diff --git a/docs/examples/index.ts b/docs/examples/index.ts
index 81d143ba..87781c5e 100644
--- a/docs/examples/index.ts
+++ b/docs/examples/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { IntersectionApp, IntersectionCSS } from './intersection'
 import { SnapToHandleApp, SnappableConnectionLine } from './connection-radius'
 import { NodeResizerApp, ResizableNode } from './node-resizer'
 import { ToolbarApp, ToolbarNode } from './node-toolbar'
-import { LayoutApp, LayoutEdge, LayoutElements, LayoutIcon, LayoutNode, useRunProcess, useShuffle } from './layout'
+import { LayoutApp, LayoutEdge, LayoutElements, LayoutIcon, LayoutNode, useLayout, useRunProcess, useShuffle } from './layout'
 
 export const exampleImports = {
   basic: {
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export const exampleImports = {
     'AnimationEdge.vue': LayoutEdge,
     'useRunProcess.js': useRunProcess,
     'useShuffle.js': useShuffle,
+    'useLayout.js': useLayout,
     'Icon.vue': LayoutIcon,
     'additionalImports': {
       '@vueuse/core': 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@vueuse/core@10.7.0/index.mjs',
diff --git a/docs/examples/layout/App.vue b/docs/examples/layout/App.vue
index 018b52d6..e591a3e8 100644
--- a/docs/examples/layout/App.vue
+++ b/docs/examples/layout/App.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
-import dagre from 'dagre'
 import { nextTick, ref } from 'vue'
-import { Panel, Position, VueFlow, useVueFlow } from '@vue-flow/core'
+import { Panel, VueFlow, useVueFlow } from '@vue-flow/core'
 import { Background } from '@vue-flow/background'
 import Icon from './Icon.vue'
 import ProcessNode from './ProcessNode.vue'
@@ -10,75 +9,50 @@ import AnimationEdge from './AnimationEdge.vue'
 import { initialEdges, initialNodes } from './initial-elements.js'
 import { useRunProcess } from './useRunProcess'
 import { useShuffle } from './useShuffle'
+import { useLayout } from './useLayout'
 
 const nodes = ref(initialNodes)
 
 const edges = ref(initialEdges)
 
-const dagreGraph = ref(new dagre.graphlib.Graph())
-
 const cancelOnError = ref(true)
 
 const shuffle = useShuffle()
 
-const { run, stop, reset, isRunning } = useRunProcess({ dagreGraph, cancelOnError })
+const { graph, layout, previousDirection } = useLayout()
 
-const { findNode, fitView } = useVueFlow()
+const { run, stop, reset, isRunning } = useRunProcess({ graph, cancelOnError })
 
-function handleLayout(direction) {
-  // we create a new graph instance, in case some nodes/edges were removed, otherwise dagre would act as if they were still there
-  dagreGraph.value = new dagre.graphlib.Graph()
+const { fitView } = useVueFlow()
 
-  dagreGraph.value.setDefaultEdgeLabel(() => ({}))
+async function shuffleGraph() {
+  await stop()
 
-  const isHorizontal = direction === 'LR'
-  dagreGraph.value.setGraph({ rankdir: direction })
-
-  for (const node of nodes.value) {
-    // if you need width+height of nodes for your layout, you can use the dimensions property of the internal node (`GraphNode` type)
-    const graphNode = findNode(node.id)
-
-    dagreGraph.value.setNode(node.id, { width: graphNode.dimensions.width || 150, height: graphNode.dimensions.height || 50 })
-  }
-
-  console.log(edges.value)
-  for (const edge of edges.value) {
-    dagreGraph.value.setEdge(edge.source, edge.target)
-  }
-
-  dagre.layout(dagreGraph.value)
-
-  // set nodes with updated positions
-  nodes.value = nodes.value.map((node) => {
-    const nodeWithPosition = dagreGraph.value.node(node.id)
-
-    return {
-      ...node,
-      targetPosition: isHorizontal ? Position.Left : Position.Top,
-      sourcePosition: isHorizontal ? Position.Right : Position.Bottom,
-      position: { x: nodeWithPosition.x, y: nodeWithPosition.y },
-    }
-  })
-
-  nextTick(() => {
-    fitView()
-  })
-}
-
-function shuffleGraph() {
   reset(nodes.value)
 
   edges.value = shuffle(nodes.value)
 
   nextTick(() => {
-    handleLayout('LR')
+    layoutGraph(previousDirection.value)
+  })
+}
+
+async function layoutGraph(direction) {
+  await stop()
+
+  reset(nodes.value)
+
+  nodes.value = layout(nodes.value, edges.value, direction)
+
+  nextTick(() => {
+    fitView()
   })
 }
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <div class="layoutflow">
-    <VueFlow :nodes="nodes" :edges="edges" @nodes-initialized="handleLayout('LR')">
+    <VueFlow :nodes="nodes" :edges="edges" @nodes-initialized="layoutGraph('LR')">
       <template #node-process="props">
         <ProcessNode :data="props.data" :source-position="props.sourcePosition" :target-position="props.targetPosition" />
       </template>
@@ -108,11 +82,11 @@ function shuffleGraph() {
             <Icon name="play" />
           </button>
 
-          <button title="set horizontal layout" @click="handleLayout('LR')">
+          <button title="set horizontal layout" @click="layoutGraph('LR')">
             <Icon name="horizontal" />
           </button>
 
-          <button title="set vertical layout" @click="handleLayout('TB')">
+          <button title="set vertical layout" @click="layoutGraph('TB')">
             <Icon name="vertical" />
           </button>
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/layout/index.ts b/docs/examples/layout/index.ts
index 9520ddf4..75b3a14c 100644
--- a/docs/examples/layout/index.ts
+++ b/docs/examples/layout/index.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export { default as LayoutNode } from './ProcessNode.vue?raw'
 export { default as LayoutEdge } from './AnimationEdge.vue?raw'
 export { default as useRunProcess } from './useRunProcess.js?raw'
 export { default as useShuffle } from './useShuffle.js?raw'
+export { default as useLayout } from './useLayout.js?raw'
 export { default as LayoutIcon } from './Icon.vue?raw'
diff --git a/docs/examples/layout/useLayout.js b/docs/examples/layout/useLayout.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6237ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/layout/useLayout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import dagre from 'dagre'
+import { Position, useVueFlow } from '@vue-flow/core'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+/**
+ * Composable to run the layout algorithm on the graph.
+ * It uses the `dagre` library to calculate the layout of the nodes and edges.
+ */
+export function useLayout() {
+  const { findNode } = useVueFlow()
+
+  const graph = ref(new dagre.graphlib.Graph())
+
+  const previousDirection = ref('LR')
+
+  function layout(nodes, edges, direction) {
+    // we create a new graph instance, in case some nodes/edges were removed, otherwise dagre would act as if they were still there
+    const dagreGraph = new dagre.graphlib.Graph()
+
+    graph.value = dagreGraph
+
+    dagreGraph.setDefaultEdgeLabel(() => ({}))
+
+    const isHorizontal = direction === 'LR'
+    dagreGraph.setGraph({ rankdir: direction })
+
+    previousDirection.value = direction
+
+    for (const node of nodes) {
+      // if you need width+height of nodes for your layout, you can use the dimensions property of the internal node (`GraphNode` type)
+      const graphNode = findNode(node.id)
+
+      dagreGraph.setNode(node.id, { width: graphNode.dimensions.width || 150, height: graphNode.dimensions.height || 50 })
+    }
+
+    for (const edge of edges) {
+      dagreGraph.setEdge(edge.source, edge.target)
+    }
+
+    dagre.layout(dagreGraph)
+
+    // set nodes with updated positions
+    return nodes.map((node) => {
+      const nodeWithPosition = dagreGraph.node(node.id)
+
+      return {
+        ...node,
+        targetPosition: isHorizontal ? Position.Left : Position.Top,
+        sourcePosition: isHorizontal ? Position.Right : Position.Bottom,
+        position: { x: nodeWithPosition.x, y: nodeWithPosition.y },
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  return { graph, layout, previousDirection }
+}
diff --git a/docs/examples/layout/useRunProcess.js b/docs/examples/layout/useRunProcess.js
index 8524c105..635958f3 100644
--- a/docs/examples/layout/useRunProcess.js
+++ b/docs/examples/layout/useRunProcess.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useVueFlow } from '@vue-flow/core'
  *
  * When a node has multiple descendants, it will run them in parallel.
  */
-export function useRunProcess({ dagreGraph, cancelOnError = true }) {
+export function useRunProcess({ graph: dagreGraph, cancelOnError = true }) {
   const { updateNodeData, getConnectedEdges } = useVueFlow()
 
   const graph = toRef(() => toValue(dagreGraph))
@@ -127,21 +127,21 @@ export function useRunProcess({ dagreGraph, cancelOnError = true }) {
     }
   }
 
-  function stop() {
+  async function stop() {
     isRunning.value = false
 
     for (const nodeId of upcomingTasks) {
       clearTimeout(runningTasks.get(nodeId))
       runningTasks.delete(nodeId)
       updateNodeData(nodeId, { isRunning: false, isFinished: false, hasError: false, isSkipped: false, isCancelled: true })
-      skipDescendants(nodeId)
+      await skipDescendants(nodeId)
     }
 
     for (const [nodeId, task] of runningTasks) {
       clearTimeout(task)
       runningTasks.delete(nodeId)
       updateNodeData(nodeId, { isRunning: false, isFinished: false, hasError: false, isSkipped: false, isCancelled: true })
-      skipDescendants(nodeId)
+      await skipDescendants(nodeId)
     }
 
     executedNodes.clear()
diff --git a/docs/examples/layout/useShuffle.js b/docs/examples/layout/useShuffle.js
index 282823a2..ac7e51bc 100644
--- a/docs/examples/layout/useShuffle.js
+++ b/docs/examples/layout/useShuffle.js
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ function generatePossibleEdges(nodes) {
   return possibleEdges
 }
 
-// Function to create a new shuffled edges array
+/**
+ * Composable that returns a function to shuffle the edges of a graph
+ *
+ * @returns {Function} A function that takes a list of nodes and returns a list of edges
+ */
 export function useShuffle() {
   return (nodes) => {
     const possibleEdges = generatePossibleEdges(nodes)