yanofsky/index.html

## index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
	<title>Text bbox issue</title>

</head>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
	@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cutive);
	svg text {
		font-family: 'Cutive',Helvetica, sans-serif;
		font-size: 30px;
	}
</style>
<body id="" onload="">
	<div id="content">

	</div>
	<button id="updateButton">Update!</button>
</body>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

	function transformCoordOf(elem) {
		var separator = elem.attr("transform").indexOf(",") > -1 ? "," : " ";
		var trans = elem.attr("transform").split(separator);
		return { x: (trans[0] ? parseFloat(trans[0].split("(")[1]) : 0), y: (trans[1] ? 		parseFloat(trans[1].split(")")[0] ): 0) };
	}

	function positionElements() {
		txts.filter(function(d,i){return i != 0})
			.attr("transform",function(d,i){
				var prev = d3.select(txts[0][i]),
				prevWidth = parseFloat(prev.node().getBoundingClientRect().width)
				prevCoords = transformCoordOf(prev);

				var cur = d3.select(this),
				curWidth = parseFloat(cur.node().getBoundingClientRect().width)
				curCoords = transformCoordOf(cur);

				var y = prevCoords.y,
					x = prevCoords.x + prevWidth + 10;

				return "translate("+x+","+y+")";
			})
	}

	var names = ["apples","oranges","bananas"]
	var canvas = d3.select("#content")
		.append("svg")
		.attr("width","600px")
		.attr("height","100px");

	var txts = canvas.selectAll("text").data(names)
		.enter()
		.append("text")
		.attr("transform","translate(10,50)")
		.text(function(d){return d});

	positionElements()

	d3.select("button").on("click",function(){positionElements()})

</script>
</html>
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
	<title>Text bbox issue</title>

	</head>
	<style type="text/css" media="screen">
	@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Cutive);
	svg text {
	font-family: 'Cutive',Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 30px;
	}
	</style>
	<body id="" onload="">
	<div id="content">

	</div>
	<button id="updateButton">Update!</button>
	</body>
	<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

	function transformCoordOf(elem) {
	var separator = elem.attr("transform").indexOf(",") > -1 ? "," : " ";
	var trans = elem.attr("transform").split(separator);
	return { x: (trans[0] ? parseFloat(trans[0].split("(")[1]) : 0), y: (trans[1] ? parseFloat(trans[1].split(")")[0] ): 0) };
	}

	function positionElements() {
	txts.filter(function(d,i){return i != 0})
	.attr("transform",function(d,i){
	var prev = d3.select(txts[0][i]),
	prevWidth = parseFloat(prev.node().getBoundingClientRect().width)
	prevCoords = transformCoordOf(prev);

	var cur = d3.select(this),
	curWidth = parseFloat(cur.node().getBoundingClientRect().width)
	curCoords = transformCoordOf(cur);

	var y = prevCoords.y,
	x = prevCoords.x + prevWidth + 10;

	return "translate("+x+","+y+")";
	})
	}

	var names = ["apples","oranges","bananas"]
	var canvas = d3.select("#content")
	.append("svg")
	.attr("width","600px")
	.attr("height","100px");

	var txts = canvas.selectAll("text").data(names)
	.enter()
	.append("text")
	.attr("transform","translate(10,50)")
	.text(function(d){return d});

	positionElements()

	d3.select("button").on("click",function(){positionElements()})

	</script>
	</html>