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This parallel coordinates visualization of cars from the ‘70s and ‘80s demonstrates one of D3 2.5.0’s new interactive features: the brush component. By clicking and dragging along any axis, you can specify a filter for that dimension. The brush component is also used in the updated scatterplot matrix example.

name year_created seating_capacity
Amphitheater at Arles 90 20000
Amphitheater at Carnuntum 100 12000
Amphitheater at Carthage 100 30000
Amphitheater at Conimbriga 50 4000
Amphitheater at Dura Europos 216 1000
Amphitheater at Empuries 50 3300
Amphitheater at Gemellae 130 3000
Amphitheater at Italica 140 25000
Amphitheater at Leptis Magna 56 16000
Amphitheater at Lyon 19 20000
Amphitheater at Marcianopolis (Devnya) 200 4000
Amphitheater at Mérida (Emerita Augusta) -8 15000
Amphitheater at Pompeii -70 22000
Amphitheater at Pula 1 26000
Amphitheater at Segobriga 90 7500
Amphitheater at Tarragona 100 15000
Amphitheater at Thysdrus 238 35000
Amphitheatre at Nimes 90 24000
Amphitheatre at Paestum -75 4500
Amphitheatre at Sutrium -50 8500
Amphitheatre at Telesia -75 9000
Amphitheatre at Uthina 120 16000
Amphitheatre at Verona 30 30000
Colosseum (Rome) 70 50000
Flavian Amphitheater at Pozzuoli 70 20000
Large amphitheater at Carnuntum 150 15000
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
svg {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.background path {
fill: none;
stroke: #ccc;
stroke-opacity: .4;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.foreground path {
fill: none;
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-opacity: .7;
}
.brush .extent {
fill-opacity: .3;
stroke: #fff;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.axis line,
.axis path {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.axis text {
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
cursor: move;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var m = [30, 10, 10, 10],
w = 960 - m[1] - m[3],
h = 500 - m[0] - m[2];
var x = d3.scale.ordinal().rangePoints([0, w], 1),
y = {},
dragging = {};
var line = d3.svg.line(),
axis = d3.svg.axis().orient("left"),
background,
foreground;
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", w + m[1] + m[3])
.attr("height", h + m[0] + m[2])
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + m[3] + "," + m[0] + ")");
d3.csv("cars.csv", function(error, cars) {
// Extract the list of dimensions and create a scale for each.
x.domain(dimensions = d3.keys(cars[0]).filter(function(d) {
return d != "name" && (y[d] = d3.scale.linear()
.domain(d3.extent(cars, function(p) { return +p[d]; }))
.range([h, 0]));
}));
// Add grey background lines for context.
background = svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "background")
.selectAll("path")
.data(cars)
.enter().append("path")
.attr("d", path);
// Add blue foreground lines for focus.
foreground = svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "foreground")
.selectAll("path")
.data(cars)
.enter().append("path")
.attr("d", path);
// Add a group element for each dimension.
var g = svg.selectAll(".dimension")
.data(dimensions)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "dimension")
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x(d) + ")"; })
.call(d3.behavior.drag()
.on("dragstart", function(d) {
dragging[d] = this.__origin__ = x(d);
background.attr("visibility", "hidden");
})
.on("drag", function(d) {
dragging[d] = Math.min(w, Math.max(0, this.__origin__ += d3.event.dx));
foreground.attr("d", path);
dimensions.sort(function(a, b) { return position(a) - position(b); });
x.domain(dimensions);
g.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + position(d) + ")"; })
})
.on("dragend", function(d) {
delete this.__origin__;
delete dragging[d];
transition(d3.select(this)).attr("transform", "translate(" + x(d) + ")");
transition(foreground)
.attr("d", path);
background
.attr("d", path)
.transition()
.delay(500)
.duration(0)
.attr("visibility", null);
}));
// Add an axis and title.
g.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis")
.each(function(d) { d3.select(this).call(axis.scale(y[d])); })
.append("text")
.attr("text-anchor", "middle")
.attr("y", -9)
.text(String);
// Add and store a brush for each axis.
g.append("g")
.attr("class", "brush")
.each(function(d) { d3.select(this).call(y[d].brush = d3.svg.brush().y(y[d]).on("brushstart", brushstart).on("brush", brush)); })
.selectAll("rect")
.attr("x", -8)
.attr("width", 16);
});
function position(d) {
var v = dragging[d];
return v == null ? x(d) : v;
}
function transition(g) {
return g.transition().duration(500);
}
// Returns the path for a given data point.
function path(d) {
return line(dimensions.map(function(p) { return [position(p), y[p](d[p])]; }));
}
// When brushing, don’t trigger axis dragging.
function brushstart() {
d3.event.sourceEvent.stopPropagation();
}
// Handles a brush event, toggling the display of foreground lines.
function brush() {
var actives = dimensions.filter(function(p) { return !y[p].brush.empty(); }),
extents = actives.map(function(p) { return y[p].brush.extent(); });
foreground.style("display", function(d) {
return actives.every(function(p, i) {
return extents[i][0] <= d[p] && d[p] <= extents[i][1];
}) ? null : "none";
});
}
</script>
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