Custom relationships
Labeling relations your way
Built-in types
Every relation starts with one of the built-in relationship types:
Creating a custom type
When editing a pill on a relation, type any label that is not in the built-in list and press Enter to create it as a custom relationship. The new type is saved to your graph immediately.
Custom relationships start with a default color. You can change it in Settings (the button at the bottom of the sidebar).
Changing a custom color
Open Settings and scroll to the relationship color section. Each custom type you have created is listed there. Click a type to expand a color picker and choose from the preset swatches. The color updates everywhere that relationship appears on the canvas.
Click any pill to change the relationship type
Directional vs. mutual
By default a relation is mutual — one relationship label shared by both people. When the two sides of a relation are different (for example, one person considers someone a friend while the other sees them as an enemy), you can mark both directions.
To do this: create a relationship from person A to person B, then select person B and Shift-click person A to draw a second relation in the opposite direction. Each direction then gets its own independent label and color.
Click Alice to select her
The relationship key
When enabled, a small legend appears in the top-left corner of the canvas listing every relationship type currently in use and its color. Toggle it under Settings > Show relationship key.