Graphviz - default subgraph / cluster style

Question

Currently I always write subgraphs/clusters like this:

subgraph "cluster_001" {
    rank = TB;
    style = "filled";
    color = "#EEEEEE";
    004[label = "{<1>if$gt \> 0$|<2>else if$gt == 0$|<3>else if$gt \< 0$}"];
    005[label = "..."];
    006[label = "..."];
    007[label = "..."]
}

But I don't like this. I don't want to type first three lines for every subgraph/cluster. Is there a way to define subgraph/cluster styling just once? Like it is done for i.e. arrows:

edge[
    fontname = "IBM Plex Mono Bold",
    style = "dotted",
    fontsize = 8,
    arrowhead = normal,
    arrowsize = 0.4,
    penwidth = 0.1;
    fontcolor = "#444444",
    color = "#777777",
]

I define this once nad then every arrow is styled this way. This becomes the default.

I need something similar for clusters... How can it be done?

user_12317235 · Answer

Much to my surprise, there is a built-in way. Put this before your cluster definitions:

graph[ rank = TB;  style = "filled";   color = "#EEEEEE";]

Like so:

digraph d {
  a -> b
  graph[ rank = TB;  style = "filled";   color = "#EEEEEE";]
  subgraph cluster1 {
   x1 ->x2->x3
   }
     subgraph cluster2 {
   y1 ->y2->y3
   }
     subgraph cluster3 {
   z1 ->z2->z3
   }
  {rank=same e->f}
}

Giving:

Graphviz - default subgraph / cluster style

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