Show values on top of bars in a barChart

Question

I have a bar chart with ordinal scale for the x-axis. I want to display the y-values on the top of each bar or in the bottom of each bar. It would be also acceptable to disp

Answer 1

This function will reposition a row chart's labels to the end of each row. A similar technique could be used for a bar chart using the "y" attribute.

• Labels animate along with the row rect, using chart's transitionDuration
• Uses chart's valueAccessor function
• Uses chart's xAxis scale to calculate label position

rowChart.on('pretransition', function(chart) {
    var padding = 2;
        
    chart.selectAll('g.row > text') //find all row labels
        .attr('x', padding) //move labels to starting position
        .transition() //start transition
        .duration(chart.transitionDuration()) //use chart's transitionDuration so labels animate with rows
        .attr('x', function(d){ //set label final position
            var dataValue = chart.valueAccessor()(d); //use chart's value accessor as basis for row label position
            var scaledValue = chart.xAxis().scale()(dataValue); //convert numeric value to row width
            return scaledValue+padding; //return scaled value to set label position
        });
});

Answer 2

If you use a specialized valueAccessor with a chart, you can make the following substitution in dimirc's "D3-ish way" solution.

Change

.text(function(d){
    return d3.select(d).data()[0].data.value
})

To

.text(function(d){
    return chart.valueAccessor()(d3.select(d).data()[0].data)
});

Answer 3

Check updated jsfiddle

.renderlet(function(chart){

    var barsData = [];
    var bars = chart.selectAll('.bar').each(function(d) { barsData.push(d); });

    //Remove old values (if found)
    d3.select(bars[0][0].parentNode).select('#inline-labels').remove();
    //Create group for labels 
    var gLabels = d3.select(bars[0][0].parentNode).append('g').attr('id','inline-labels');

    for (var i = bars[0].length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

        var b = bars[0][i];
        //Only create label if bar height is tall enough
        if (+b.getAttribute('height') < 18) continue;
        
        gLabels
            .append("text")
            .text(barsData[i].data.value)
            .attr('x', +b.getAttribute('x') + (b.getAttribute('width')/2) )
            .attr('y', +b.getAttribute('y') + 15)
            .attr('text-anchor', 'middle')
            .attr('fill', 'white');
    }

})

If you don't want the labels visible when the bars redraw (for example when bars change after user filters/clicks other chart) you can move the check of old values from de renderlet to the to a preRedraw listener.

.on("preRedraw", function(chart){

    //Remove old values (if found)
    chart.select('#inline-labels').remove();

})

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Alternative

D3-ish way

Demo jsfiddle

.renderlet(function (chart) {
    
    //Check if labels exist
    var gLabels = chart.select(".labels");
    if (gLabels.empty()){
        gLabels = chart.select(".chart-body").append('g').classed('labels', true);
    }
    
    var gLabelsData = gLabels.selectAll("text").data(chart.selectAll(".bar")[0]);
    
    gLabelsData.exit().remove(); //Remove unused elements
    
    gLabelsData.enter().append("text") //Add new elements
    
    gLabelsData
    .attr('text-anchor', 'middle')
    .attr('fill', 'white')
    .text(function(d){
        return d3.select(d).data()[0].data.value
    })
    .attr('x', function(d){ 
        return +d.getAttribute('x') + (d.getAttribute('width')/2); 
    })
    .attr('y', function(d){ return +d.getAttribute('y') + 15; })
    .attr('style', function(d){
        if (+d.getAttribute('height') < 18) return "display:none";
    });
    
})

Answer 4

In dc.js version 3.* . You can just use .renderLabel(true). It will print the value at top

Answer 5

Here's a bit of a hacky solution using the renderlet method. jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/tpsc5f9f/4/

JS

var barChart = dc.barChart("#Chart")
    .width(480).height(300)
    .dimension(XDimension)
    .group(YDimension)
    .transitionDuration(500)
    .xUnits(dc.units.ordinal)
    .x(d3.scale.ordinal().domain(XDimension)) 

dc.renderAll();

barChart.renderlet(function(chart){
    moveGroupNames();
});


function moveGroupNames() {
   var $chart = $('#Chart'),
       bar  = $chart.find('.bar');

    bar.each(function (i, item) {
        var bar_top    = this.height.baseVal.value;
        var bar_left   = this.width.baseVal.value;
        var bar_offset_x = 30;
        var bar_offset_y = 33;

        var bar_val = $(this).find('title').html().split(':')[1];

        $chart.append('<div class="val" style="bottom:'+(bar_top+bar_offset_y)+'px;left:'+((bar_left*i)+(bar_offset_x))+'px;width:'+bar_left+'px">'+bar_val+'</div>');

    });
}

Added CSS

body {
    margin-top:20px;
}
#Chart {
    position:relative;
}

#Chart .val {
    position:absolute;
    left:0;
    bottom:0;
    text-align: center;
}