Is it possible to add zoom and tooltip on the same line chart in d3js?

Question

Currently I am learning d3js, one of the feature i like to implement is showing tooltip and zooming horizontally. I figured out how to add zooming in the chart (working

Answer 1

Of course it's possible to add a tooltip in d3, there are a lot of examples and even a dedicated package for older versions.

You can choose to show a tooltip inside the SVG (as a rect with text) or outside, as a div. The benefit of outside is that the tooltip can overflow the SVG, the downside is that positioning can be more difficult, especially with scrolling.

I show a very simple implementation below, using a DIV tooltip. I positioned the .zoom rect behind the circles, so they would catch the mouse events instead, and added on mouseenter and mouseleave event listeners.

var data = [{
    date: "10:30:00",
    price: 36000
  },
  {
    date: "11:00:20",
    price: 40000
  },
  {
    date: "12:00:00",
    price: 38000
  },
  {
    date: "14:20:00",
    price: 50400
  }
];

var svg = d3.select("svg"),
  margin = {
    top: 20,
    right: 20,
    bottom: 110,
    left: 40
  },
  margin2 = {
    top: 430,
    right: 20,
    bottom: 30,
    left: 40
  },
  width = +svg.attr("width") - margin.left - margin.right,
  height = +svg.attr("height") - margin.top - margin.bottom,
  height2 = +svg.attr("height") - margin2.top - margin2.bottom;

var parseDate = d3.timeParse("%H:%M:%S"); //"%b %Y");

var x = d3.scaleTime().range([0, width]),
  x2 = d3.scaleTime().range([0, width]),
  y = d3.scaleLinear().range([height, 0]),
  y2 = d3.scaleLinear().range([height2, 0]);

var xAxis = d3.axisBottom(x),
  xAxis2 = d3.axisBottom(x2),
  yAxis = d3.axisLeft(y);

var brush = d3.brushX()
  .extent([
    [0, 0],
    [width, height2]
  ])
  .on("brush end", brushed);

var zoom = d3.zoom()
  .scaleExtent([1, Infinity])
  .translateExtent([
    [0, 0],
    [width, height]
  ])
  .extent([
    [0, 0],
    [width, height]
  ])
  .on("zoom", zoomed);

var area = d3.line()
  //.curve(d3.curveMonotoneX)
  .x(function(d) {
    return x(d.date);
  })
  .y(function(d) {
    return y(d.price);
  });

var area2 = d3.line()
  .curve(d3.curveMonotoneX)
  .x(function(d) {
    return x2(d.date);
  })
  .y(function(d) {
    return y2(d.price);
  });


svg.append("defs").append("clipPath")
  .attr("id", "clip")
  .append("rect")
  .attr("width", width)
  .attr("height", height);

var focus = svg.append("g")
  .attr("class", "focus")
  .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

var context = svg.append("g")
  .attr("class", "context")
  .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin2.left + "," + margin2.top + ")");

var tooltip = d3.select('body')
  .append('div')
  .attr('id', 'tooltip')
  .style("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "px," + margin.top + "px)")
  .classed('hide', true);

function update() {

  for (var k in data) {
    type(data[k]);
  }

  x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) {
    return d.date;
  }));
  y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) {
    return d.price;
  })]);
  x2.domain(x.domain());
  y2.domain(y.domain());


  focus.append("path")
    .datum(data)
    .attr("class", "area")
    .attr("d", area);

  focus.append("g")
    .attr("class", "axis axis--x")
    .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
    .call(xAxis);

  focus.append("g")
    .attr("class", "axis axis--y")
    .call(yAxis);

  focus.selectAll("circle")
    .data(data)
    .enter()
    .append("circle")
    .attr("class", "circle")
    .attr("r", 5)
    .style("fill", 'orange')
    .style("stroke", 'red')
    .style("stroke-width", "2")
    .attr("cx", function(d) {
      return x(d.date)
    })
    .attr("cy", function(d) {
      return y(d.price);
    })
    .on("mouseenter", function(d) {
      // Show the tooltip and position it correctly
      tooltip.classed('hide', false)
        .style('left', x(d.date).toString() + 'px')
        .style('top', y(d.price).toString() + 'px')
        .html("
Price: " + d.price + "
");
    })
    .on("mouseleave", function() {
      tooltip.classed('hide', true);
    });

  context.append("path")
    .datum(data)
    .attr("class", "area")
    .attr("d", area2);

  context.append("g")
    .attr("class", "axis axis--x")
    .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height2 + ")")
    .call(xAxis2);

  context.selectAll("circle")
    .data(data)
    .enter().append("circle")
    .attr("class", "circle")
    .attr("r", 1)
    .style("fill", 'blue')
    .style("stroke", 'red')
    .style("stroke-width", "2")
    .attr("cx", function(d) {
      return x(d.date)
    })
    .attr("cy", function(d) {
      return y(d.price);
    });

  context.append("g")
    .attr("class", "brush")
    .call(brush)
    .call(brush.move, x.range());

  // Insert the zoom rect *before* the circles, so the circles
  // are drawn in front of the recrt
  focus.insert("rect", "circle")
    .attr("class", "zoom")
    .attr("width", width)
    .attr("height", height)
    .call(zoom);
}



function brushed() {
  if (d3.event.sourceEvent && d3.event.sourceEvent.type === "zoom") return; // ignore brush-by-zoom
  var s = d3.event.selection || x2.range();
  x.domain(s.map(x2.invert, x2));
  focus.select(".area").attr("d", area);

  focus.selectAll('.circle')
    .attr("cx", function(d) {
      return x(d.date)
    })
    .attr("cy", function(d) {
      return y(d.price);
    });

  focus.select(".axis--x").call(xAxis);
  svg.select(".zoom").call(zoom.transform, d3.zoomIdentity
    .scale(width / (s[1] - s[0]))
    .translate(-s[0], 0));
}

function zoomed() {
  if (d3.event.sourceEvent && d3.event.sourceEvent.type === "brush") return; // ignore zoom-by-brush
  var t = d3.event.transform;
  x.domain(t.rescaleX(x2).domain());
  focus.select(".area").attr("d", area);

  focus.selectAll('.circle')
    .attr("cx", function(d) {
      return x(d.date)
    })
    .attr("cy", function(d) {
      return y(d.price);
    });

  focus.select(".axis--x").call(xAxis);
  context.select(".brush").call(brush.move, x.range().map(t.invertX, t));
  context.selectAll('.circle')
    .attr("cx", function(d) {
      return x(d.date)
    })
    .attr("cy", function(d) {
      return y(d.price);
    });
}

function type(d) {
  d.date = parseDate(d.date);
  d.price = +d.price;
  return d;
}
update();

.area {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #a2dced;
  stroke-width: 2;
  clip-path: url(#clip);
}

.zoom {
  cursor: move;
  fill: none;
  pointer-events: all;
}

rect.selection {
  fill: green;
}

#tooltip {
  position: absolute;
  border: solid 1px black;
  background: white;
  margin: 20px;
}

.hide {
  opacity: 0;
}