I am having trouble adding a chart legend to my d3js chart. Here is my current approach:
var legend = svg.append(\"g\")
.attr(\"class\", \"legend\")
.att
Ok, here's one way to do it: http://jsbin.com/isuris/1/edit
Sorry, had to make too many changes to be able to explain it all. See if you can figure it out. If you have questions, ask the in the comments and I'll modify the answer.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: black;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.axis text {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
}
.y1 {
fill: white;
stroke: orange;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
.y2 {
fill: white;
stroke: red;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
.y3 {
fill: white;
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
.line {
fill: none;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
div.tooltip {
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
width: 50px;
height: 10px;
padding: 5px;
font: 10px sans-serif;
background: whiteSmoke;
border: solid 1px #aaa;
pointer-events: none;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 1px #888;
}
.legend {
padding: 5px;
font: 10px sans-serif;
background: yellow;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 1px #888;
}
.title {
font: 13px sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//Width and height
var w = 500;
var h = 300;
var padding = 50;
var now = d3.time.hour.utc(new Date);
var dataset = [ [ ],[ ] ];
dataset[0].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -5), y: 0});
dataset[0].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -4), y: 0});
dataset[0].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -3), y: 2});
dataset[0].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -2), y: 0});
dataset[0].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -1), y: 0});
dataset[0].push({x: now, y: 0});
dataset[1].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -5), y: 3});
dataset[1].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -4), y: 1});
dataset[1].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -3), y: 3});
dataset[1].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -2), y: 1});
dataset[1].push({x: d3.time.hour.utc.offset(now, -1), y: 5});
dataset[1].push({x: now, y: 1});
var color_hash = { 0 : ["apple", "green"],
1 : ["mango", "orange"],
2 : ["cherry", "red"]
}
// Define axis ranges & scales
var yExtents = d3.extent(d3.merge(dataset), function (d) { return d.y; });
var xExtents = d3.extent(d3.merge(dataset), function (d) { return d.x; });
var xScale = d3.time.scale()
.domain([xExtents[0], xExtents[1]])
.range([padding, w - padding * 2]);
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, yExtents[1]])
.range([h - padding, padding]);
// Create SVG element
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", h);
// Define lines
var line = d3.svg.line()
.x(function(d) { return x(d.x); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.y1, d.y2, d.y3); });
var pathContainers = svg.selectAll('g.line')
.data(dataset);
pathContainers.enter().append('g')
.attr('class', 'line')
.attr("style", function(d) {
return "stroke: " + color_hash[dataset.indexOf(d)][1];
});
pathContainers.selectAll('path')
.data(function (d) { return [d]; }) // continues the data from the pathContainer
.enter().append('path')
.attr('d', d3.svg.line()
.x(function (d) { return xScale(d.x); })
.y(function (d) { return yScale(d.y); })
);
// add circles
pathContainers.selectAll('circle')
.data(function (d) { return d; })
.enter().append('circle')
.attr('cx', function (d) { return xScale(d.x); })
.attr('cy', function (d) { return yScale(d.y); })
.attr('r', 3);
//Define X axis
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.orient("bottom")
.ticks(5);
//Define Y axis
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(yScale)
.orient("left")
.ticks(5);
//Add X axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding) + ")")
.call(xAxis);
//Add Y axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + padding + ",0)")
.call(yAxis);
// Add title
svg.append("svg:text")
.attr("class", "title")
.attr("x", 20)
.attr("y", 20)
.text("Fruit Sold Per Hour");
// add legend
var legend = svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "legend")
.attr("x", w - 65)
.attr("y", 25)
.attr("height", 100)
.attr("width", 100);
legend.selectAll('g').data(dataset)
.enter()
.append('g')
.each(function(d, i) {
var g = d3.select(this);
g.append("rect")
.attr("x", w - 65)
.attr("y", i*25)
.attr("width", 10)
.attr("height", 10)
.style("fill", color_hash[String(i)][1]);
g.append("text")
.attr("x", w - 50)
.attr("y", i * 25 + 8)
.attr("height",30)
.attr("width",100)
.style("fill", color_hash[String(i)][1])
.text(color_hash[String(i)][0]);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
You need to bind data to the nodes (rectangles and text elements) that make up the legend.
Currently you get an error when trying to style rectangles:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of undefined
The reason: there's no bound data
legend.append("rect")
/*...*/
.style("fill", function(d) {
// d <---- is undefined
return color_hash[dataset.indexOf(d)][1]
});
Notice that D3 focuses on data transformation and operates on selections. So, first select a set of nodes and then bind data
legend.selectAll('rect')
.data(dataset)
.enter()
Once you enter the selection with enter
, you can add nodes and apply properties dynamically. Notice that to avoid creating rectangles on top of others, when setting the y
property pass the i
counter and multiply it by an integer.
/*.....*/
.append("rect")
.attr("x", w - 65)
.attr("y", function(d, i){ return i * 20;})
.attr("width", 10)
.attr("height", 10)
.style("fill", function(d) {
var color = color_hash[dataset.indexOf(d)][1];
return color;
});
Here's the fixed example: http://jsbin.com/ubafur/3