README.md

## README.md

      
        

          Raw
        
        
          
            
          
          
            
              README.md
            
          
        
      
    
  
    Bar Chart with baseline at center, rather than traditional top or bottom of the chart.

  

  

## index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
		<meta charset="utf-8">
		<title>Bar Chart Base in Middle</title>
		<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
  </head>

  <style type="text/css">
		#chart {
			border: 2px dashed black;
		}
		/*styling of the text here instead of text.attr */
		text {
			font-family: sans-serif;
			font-size: 11px;
			fill: black;
			text-anchor: middle;
		}
  </style>

  <body>
		<div id="chart"></div>
		<script>
			var dataSet1 = [ 5, 10, 13, 19, 21, 25, 22, 18, 15, 13,
        11, 12, 15, 20, 18, 17, 16, 18, 23, 25, 10, 13, 16, 5, 2 ];

      var margin = {top: 10, right: 10, bottom: 10, left: 10};
			var w = 700 - margin.left - margin.right;
				h = 450 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
				barPadding = 1;

			var svg = d3.select("#chart").append("svg")
				.attr({
					width: w + margin.left + margin.right,
					height: h + margin.top + margin.bottom
				})
				.append("g")
    		.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

			var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
				.domain(d3.range(dataSet1.length))
				.rangeRoundBands([0, w], 0.05);

			var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
				.domain([0, d3.max(dataSet1)])
				.range([0, h]);

			function color(d){ return "rgb(150," + d * 10 + "," + d * 15 + ")"; };

			svg.selectAll("rect")
				.data(dataSet1)
				.enter()
				.append("rect")
				.attr({
					x: function(d, i) { return xScale(i); },
					y: function(d) { return h - yScale(d)/2 - h/2; },
					width: xScale.rangeBand(),
					height: function(d){ return yScale(d); },
					fill: function(d){ return color(d); }
				});

			svg.selectAll("text.valueTop") // top
				.data(dataSet1)
				.enter()
				.append("text")
				.text(function(d) { return d; })
				.attr({
					"class": "valueTop",
					x: function(d,i) { return xScale(i) + xScale.rangeBand() / 2 },
					y: function(d) { return h - yScale(d)/2 - h/2 + 14; },
				});
			svg.selectAll("text.valueBottom") //bottom
				.data(dataSet1)
				.enter()
				.append("text")
				.text(function(d) { return d; })
				.attr({
					"class": "valueBottom",
					x: function(d,i) { return xScale(i) + xScale.rangeBand() / 2 },
					y: function(d) { return h + yScale(d)/2 - h/2 - 7; },
				});
		</script>
  </body>
</html>

## thumbnail.png

      
        

          Raw
        
        
          
            
          
          
            
              thumbnail.png