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Vega 2.0 interact with DOM events

Capture events from input elements outside the visualization. Similar to what is done at min 3:19 in the Reactive Vega video

<iframe class="player" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/100936827" width="630" height="354" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="1" mozallowfullscreen="1" allowfullscreen="1"></iframe>
<html>
<head>
<title>Vega Experiment: interaction from events external to the viz</title>
<script src="http://vega.github.io/vega-editor/vendor/d3.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://vega.github.io/vega/vega.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="vis"></div>
<p>
<form>
<b>Color:</b>
<input type="radio" name="color" value="red" checked="checked">Red
<input type="radio" name="color" value="green">Green
<input type="radio" name="color" value="blue">Blue
</form>
</p>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript">
// parse a spec and create a visualization view
function parse(spec) {
vg.parse.spec(spec, function(chart) { chart({el:"#vis"}).update(); });
}
parse("spec.json");
</script>
</html>
{
"width": 200,
"height": 200,
"background": "#edf1f7",
"signals": [
{
"name": "selectcolor",
"init": {"value": "yellow"},
"streams": [
{"type": "input[name=color]:click", "expr": "{'value': event.target.value}"}
]
}
],
"marks": [
{
"type": "rect",
"properties": {
"enter": {
"x": {"value": 50},
"y": {"value": 50},
"width": {"value": 30},
"height": {"value": 30},
"fill": {"signal": "selectcolor.value"}
},
"update": {
"fill": {"signal": "selectcolor.value"}
}
}
}
]
}
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