Xianping Li A learner

Simple interactive stacked bar graph with D3.js

A picture is worth a thousand words. And It will be more funny and effective if we can interact with the chart.

The hardwares and the web technologies make it possible for average person to achieve interactive data visualization on the Internet. Among these web technologies, JavaScript equipped with many extension packages is the most powerful one. Here is an example using D3.js to make an interactive stacked bar chart.

Stacked Bars

Original codes

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<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
    var data = [{apple:3,banana:4,orange:5,year:2011},
        {apple:4,banana:7,orange:2,year:2012},
        {apple:1,banana:5,orange:6,year:2013},
        {apple:2,banana:2,orange:2,year:2014},
        {apple:7,banana:1,orange:8,year:2015}]

    var keys=d3.keys(data[0])
        .filter(function(key) {
            return key!=='year';
        })

    var yearFruit=keys.map(function(fruit) {
        return data.map(function(d) {
            return {
                x:d.year,
                y:+d[fruit]
            }
        })
    })

    var stackedData=d3.layout.stack()(yearFruit)
    var width=300,height=400

    var svg=d3.select('#stacked_bar')
        .append('svg')
        .attr({
            width:width+30,
            height:height+30            
        })
        .style({
            display:'block',
            margin:'0 auto'
        })

    svg.append('rect')
        .attr({
            width:width+30,
            height:height+30,
            fill:'white',
            stroke:'black',
            'stroke-width':1
        })

    var mainGroup=svg.append('g')      
        .attr('transform','translate('+25+','+7+')')

    mainGroup.append('rect')
        .attr({
            fill:'rgba(0,0,0,0.1)',
            width:width,
            height:height
        })

    var yScale=d3.scale.linear()
        .domain([0,
            d3.max(stackedData,function(d) {
                return d3.max(d,function (d) {
                    return d.y0+d.y
                })
            })
            ])
        .range([0,height])

    var xScale=d3.scale.ordinal()
        .domain(d3.range(stackedData[0].length))
        .rangeRoundBands([0,width],0.05)

    var colors=d3.scale.ordinal()
        .range(['red','yellow','orange'])

    var groups=mainGroup.selectAll('g')
        .data(stackedData)
        .enter()
        .append('g')
        .attr({
            fill:function(d,i) {
                return colors(i)
            },
            class:function(d,i) {
                return keys[i]
            }
        })

    groups.selectAll('rect')
        .data(function(d) {return d})
        .enter()
        .append('rect')
        .attr({
            x:function(d,i) {
                return xScale(i)
            },
            y:function(d,i) {
                return height-yScale(d.y)-yScale(d.y0)
            },
            height:function(d) {
                return yScale(d.y)
            },
            width:xScale.rangeBand()
        })
        .on('mouseover',function(d) {
            d3.select(this)
                .transition()
                .duration(500)
                .attr({
                    fill:'rgba(0,0,250,0.5)',
                    'stroke-width':3,
                    stroke:'white'
                })
        })
        .on('mouseout',function(d) {
            d3.select(this)
                .transition()
                .duration(500)
                .attr({
                    fill:d3.select(this.parentNode).attr('fill'),
                    stroke:'none'
                })
        })

    groups.selectAll('text')
        .data(function(d) {return d})
        .enter()
        .append('text')       
        .text(function(d,i) {
            return d3.select(this.parentNode).attr('class')+':'+d.y
        })
        .attr({
            x:function(d,i) {
                return xScale(i)+xScale.rangeBand()/2
            },
            y:function(d,i) {
                return height-yScale(d.y)/2-yScale(d.y0)
            },
            fill:function(d) {
            return d3.select(this.parentNode).attr('fill')
            },
            'alignment-baseline': 'middle',
            'text-anchor': 'middle'
        })
        .style({
            'font-size':'12px',
            'font-weight':'bold',
            'text-transform':'capitalize',
            'font-family':'sans-serif'
        })

    var xAxis=d3.svg.axis().orient('bottom').scale(xScale)
        .tickFormat(function(i) {return data[i].year})
    var xAxisGroup=svg.append('g')

    xAxisGroup
        .attr({transform:'translate('+25+','+(height+7)+')'})
        .style({
            'font-size':'14px',
            'font-family':'serif'
        })

    var xAxisNodes=xAxisGroup.call(xAxis)
    var xDomain=xAxisNodes.selectAll('.domain')
    var xTicks=xAxisNodes.selectAll('.tick line')

    xDomain.attr({
        fill:'none',
        'stroke-width':1,
        stroke:'black'
    })
    xTicks.attr({
        fill:'none',
        'stroke-width':1,
        stroke:'black'
    })

    var revYScale=d3.scale.linear()
        .domain([0,
            d3.max(stackedData,function(d) {
                return d3.max(d,function (d) {
                    return d.y0+d.y
                })
            })
            ])
        .range([height,0])
    var yAxis=d3.svg.axis().orient('left').scale(revYScale)
    var yAxisGroup=svg.append('g')

    yAxisGroup
        .attr({transform:'translate('+23+','+7+')'})
        .style({
            'font-size':'14px',
            'font-family':'serif'
        })
    
    var yAxisNodes=yAxisGroup.call(yAxis)
    var yDomain=yAxisNodes.selectAll('.domain')
    var yTicks=yAxisNodes.selectAll('.tick line')

    yDomain.attr({
        fill:'none',
        'stroke-width':1,
        stroke:'black'
    })
    yTicks.attr({
        fill:'none',
        'stroke-width':1,
        stroke:'black'
    })
</script>