How to arrange Bokeh networkx graph nodes in a grid?

I like to create rectangle elements in a grid, like in the periodic table.
However some elements have to be connected to others, like edges between nodes in a graph.

periodic table: periodic.py — Bokeh 2.4.1 Documentation
example graph: Visualizing network graphs — Bokeh 2.4.1 Documentation

I tried to use networkx in Bokeh for creating a graph. Unfortunately it is not possible to set static positions for the nodes.

This is my current code:

import networkx as nx
from bokeh.io import save, output_file, show
from bokeh.models import Rect, MultiLine, Plot
from bokeh.models import HoverTool
from bokeh.models.graphs import NodesAndLinkedEdges
from bokeh.plotting import from_networkx

# Create Graph with seperate adding edges
G = nx.MultiGraph()
G.add_edge(1, 2)
G.add_edge(2, 3)
G.add_node(4)

# Create Graph with edge_list
G = nx.MultiGraph()
edge_list = [(1,2), (2,3), (2,4), (1,3)]
G.add_edges_from(edge_list)
G.add_nodes_from((5,6,7,8,9,10))

# create plot
plot = Plot(width = 1200,height = 900)
plot.add_tools(HoverTool(tooltips=[("Index", "@index")]))

# create graph with spring_layout
network_graph = from_networkx(G, nx.spring_layout, scale=3.4, center=(0,0))

# nodes
# test with x=10 and y=10, to set custom position
network_graph.node_renderer.glyph = Rect(x=10,y=10,width=0.3, height=0.2, fill_color='skyblue')
network_graph.node_renderer.hover_glyph = Rect(width=0.3, height=0.2, fill_color='navy')

# edges
network_graph.edge_renderer.glyph = MultiLine(line_width=3, line_color="lightgray", line_alpha=1.0)
network_graph.edge_renderer.hover_glyph = MultiLine(line_width=5, line_color="darkblue", line_alpha=1.0)

network_graph.inspection_policy = NodesAndLinkedEdges()
plot.renderers.append(network_graph)

output_file("graph_test.html")
save(plot)
show(plot)

How to set custom position for nodes in a networkx graph, so that they arrange like the elements in the periodic table example?

For the record I didn’t know how to do this offhand but I figured it out.

If you inspect the network_graph object, it has a layout_provider attribute/instance associated to it. That layout_provider holds the coordinates of each node index in a dictionary → node_index: [x,y] etc.

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If you manipulate that you can control node locations manually.

Thank you gmerritt123, this helped me.