[RFCs]: Magnition Proposal - Localised Layout Options

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+- Feature Name: `localized-layout-options`
+- Start Date: 2024-02-09
+- RFC PR: [lf-lang/rfcs#0004](https://github.com/lf-lang/rfcs/pull/4)
+- Tracking Issue (s): [lf-lang/lingua-franca#0000](https://github.com/lf-lang/lingua-franca/issues/0000)
+
+# Abstract
+[abstract]: #abstract
+
+Layout options present on diagram panel have specific use-cases, and there is no single option which can be used for
+better visualization of any given LF Code.
+Even with one code specific parts of visualization are more comprehensible than the rest with specific layout options
+which makes it an extremely hard problem to solve
+
+# Motivation
+[motivation]: #motivation
+
+We want to have a localized layout option where a specific part of the diagram can use a different layout approach and
+another specific part of the diagram uses another layout approach
+The user can select part of diagrams to have say `Optimize Crossings` and the rest of them with say `Full Control`
+
+One way to store this information about the views can be with `metadata`, which might not be the current LF approach
+but will be simplistic without cluttering the user-code with un-necessary information about the layout
+
+# Guide-level explanation
+[guide-level-explanation]: #guide-level-explanation
+
+Localization of layout approaches in sub-regions of the diagram will help user comprehend, understand and present the
+diagrams. 
+Diagrams are one of the most powerful features of Lingua-Franca but as soon as the Model becomes sufficiently large
+diagrams become hard to comprehend.
+Consider the following Model:
+<img src="../assets/large-model.png" title="Large Model in LF"/>
+
+Complete source can be found [here](https://github.com/MagnitionIO/LF_Collaboration/blob/main/complex-view-model/src/cdn_cache_demo.lf)
+
+# Reference-level explanation
+[reference-level-explanation]: #reference-level-explanation
+
+This can be added in the synthesis options
+
+# Drawbacks
+[drawbacks]: #drawbacks
+
+Additional `metadata` would be required which would make the diagram an extension of textual representation instead of 
+it being an equivalence of textual representation
+
+# Rationale and alternatives
+[rationale-and-alternatives]: #rationale-and-alternatives
+
+- This would enhance the user control over visualization and can help user with the flexibility to make adjustments to the visualization
+- A few more options for layouts which user can try and find out which one is more suited for his use-case
+
+# Prior art
+[prior-art]: #prior-art
+
+
+# Unresolved questions
+[unresolved-questions]: #unresolved-questions
+
+- Is adding `metadata` the right approach?
+- Would lingua franca benefit from annotation generation based on changes to the view?
+
+# Future possibilities
+[future-possibilities]: #future-possibilities
+
+This feature would optimise user experience when dealing with large models
+