Visually grouping nodes in a map by drawing rectangles

[felixhayashi]

How it should look like:

Problem

This issue is currently blocked by bringing nodes to front via a z-index: almende/vis#3146 (comment)

[ahilliard]

If you could get something like https://www.npmjs.com/package/webcola that would be amazing.

[devurandom]

This is similar to request No. 4 in #217 (comment)

[felixhayashi]

Now being tracked via: visjs/vis-network#635

[adriankelly1]

Thumbs up for this feature request - having either way to draw n the canvas to show groups of nodes or adding a z index to display 3-D depth would be a fantastic and powerful addition. I hope it is achievable. Thanks for the great work Felix