Error when part added into diagram with category

GoJS
1

Hi,

I try to add new part into a diagram via javascript.

var part= $(go.Node, “Auto”,
$(go.TextBlock,{text:“abc”,editable:false,font:“30pt Arial”})
);
part.category = “template2”; //error here
diagram.add(part);

Could anyone help? THX!

2

That could be made to work, but it is far more common to add data directly to the model by calling Model.addNodeData. Please read GoJS Using Models -- Northwoods Software and GoJS Data Binding -- Northwoods Software.

3

Thank you Walter,
I don’t want to add part into node data. It’s just for measure distance run time.

4

I think the mismatch of expectations is that one only uses templates if creating parts from data in a model.

So if you create a Node and call Diagram.add on it, that’s what you have – you cannot then depend on the templating system to change the node to be something else.