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Vertical stacked bar charts (web standards only)
<!--
This is a heavily modified version of Wilson Miner's Timeline Charts example from
A List Apart #256 (http://alistapart.com/article/accessibledatavisualization). Accomodates
a list of stacked subvalues within a single bar segment.
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Timeline / Accessible Data Examples</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
/* SETUP */
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}
body {
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color: #333;
}
a {
color: #2D7BB2;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
a:hover {
color: #333;
}
h1, h2, h3 {
clear: both;
margin: 0 0 0.6em 0;
}
h3 {
color: #666;
}
section {
display: block; /* HTML5 shim */
width: 20em;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 1em 2em;
}
/* TIMELINE CHARTS */
.timeline {
font-size: 1.5em; /* tweak to zoom in / out */
height: 10em;
width: 53em;
}
.timeline > li {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
width: 1.5em;
height: 8em;
}
.timeline > li a {
display: block;
height: 100%;
}
.timeline > li .label {
display: block;
position: absolute;
bottom: -2.5em; /* vertical offset */
left: 0;
background: #fff;
width: 100%;
height: 2em;
line-height: 2em;
text-align: center;
font-size: .8em; /* adjust to match default */
}
ul.values {
/*
Essential to set this element's height to that of the parent — 
as its childrens' heights are sized relatively.
*/
height: 100%;
}
ul.values li {
text-indent: -9999px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.red { background: red; }
.green { background: green; }
.yellow { background: yellow; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<article>
<section class="vertical stacked bar chart">
<h1>Timeline chart</h1>
<h2>Fruits eaten over time</h2>
<h3>December 2007</h4>
<ul class="timeline">
<li>
<a href="http://www.example.com/2007/dec/1/" title="December 1, 2007: 40">
<span class="label">1</span>
<ul class="values">
<li class="red" style="height: 20%">(20%)</li>
<li class="green" style="height: 20%">(20%)</li>
<li class="yellow" style="height: 60%">(60%)</li>
</ul>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.example.com/2007/dec/2/" title="December 2, 2007: 100">
<span class="label">2</span>
<ul class="values">
<li class="red" style="height: 60%">(60%)</li>
<li class="green" style="height: 10%">(10%)</li>
<li class="yellow" style="height: 30%">(30%)</li>
</ul>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.example.com/2007/dec/3/" title="December 3, 2007: 150">
<span class="label">3</span>
<ul class="values">
<li class="red" style="height: 5%">(5%)</li>
<li class="green" style="height: 75%">(75%)</li>
<li class="yellow" style="height: 20%">(20%)</li>
</ul>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.example.com/2007/dec/4/" title="December 4, 2007: 40">
<span class="label">4</span>
<ul class="values">
<li class="red" style="height: 60%">(60%)</li>
<li class="green" style="height: 30%">(30%)</li>
<li class="yellow" style="height: 10%">(10%)</li>
</ul>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.example.com/2007/dec/5/" title="December 5, 2007: 100">
<span class="label">5</span>
<ul class="values">
<li class="red" style="height: 30%">(30%)</li>
<li class="green" style="height: 30%">(30%)</li>
<li class="yellow" style="height: 40%">(40%)</li>
</ul>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.example.com/2007/dec/6/" title="December 6, 2007: 40">
<span class="label">6</span>
<ul class="values">
<li class="red" style="height: 50%">(50%)</li>
<li class="green" style="height: 20%">(20%)</li>
<li class="yellow" style="height: 30%">(30%)</li>
</ul>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
</body>
</html>
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