From 4dd90e56b186d396bb5d230793ef34140e9b8091 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Faber <faber@genodata.de>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 14:09:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs and default values for node spacing in mermaidAPI

---
 docs/mermaidAPI.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/mermaidAPI.js  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/mermaidAPI.md b/docs/mermaidAPI.md
index ce11e5c58..e962ffc70 100644
--- a/docs/mermaidAPI.md
+++ b/docs/mermaidAPI.md
@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ Flag for setting whether or not a html tag should be used for rendering labels
 on the edges.
 **Default value true**.
 
+### nodeSpacing
+
+Defines the spacing between nodes on the same level (meaning horizontal spacing for
+TB or BT graphs, and the vertical spacing for LR as well as RL graphs).
+**Default value 50**.
+
+### rankSpacing
+
+Defines the spacing between nodes on different levels (meaning vertical spacing for
+TB or BT graphs, and the horizontal spacing for LR as well as RL graphs).
+**Default value 50**.
+
 ### curve
 
 How mermaid renders curves for flowcharts. Possible values are
diff --git a/src/mermaidAPI.js b/src/mermaidAPI.js
index 975b38299..5dfd11277 100644
--- a/src/mermaidAPI.js
+++ b/src/mermaidAPI.js
@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ const config = {
      */
     htmlLabels: true,
 
+    /**
+     * Defines the spacing between nodes on the same level (meaning horizontal spacing for
+     * TB or BT graphs, and the vertical spacing for LR as well as RL graphs).
+     * **Default value 50**.
+     */
+    nodeSpacing: 50,
+
+    /**
+     * Defines the spacing between nodes on different levels (meaning vertical spacing for
+     * TB or BT graphs, and the horizontal spacing for LR as well as RL graphs).
+     * **Default value 50**.
+     */
+    rankSpacing: 50,
+
     /**
      * How mermaid renders curves for flowcharts. Possible values are
      *   * basis