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    Zipline-style virtual rendering on scroll

A toy example to demonstrate the scrolling with virtual rendering implemented in zipline.

  

  

## index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang='en'>
  <head>
    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <script src='http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js' charset='utf-8'></script>
    <script src='http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/2.4.1/lodash.min.js'></script>
    <script src='http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/crossfilter/1.3.11/crossfilter.min.js'></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <style type="text/css">
      #main {
        width: 800px;
        height: 480px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        background-color: #f5f5f5;
        overflow: hidden;
      }

      #nav {
        width: 800px;
        height: 60px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        background-color: #d6d6d6;
        border-bottom: 5px white solid;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: row;
        justify-content: space-between;
      }

      #svg {
        height: 420px;
        overflow-x: scroll;
      }

      .button-holder {
        margin-top: 8px;
      }
      button {
        margin-left: 5px;
        margin-right: 5px;
      }

      #axisGroup path {
        fill: none;
        stroke: none;
      }

      #axisGroup line {
          fill: none;
          stroke: black;
          shape-rendering: crispEdges;
      }
      #axisGroup text {
        font-family: sans-serif;
        text-transform: lowercase;
      }
    </style>
    <title>Zipline scrolling</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="main">
      <div id="nav">
        <div class="button-holder">
          <button id="backbtn" type="button" class="btn btn-default">Back</button>
        </div>
        <div class="button-holder">
          <button id="forwardbtn" type="button" class="btn btn-default">Forward</button>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div id="svg"></div>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      // some variables
      var w = 800, h = 410, axis = 40;
      var barWidth = 25;

      // let's make some data!
      // first, dates for our x-plotting
      var now = new Date();
      var s = d3.time.year.floor(now), e = d3.time.year.ceil(now);
      var dates = d3.time.hour.range(s, e);
      // drop these in along with random numbers from 1-100 for the y-plotting
      var data = _.map(dates, function(date) {
        return {
          x: date.valueOf(),
          y: Math.ceil(Math.random() * 100)
        };
      });

      // set up crossfilter for data filtering
      var filterData = crossfilter(data);
      var dataByDate = filterData.dimension(function(d) { return d.x; });

      // we gotta make scales before even creating the SVG
      // because the width will depend on the domain of the xScale
      // set up scales
      var xScale = d3.time.scale()
        .domain([s, d3.time.day.offset(s, 1)])
        .range([0, w]);

      var extent = d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.y; });

      var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
        .domain(extent)
        .range([h, axis]);

      // change bar color depending on height, just for funsies
      var funScale = d3.scale.linear()
        .domain(extent)
        .range(['#302e86', '#b6211d']);

      // add the SVG
      var svg = d3.select('#svg').append('svg')
        .attr({
          width: xScale(e),
          height: h
        });

      var mainGroup = svg.append('g')
        .attr('id', 'scrollGroup');

      var barsGroup = mainGroup.append('g')
        .attr('id', 'barsGroup');

      // initial plot with 1-day buffer on each side
      plotBars(dataByDate.filter([d3.time.day.offset(s, -1).valueOf(), d3.time.day.offset(s, 2).valueOf()]).top(Infinity));

      // factor out bar plotting into a function that binds data
      // and creates or deletes bars as necessary given the current data
      function plotBars(data) {
        var currBars = barsGroup.selectAll('rect')
          .data(data, function(d) { return d.x; });

        currBars.enter()
          .append('rect')
          .attr({
            x: function(d) {
              return xScale(d.x) - barWidth/2;
            },
            y: function(d) {
              return yScale(d.y);
            },
            width: barWidth,
            height: function(d) {
              return h - yScale(d.y);
            },
            fill: function(d) {
              return funScale(d.y);
            }
          });

        currBars.exit().remove();
      }

      // use a dispatcher to handle and trigger refiltering data and plotting bars
      var dispatcher = d3.dispatch('plotBars');
      dispatcher.on('plotBars', function(date) {
        // refilter data based on current position and plot
        plotBars(dataByDate.filter([d3.time.day.offset(date, -1).valueOf(), d3.time.day.offset(date, 2).valueOf()]).top(Infinity));
      });

      // add an axis
      // customize the time formatting because zero-padding bugs the stuffing out of me...
      // i.e., this is not necessary ;)
      var format = d3.time.format.multi([
        [".%L", function(d) { return d.getMilliseconds(); }],
        [":%S", function(d) { return d.getSeconds(); }],
        ["%-I:%M", function(d) { return d.getMinutes(); }],
        ["%-I %p", function(d) { return d.getHours(); }],
        ["%a %-d", function(d) { return d.getDay() && d.getDate() != 1; }],
        ["%b %-d", function(d) { return d.getDate() != 1; }],
        ["%b", function(d) { return true; }]
      ]);

      // here's the good stuff
      // the xScale for the axis needs to use the entire domain
      // and the entire range of our reallllly wide SVG
      // which we can find the end of using the xScale
      var axisScale = d3.time.scale()
        .domain([s,e])
        .range([0, xScale(e)]);

      var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
        .scale(axisScale)
        .ticks(d3.time.hours, 6)
        .tickFormat(format)
        .innerTickSize(6)
        .outerTickSize(0);

      mainGroup.append('g')
        .attr('id', 'axisGroup')
        .call(xAxis);

      // now we add programmatic panning by a day backwards and forwards
      // to move one day per button press, we find the width that equals scrolling a day
      // this is equal to the xScale domain, which is the width
      var scrollWidth = w, scrollContainer = d3.select('#svg');

      function panBack() {
        var currentScrollLeft = scrollContainer.property('scrollLeft');
        scrollContainer.transition()
          .duration(500)
          .tween('pan', function() {
            var ix = d3.interpolate(currentScrollLeft, currentScrollLeft - scrollWidth);
            return function(t) {
              scrollContainer.property('scrollLeft', ix(t));
            };
          });
      }
      d3.select('#backbtn').on('click', panBack);

      function panForward() {
        var currentScrollLeft = scrollContainer.property('scrollLeft');
        scrollContainer.transition()
          .duration(500)
          .tween('pan', function() {
            var ix = d3.interpolate(currentScrollLeft, currentScrollLeft + scrollWidth);
            return function(t) {
              scrollContainer.property('scrollLeft', ix(t));
            };
          });
      }
      d3.select('#forwardbtn').on('click', panForward);

      scrollContainer.on('scroll', function() {
        // trigger refilter and plot of data based on current date
        var date = xScale.invert(scrollContainer.property('scrollLeft'));
        dispatcher.plotBars(date);
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

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