      if (node.type === CLUSTER_NODE_TYPE_LEAF) {
+        const text = labelForLeaf(node, obj);
+        if (text) {
+          appendRadialLeafLabel(group, node, text, r, labelOptions);
+        }
+      } else if (node.type === CLUSTER_NODE_TYPE_ROOT) {
+        if (node.label) {
+          appendRootLabel(group, node.label, r, labelOptions);
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (node.label) {
+          appendRadialGroupLabel(group, node, node.label, r, labelOptions);
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  },
+  bundle: {
+    value: 'bundle',
+    icon: 'ph--circles-three-plus--regular',
+    label: 'Connections',
+    highlightOnHover: true,
+    emitsHover: true,
+    createProjector: (ctx, { prev }) =>
+      new GraphBundleProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(ctx, { duration: TWEEN_MS, groupOf: typenameGroupOf }, undefined, prev),
+    // Bundle layout renders ONLY leaves (root/group are invisible routing anchors).
+    renderNode: (group, node) => {
+      const obj = node.data?.data?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined;
+      const r = node.r ?? 4;
+      group
+        .append('circle')
+        .attr('r', r)
+        .style('cursor', 'pointer')
+        .style('fill', obj ? getNodeFillForObject(obj) : 'var(--color-neutral-500)');
+      const text = labelForLeaf(node, obj);
+      if (text) {
+        appendRadialLeafLabel(group, node, text, r, { delay: TWEEN_MS, duration: LABEL_FADE_MS });
+      }
+    },
+  },
+  plexus: {
+    value: 'plexus',
+    icon: 'ph--share-network--regular',
+    label: 'Plexus',
+    focusable: true,
+    // No focus → dispatch to the bundle projector (the unfocused overview). Once a node is
+    // focused, switch to the focus-centric plexus layout; both receive `prev` so the swap
+    // (and every re-focus) animates from the previous node positions.
+    createProjector: (ctx, { focusId, prev }) => {
+      if (!focusId) {
+        return new GraphBundleProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(
+          ctx,
+          { duration: TWEEN_MS, groupOf: typenameGroupOf },
+          undefined,
+          prev,
+        );
+      }
+      return new GraphPlexusProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(
+        ctx,
+        {
+          duration: TWEEN_MS,
+          focus: focusId,
+          relationOf: plexusRelationOf,
+          leafRadius: PLEXUS_LEAF_RADIUS,
+          relationRadius: PLEXUS_LEAF_RADIUS,
+          focusRadius: PLEXUS_FOCUS_RADIUS,
+        },
+        undefined,
+        prev,
+      );
+    },
+    // Three node kinds: the focus at the centre (larger, object fill), synthetic relation
+    // nodes on the inner ring (neutral, labelled by relation/property), and object leaves on
+    // the outer ring (object fill). Type tags are set by the projector.
+    renderNode: (group, node) => {
+      const obj = node.data?.data?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined;
+      const labelOptions = { delay: TWEEN_MS, duration: LABEL_FADE_MS };
+
+      // Size by node type (not node.r): the renderer bakes the circle radius at enter time
+      // from the tween's start value, so a node.r fallback would inherit the previous
+      // variant's radius. All leaves + relations share the base size; the focus is double.
+      if (node.type === PLEXUS_NODE_TYPE_RELATION) {
+        const r = PLEXUS_LEAF_RADIUS;
+        group.append('circle').attr('r', r).style('cursor', 'default').style('fill', 'var(--color-neutral-500)');
+        if (node.label) {
+          appendRadialGroupLabel(group, node, node.label, r, labelOptions);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const isFocus = node.type === PLEXUS_NODE_TYPE_FOCUS;
+      const r = isFocus ? PLEXUS_FOCUS_RADIUS : PLEXUS_LEAF_RADIUS;
+      group
+        .append('circle')
+        .attr('r', r)
+        .style('cursor', 'pointer')
+        .style('fill', obj ? getNodeFillForObject(obj) : 'var(--color-neutral-500)');
+      const text = labelForLeaf(node, obj);
+      if (text) {
+        if (isFocus) {
+          appendRootLabel(group, text, r, labelOptions);
+        } else {
+          appendRadialLeafLabel(group, node, text, r, labelOptions);
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  },
+  lattice: {
+    value: 'lattice',
+    icon: 'ph--grid-four--regular',
+    label: 'Lattice',
+    emitsHover: true,
+    createProjector: (ctx, { prev }) =>
+      new GraphLatticeProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(
+        ctx,
+        {
+          duration: TWEEN_MS,
+          // Plugin-explorer overrides the projector's force-matched default (6)
+          // with a smaller node so the lattice reads as a dense matrix.
+          radius: 4,
+          // Cluster by typename first so same-type rects sit together; break ties by label.
+          sortBy: (node: GraphLayoutNode<SpaceGraphNode>) => {
+            const obj = node.data?.data?.object;
+            const typename = obj ? (Obj.getTypename(obj) ?? '(untyped)') : '(untyped)';
+            const label = (obj && Obj.getLabel(obj)) ?? node.data?.data?.label ?? node.id;
+            return `${typename} ${label}`;
+          },
+        },
+        undefined,
+        prev,
+      ),
+    renderNode: (group, node) => {
+      const r = node.r ?? 6;
+      const sz = r * 2;
+      group
+        .append('rect')
+        .attr('x', -r)
+        .attr('y', -r)
+        .attr('width', sz)
+        .attr('height', sz)
+        .attr('rx', r * 0.3)
+        .attr('ry', r * 0.3)
+        .style('cursor', 'pointer')
+        .style('fill', getNodeFillForObject(node.data?.data?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined));
+    },
+  },
+  swarm: {
+    value: 'swarm',
+    icon: 'ph--microscope--regular',
+    label: 'Swarm',
+    edgeOpacity: 0.3,
+    trackPointer: true,
+    emitsHover: true,
+    applyNode: applyNodeSwarm,
+    // Swarm in SVG: a per-tick projector mirroring force's emit-positions pattern.
+    createProjector: (ctx, { prev }) => new GraphSwarmProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(ctx, undefined, undefined, prev),
+    // Match the force variant's shape so identity-by-id transitions read continuously.
+    // The tail is a SINGLE `<path>` traced through head + history points; its stroke
+    // uses a per-boid `<linearGradient>` that fades head → tail. Done this way (rather
+    // than as N overlapping `<line>` segments) so coincident segment endpoints don't
+    // compound their alpha and read as a striped trail.
+    renderNode: (group, node) => {
+      const fill = getNodeFillForObject(node.data?.data?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined);
+      const r = node.r ?? 6;
+      const strokeWidth = Math.max(1, r * 0.6);
+      // Gradient id must be unique document-wide. node.id is the DXN, which contains
+      // characters (`:`, `/`, etc.) that aren't valid in NCName-style ids, so sanitize.
+      const gradId = `dx-swarm-grad-${String(node.id).replace(/[^\w-]/g, '_')}`;
+      const grad = group
+        .append('defs')
+        .append('linearGradient')
+        .attr('id', gradId)
+        // userSpaceOnUse so x1/y1/x2/y2 are interpreted in the dx-node's local coord space
+        // (head at 0,0). The applyNode hook overwrites them per tick to align with the
+        // path's head → tail axis.
+        .attr('gradientUnits', 'userSpaceOnUse')
+        .attr('x1', 0)
+        .attr('y1', 0)
+        .attr('x2', 0)
+        .attr('y2', 0);
+      grad.append('stop').attr('offset', 0).attr('stop-color', fill).attr('stop-opacity', 0.7);
+      grad.append('stop').attr('offset', 1).attr('stop-color', fill).attr('stop-opacity', 0);
+      // Path first so the head circle sits on top.
+      group
+        .append('path')
+        .classed('dx-swarm-tail', true)
+        .attr('fill', 'none')
+        .attr('stroke', `url(#${gradId})`)
+        .attr('stroke-width', strokeWidth)
+        .attr('stroke-linecap', 'round')
+        .attr('stroke-linejoin', 'round')
+        .attr('pointer-events', 'none');
+      group.append('circle').attr('r', r).style('cursor', 'pointer').style('fill', fill);
+    },
+  },
+  neighborhood: {
+    value: 'neighborhood',
+    icon: 'ph--tree-structure--regular',
+    label: 'Neighborhood',
+    emitsHover: true,
+    // Tidy tree: the active node (passed as `focusId`) is the root, drawn on the left and vertically
+    // centred; the pre-traversed n-hop neighbourhood fans out to the right. No focus → plain ring.
+    createProjector: (ctx, { focusId, prev }) =>
+      new GraphTreeProjector<SpaceGraphNode>(
+        ctx,
+        { duration: TWEEN_MS, focus: focusId, nodeRadius: TREE_NODE_RADIUS, rootRadius: TREE_ROOT_RADIUS },
+        undefined,
+        prev,
+      ),
+    renderNode: (group, node) => {
+      const obj = node.data?.data?.object as Obj.Unknown | undefined;
+      const isRoot = node.type === TREE_NODE_TYPE_ROOT;
+      const r = isRoot ? TREE_ROOT_RADIUS : TREE_NODE_RADIUS;
+      group
+        .append('circle')
+        .attr('r', r)
+        .style('cursor', 'pointer')
+        .style('fill', obj ? getNodeFillForObject(obj) : 'var(--color-neutral-500)');
+      const text = labelForLeaf(node, obj);
+      if (text) {
+        // Centred root labels above; inbound (left) nodes read leftward; outgoing (right) read rightward.
+        const placement = isRoot ? 'above' : node.type === TREE_NODE_TYPE_INBOUND ? 'left' : 'right';
+        appendTreeLabel(group, text, r, placement);
+      }
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Variants offered in the main `ExplorerArticle` toolbar, in display order. Excludes companion-only
+ * variants (e.g. `neighborhood`), which are addressed directly by their container via `getVariant`.
+ */
+export const VARIANTS: VisualizationVariant[] = (
+  ['force', 'cluster', 'bundle', 'plexus', 'lattice', 'swarm'] satisfies ExplorerArticleVariant[]
+).map((id) => DEFINITIONS[id]);
+
+/** Look up a variant definition by id. */
+export const getVariant = (value: VisualizationVariantId): VisualizationVariant => DEFINITIONS[value];
+
+/** Type guard for the toolbar-selectable variants (excludes companion-only variants). */
+export const isVariant = (value: unknown): value is ExplorerArticleVariant =>
+  VARIANTS.some((variant) => variant.value === value);

package/src/components/index.ts

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from './Globe';
 export * from './Graph';
 export * from './Lattice';
 export * from './Tree';
+export * from './Visualization';

package/src/containers/ExplorerArticle/ExplorerArticle.stories.tsx

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ const generator = random as any as ValueGenerator;
 
 random.seed(7);
 
-type DefaultStoryProps = { variant: ExplorerArticleVariant };
+type StoryArgs = { variant: ExplorerArticleVariant };
 
-const DefaultStory = ({ variant }: DefaultStoryProps) => {
+const DefaultStory = ({ variant }: StoryArgs) => {
   const [space] = useSpaces();
   const [graph] = useQuery(space?.db, Filter.type(Graph.Graph));
   if (!space || !graph) {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const DefaultStory = ({ variant }: DefaultStoryProps) => {
   return <ExplorerArticle role='article' subject={graph as any} attendableId={graph.id} variant={variant} />;
 };
 
-const meta: Meta<DefaultStoryProps> = {
+const meta: Meta<StoryArgs> = {
   title: 'plugins/plugin-explorer/containers/ExplorerArticle',
   render: DefaultStory,
   decorators: [

package/src/containers/ExplorerArticle/ExplorerArticle.tsx

@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@ import { QueryBuilder } from '@dxos/echo-query';
 import { useObject } from '@dxos/react-client/echo';
 import { DxAnchorActivate, Icon, Panel, Toolbar } from '@dxos/react-ui';
 import { QueryEditor, type QueryEditorProps } from '@dxos/react-ui-components';
+import { type TreeNode } from '@dxos/react-ui-graph';
 import '@dxos/react-ui-graph/styles/graph.css';
 
-import { type TreeNode } from '#components';
+import { type ExplorerArticleVariant, VARIANTS, Visualization, isVariant } from '#components';
 import { useGraphModel } from '#hooks';
 
-import { type ExplorerArticleVariant, VARIANTS, isVariant } from './variants';
-import { Visualization } from './Visualization';
-
-export type { ExplorerArticleVariant } from './variants';
+export type { ExplorerArticleVariant } from '#components';
 
 export type ExplorerArticleProps = AppSurface.ObjectArticleProps<View.View>;
 
@@ -107,13 +105,14 @@ export const ExplorerArticle = ({ role, subject, variant }: ExplorerArticleProps
         </Panel.Toolbar>
       )}
       <Panel.Content>
-        <Visualization
+        <Visualization.Root
           classNames='bg-base-surface'
           variant={selected}
           model={model}
-          onNodeHover={handleHover}
           onSurfaceClick={handleDismiss}
-        />
+        >
+          <Visualization.Graph onNodeHover={handleHover} />
+        </Visualization.Root>
       </Panel.Content>
     </Panel.Root>
   );

package/src/containers/NeighborhoodCompanion/NeighborhoodCompanion.tsx

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+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { Obj } from '@dxos/echo';
+import { DxAnchorActivate, Panel, Toolbar, useTranslation } from '@dxos/react-ui';
+import { type TreeNode } from '@dxos/react-ui-graph';
+import '@dxos/react-ui-graph/styles/graph.css';
+
+import { Visualization } from '#components';
+import { DEFAULT_NEIGHBORHOOD_DEPTH, useNeighborhoodModel } from '#hooks';
+import { meta } from '#meta';
+
+/** Selectable traversal depths offered in the companion toolbar. */
+const DEPTHS = [1, 2, 3] as const;
+
+export type NeighborhoodCompanionProps = {
+  role?: string;
+  /** The active node whose neighbourhood is rendered (passed as the companion subject). */
+  subject: Obj.Any;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Companion that renders the n-hop neighbourhood of the active node as an ego-centric radial graph,
+ * with the active node at the centre. Depth (number of hops traversed) is adjustable in the toolbar.
+ */
+export const NeighborhoodCompanion = ({ role = 'article', subject }: NeighborhoodCompanionProps) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation(meta.profile.key);
+  const [depth, setDepth] = useState<number>(DEFAULT_NEIGHBORHOOD_DEPTH);
+  const model = useNeighborhoodModel(subject, depth);
+
+  const handleDepthChange = useCallback((value: string) => {
+    const next = Number.parseInt(value, 10);
+    if (Number.isFinite(next)) {
+      setDepth(next);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  // Dismiss the preview popover. The dxn/label/trigger fields are placeholders ignored on `state: false`.
+  const handleDismiss = useCallback(() => {
+    document.defaultView?.dispatchEvent(
+      new DxAnchorActivate({ dxn: '', label: '', trigger: document.body, state: false }),
+    );
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleHover = useCallback((node: TreeNode | null, event?: MouseEvent) => {
+    // Pointer left the node/label: keep the popover open so it can be hovered/interacted with.
+    if (!node || !event) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const obj = node.data;
+    if (!obj || !Obj.isObject(obj)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const dxn = Obj.getURI(obj);
+    if (!dxn) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const target = event.target as HTMLElement;
+    target.dispatchEvent(new DxAnchorActivate({ dxn, kind: 'card', trigger: target, label: Obj.getLabel(obj) ?? dxn }));
+  }, []);
+
+  if (!subject || !model) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Panel.Root role={role}>
+      <Panel.Toolbar asChild>
+        <Toolbar.Root>
+          <div role='none' className='grow' />
+          <Toolbar.ToggleGroup type='single' value={String(depth)} onValueChange={handleDepthChange}>
+            {DEPTHS.map((value) => (
+              <Toolbar.ToggleGroupItem
+                key={value}
+                value={String(value)}
+                aria-label={t('depth.label', { count: value })}
+                title={t('depth.label', { count: value })}
+              >
+                {value}
+              </Toolbar.ToggleGroupItem>
+            ))}
+          </Toolbar.ToggleGroup>
+        </Toolbar.Root>
+      </Panel.Toolbar>
+      <Panel.Content>
+        <Visualization.Root
+          classNames='bg-base-surface'
+          model={model}
+          variant='neighborhood'
+          focus={subject.id}
+          onSurfaceClick={handleDismiss}
+        >
+          <Visualization.Graph onNodeHover={handleHover} />
+        </Visualization.Root>
+      </Panel.Content>
+    </Panel.Root>
+  );
+};

package/src/containers/NeighborhoodCompanion/index.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+export { NeighborhoodCompanion as default } from './NeighborhoodCompanion';