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d3 + canvas, approaches code snippets
var base = d3.select("#vis");
var chart = base.append("canvas")
.attr("width", 400)
.attr("height", 300);
var context = chart.node().getContext("2d");
var data = [1,2,13,20,23];
var scale = d3.scale.linear()
.range([10, 390])
.domain([1,23]);
data.forEach(function(d, i) {
context.beginPath();
context.rect(scale(d), 150, 10, 10);
context.fillStyle="red";
context.fill();
context.closePath();
});
var base = d3.select("#vis");
var chart = base.append("canvas")
.attr("width", 400)
.attr("height", 300);
var context = chart.node().getContext("2d");
// Create an in memory only element of type 'custom'
var detachedContainer = document.createElement("custom");
// Create a d3 selection for the detached container. We won't
// actually be attaching it to the DOM.
var dataContainer = d3.select(detachedContainer);
function drawCustom(data) {
var scale = d3.scale.linear()
.range([10, 390])
.domain(d3.extent(data));
var dataBinding = dataContainer.selectAll("custom.rect")
.data(data, function(d) { return d; });
// update existing element to have size 15 and fill green
dataBinding
.attr("size", 15)
.attr("fillStyle", "green");
// for new elements, create a 'custom' dom node, of class rect
// with the appropriate rect attributes
dataBinding.enter()
.append("custom")
.classed("rect", true)
.attr("x", scale)
.attr("y", 100)
.attr("size", 8)
.attr("fillStyle", "red");
// for exiting elements, change the size to 5 and make them grey.
dataBinding.exit()
.attr("size", 5)
.attr("fillStyle", "lightgrey");
drawCanvas();
}
function drawCanvas() {
// clear canvas
context.fillStyle = "#fff";
context.rect(0,0,chart.attr("width"),chart.attr("height"));
context.fill();
var elements = dataContainer.selectAll("custom.rect");
elements.each(function(d) {
var node = d3.select(this);
context.beginPath();
context.fillStyle = node.attr("fillStyle");
context.rect(node.attr("x"), node.attr("y"), node.attr("size"), node.attr("size"));
context.fill();
context.closePath();
});
}
drawCustom([1,2,13,20,23]);
// try calling it with a new set of data, and watch the canvas update:
// drawCustom([1,2,12,16,20]);
function drawCustom(data) {
var scale = d3.scale.linear()
.range([10, 390])
.domain(d3.extent(data));
var dataBinding = dataContainer.selectAll("custom.rect")
.data(data, function(d) { return d; });
dataBinding
.attr("size", 8)
.transition()
.duration(1000)
.attr("size", 15)
.attr("fillStyle", "green");
// enter is same...
dataBinding.exit()
.attr("size", 8)
.transition()
.duration(1000)
.attr("size", 5)
.attr("fillStyle", "lightgrey");
}
d3.timer(drawCanvas);
drawCustom([1,2,13,20,23]);
// uncomment this, to see the transition~
// drawCustom([1,2,12,16,20]);
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