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scatter plot points don't maintain value when zooming in d3.js

This is my first time using d3.js, so please bear with me. I am implementing this inside of a vue.js file as pure javascript.
I am trying to make a scatter plot with zooming capabilities. So far I have everything nearly working, but when I zoom I notice that the x-axis isn't scaling properly, but the y-axis is working properly. For instance, when looking at the original plot, a point may be at around 625 on the x-axis, but after zooming in the same point will be less than 600. This is not happening with the y-axis - those points scale properly. I am assuming that something is wrong with the scaling of the x-axis in my zoom function, but I just can't figure it out. Please take a look, and let me know if you can see where I went wrong.
Edit: I should mention that this is using d3.js version 7.4.4
<template>
<div id="reg_plot"></div>
</template>
<script>
import * as d3 from 'd3';
export default {
name: 'regCamGraph',
components: {
d3
},
methods: {
createSvg() {
// dimensions
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40},
svg_dx = 1400,
svg_dy =1000,
chart_dx = svg_dx - margin.right - margin.left,
chart_dy = svg_dy - margin.top - margin.bottom;
// data
var y = d3.randomNormal(400, 100);
var x_jitter = d3.randomUniform(-100, 1400);
var d = d3.range(1000)
.map(function() {
return [x_jitter(), y()];
});
// fill
var colorScale = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain(d3.extent(d, function(d) { return d[1]; }))
.range([0, 1]);
// y position
var yScale = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain(d3.extent(d, function(d) { return d[1]; }))
.range([chart_dy, margin.top]);
// x position
var xScale = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain(d3.extent(d, function(d) { return d[0]; }))
.range([margin.right, chart_dx]);
console.log("chart_dy: " + chart_dy);
console.log("margin.top: " + margin.top);
console.log("chart_dx: " + chart_dx);
console.log("margin.right: " + margin.right);
// y-axis
var yAxis = d3.axisLeft(yScale);
// x-axis
var xAxis = d3.axisBottom(xScale);
// zoom
var svg = d3.select("#reg_plot")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", svg_dx)
.attr("height", svg_dy);
svg.call(d3.zoom().on("zoom", zoom)); // ref [1]
// plot data
var circles = svg.append("g")
.attr("id", "circles")
.attr("transform", "translate(200, 0)")
.selectAll("circle")
.data(d)
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("r", 4)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return xScale(d[0]); })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return yScale(d[1]); })
.style("fill", function(d) {
var norm_color = colorScale(d[1]);
return d3.interpolateInferno(norm_color)
});
// add y-axis
var y_axis = svg.append("g")
.attr("id", "y_axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(75,0)")
.call(yAxis).style("font-size", "20px")
// add x-axis
var x_axis = svg.append("g")
.attr("id", "x_axis")
.attr("transform", `translate(${margin.left}, ${svg_dy - margin.bottom})`)
.call(xAxis).style("font-size", "20px")
function zoom(e) {
// re-scale y axis during zoom
y_axis.transition()
.duration(50)
.call(yAxis.scale(e.transform.rescaleY(yScale)));
// re-scale x axis during zoom
x_axis.transition()
.duration(50)
.call(xAxis.scale(e.transform.rescaleX(xScale)));
// re-draw circles using new y-axis scale
var new_xScale = e.transform.rescaleX(xScale);
var new_yScale = e.transform.rescaleY(yScale);
console.log(d);
x_axis.call(xAxis.scale(new_xScale));
y_axis.call(yAxis.scale(new_yScale));
circles.data(d)
.attr('cx', function(d) {return new_xScale(d[0])})
.attr('cy', function(d) {return new_yScale(d[1])});
}
}
},
mounted() {
this.createSvg();
}
}
</script>
Interestingly enough, after I set the clip region to prevent showing points outside of the axes the problem seemed to resolve itself. This is how I created the clip path:
// clip path
var clip = svg.append("defs").append("svg:clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip")
.append("svg:rect")
.attr("id", "clip-rect")
.attr("x", "0")
.attr("y", "0")
.attr('width', chart_dx)
.attr('height', chart_dy);
And I then added that attribute to the svg when plotting the data like this:
svg.append("g").attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)")
Updated clip path with plot data section:
// clip path
var clip = svg.append("defs").append("svg:clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip")
.append("svg:rect")
.attr("id", "clip-rect")
.attr("x", "0")
.attr("y", "0")
.attr('width', chart_dx)
.attr('height', chart_dy);
// plot data
var circles = svg.append("g")
.attr("id", "circles")
.attr("transform", "translate(75, 0)")
.attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)") //added here
.selectAll("circle")
.data(d)
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("r", 4)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return xScale(d[0]); })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return yScale(d[1]); })
.style("fill", function(d) {
var norm_color = colorScale(d[1]);
return d3.interpolateInferno(norm_color)
});

I ended up resolving this issue. I have updated the original post to show what worked for me.
Basically, after adding the clip region things started to work properly.
// clip path (this is the new clip region that I added. It prevents dots from being drawn outside of the axes.
var clip = svg.append("defs").append("svg:clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip")
.append("svg:rect")
.attr("id", "clip-rect")
.attr("x", "0")
.attr("y", "0")
.attr('width', chart_dx)
.attr('height', chart_dy);
// plot data
var circles = svg.append("g")
.attr("id", "circles")
.attr("transform", "translate(75, 0)")
.attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)") //added clip region to svg here
.selectAll("circle")
.data(d)
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("r", 4)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return xScale(d[0]); })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return yScale(d[1]); })
.style("fill", function(d) {
var norm_color = colorScale(d[1]);
return d3.interpolateInferno(norm_color)
});

Creating a zoom function in D3

I have a function where that when a button is pressed (Several buttons the represent several animal types), that animal types SVG is updated with its corresponding data. I'm trying to replicate this zoom function but am having issues implementing it with my code. There are several SVGs that are used globally like this (one for each animal type):
let x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, 1000])
.range([ 0, width ]);
var xAxis = d3.axisBottom(x);
svgReptile.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis)
const yAxis = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, 220])
.range([ height, 0])
svgReptile.append("g")
.call(d3.axisLeft(yAxis))
The function below is called when one of the animal buttons is pressed.
function update(animal, whatSVG, xAxis, yAxis, color) {
const points = whatSVG
.selectAll("circle")
.data(data);
points.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("cx", function(d) {
return xAxis(d.state);
})
.attr("cy", function(d) {
return yAxis(d.percentage);
})
.merge(points)
.attr("r", 3)
.attr("cx", function(d) {
return xAxis(d.decade)
})
.attr("cy", function(d) {
return yAxis(d.count)
})
.style("fill", function (d) { return colour(d.animal) } );
points.exit()
.attr('r', 0)
.remove();
}
Question:
How can I implement a zoom feature that expands the x-axis when zoomed (or anything similar) like the one linked above?

I think you're looking for a 'brush zoom' from the last line of your question.
The following source code if from an example in a d3 graph gallery
The cross hair allows you to select an area to expand. If you follow the link there is a graph above it that is entitled "Zoom with axis" but it doesn't zoom in the way you've described, it just moves the axis, but doesn't enlarge the graph contents with it. Perhaps both will be useful!
Hope this helps
// set the dimensions and margins of the graph
var margin = {top: 10, right: 20, bottom: 20, left: 20},
width = 500 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 400 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
// append the svg object to the body of the page
var Svg = d3.select("#brushZoom")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform",
"translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
//Read the data
d3.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/iris.csv", function(data) {
// Add X axis
var x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([4, 8])
.range([ 0, width ]);
var xAxis = Svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(d3.axisBottom(x));
// Add Y axis
var y = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, 9])
.range([ height, 0]);
Svg.append("g")
.call(d3.axisLeft(y));
// Add a clipPath: everything out of this area won't be drawn.
var clip = Svg.append("defs").append("svg:clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip")
.append("svg:rect")
.attr("width", width )
.attr("height", height )
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("y", 0);
// Color scale: give me a specie name, I return a color
var color = d3.scaleOrdinal()
.domain(["setosa", "versicolor", "virginica" ])
.range([ "#440154ff", "#21908dff", "#fde725ff"])
// Add brushing
var brush = d3.brushX() // Add the brush feature using the d3.brush function
.extent( [ [0,0], [width,height] ] ) // initialise the brush area: start at 0,0 and finishes at width,height: it means I select the whole graph area
.on("end", updateChart) // Each time the brush selection changes, trigger the 'updateChart' function
// Create the scatter variable: where both the circles and the brush take place
var scatter = Svg.append('g')
.attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)")
// Add circles
scatter
.selectAll("circle")
.data(data)
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("cx", function (d) { return x(d.Sepal_Length); } )
.attr("cy", function (d) { return y(d.Petal_Length); } )
.attr("r", 8)
.style("fill", function (d) { return color(d.Species) } )
.style("opacity", 0.5)
// Add the brushing
scatter
.append("g")
.attr("class", "brush")
.call(brush);
// A function that set idleTimeOut to null
var idleTimeout
function idled() { idleTimeout = null; }
// A function that update the chart for given boundaries
function updateChart() {
extent = d3.event.selection
// If no selection, back to initial coordinate. Otherwise, update X axis domain
if(!extent){
if (!idleTimeout) return idleTimeout = setTimeout(idled, 350); // This allows to wait a little bit
x.domain([ 4,8])
}else{
x.domain([ x.invert(extent[0]), x.invert(extent[1]) ])
scatter.select(".brush").call(brush.move, null) // This remove the grey brush area as soon as the selection has been done
}
// Update axis and circle position
xAxis.transition().duration(1000).call(d3.axisBottom(x))
scatter
.selectAll("circle")
.transition().duration(1000)
.attr("cx", function (d) { return x(d.Sepal_Length); } )
.attr("cy", function (d) { return y(d.Petal_Length); } )
}
})
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/4.13.0/d3.min.js"></script>
<div id="brushZoom"></div>

d3.js Multi-series line chart interactive (tsv into literal data)

I have a question. How should I redo this example (http://bl.ocks.org/DStruths/9c042e3a6b66048b5bd4) which uses a .tsv file to instead utilize a script with literal data?
So far I have done the following: http://codepen.io/Balzzac/pen/MJorXw?editors=0010 , but nothing works.
My code:
var dataset = [here is 15000 raws of original data converted into JSON, using http://codebeautify.org/tsv-to-json-converter]
var margin = {top: 20, right: 200, bottom: 100, left: 50},
margin2 = { top: 430, right: 10, bottom: 20, left: 40 },
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom,
height2 = 500 - margin2.top - margin2.bottom;
var parseDate = d3.time.format("%Y%m%d").parse;
var bisectDate = d3.bisector(function(d) { return d.date; }).left;
var xScale = d3.time.scale()
.range([0, width]),
xScale2 = d3.time.scale()
.range([0, width]); // Duplicate xScale for brushing ref later
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.range([height, 0]);
// 40 Custom DDV colors
var color = d3.scale.ordinal().range(["#48A36D", "#56AE7C", "#64B98C", "#72C39B", "#80CEAA", "#80CCB3", "#7FC9BD", "#7FC7C6", "#7EC4CF", "#7FBBCF", "#7FB1CF", "#80A8CE", "#809ECE", "#8897CE", "#8F90CD", "#9788CD", "#9E81CC", "#AA81C5", "#B681BE", "#C280B7", "#CE80B0", "#D3779F", "#D76D8F", "#DC647E", "#E05A6D", "#E16167", "#E26962", "#E2705C", "#E37756", "#E38457", "#E39158", "#E29D58", "#E2AA59", "#E0B15B", "#DFB95C", "#DDC05E", "#DBC75F", "#E3CF6D", "#EAD67C", "#F2DE8A"]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.orient("bottom"),
xAxis2 = d3.svg.axis() // xAxis for brush slider
.scale(xScale2)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(yScale)
.orient("left");
var line = d3.svg.line()
.interpolate("basis")
.x(function(d) { return xScale(d.date); })
.y(function(d) { return yScale(d.rating); })
.defined(function(d) { return d.rating; }); // Hiding line value defaults of 0 for missing data
var maxY; // Defined later to update yAxis
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom) //height + margin.top + margin.bottom
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
// Create invisible rect for mouse tracking
svg.append("rect")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("y", 0)
.attr("id", "mouse-tracker")
.style("fill", "white");
//for slider part-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var context = svg.append("g") // Brushing context box container
.attr("transform", "translate(" + 0 + "," + 410 + ")")
.attr("class", "context");
//append clip path for lines plotted, hiding those part out of bounds
svg.append("defs")
.append("clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip")
.append("rect")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);
//end slider part-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// d3.tsv("data.tsv", function(error, data)
function render(data){
color.domain(d3.keys(data[0]).filter(function(key) { // Set the domain of the color ordinal scale to be all the csv headers except "date", matching a color to an issue
return key !== "date";
}));
data.forEach(function(d) { // Make every date in the csv data a javascript date object format
d.date = parseDate(d.date);
});
var categories = color.domain().map(function(name) { // Nest the data into an array of objects with new keys
return {
name: name, // "name": the csv headers except date
values: data.map(function(d) { // "values": which has an array of the dates and ratings
return {
date: d.date,
rating: +(d[name]),
};
}),
visible: (name === "Unemployment" ? true : false) // "visible": all false except for economy which is true.
};
});
xScale.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; })); // extent = highest and lowest points, domain is data, range is bouding box
yScale.domain([0, 100
//d3.max(categories, function(c) { return d3.max(c.values, function(v) { return v.rating; }); })
]);
xScale2.domain(xScale.domain()); // Setting a duplicate xdomain for brushing reference later
//for slider part-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
var brush = d3.svg.brush()//for slider bar at the bottom
.x(xScale2)
.on("brush", brushed);
context.append("g") // Create brushing xAxis
.attr("class", "x axis1")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height2 + ")")
.call(xAxis2);
var contextArea = d3.svg.area() // Set attributes for area chart in brushing context graph
.interpolate("monotone")
.x(function(d) { return xScale2(d.date); }) // x is scaled to xScale2
.y0(height2) // Bottom line begins at height2 (area chart not inverted)
.y1(0); // Top line of area, 0 (area chart not inverted)
//plot the rect as the bar at the bottom
context.append("path") // Path is created using svg.area details
.attr("class", "area")
.attr("d", contextArea(categories[0].values)) // pass first categories data .values to area path generator
.attr("fill", "#F1F1F2");
//append the brush for the selection of subsection
context.append("g")
.attr("class", "x brush")
.call(brush)
.selectAll("rect")
.attr("height", height2) // Make brush rects same height
.attr("fill", "#E6E7E8");
//end slider part-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// draw line graph
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis)
.append("text")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 6)
.attr("x", -10)
.attr("dy", ".71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Issues Rating");
var issue = svg.selectAll(".issue")
.data(categories) // Select nested data and append to new svg group elements
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "issue");
issue.append("path")
.attr("class", "line")
.style("pointer-events", "none") // Stop line interferring with cursor
.attr("id", function(d) {
return "line-" + d.name.replace(" ", "").replace("/", ""); // Give line id of line-(insert issue name, with any spaces replaced with no spaces)
})
.attr("d", function(d) {
return d.visible ? line(d.values) : null; // If array key "visible" = true then draw line, if not then don't
})
.attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)")//use clip path to make irrelevant part invisible
.style("stroke", function(d) { return color(d.name); });
// draw legend
var legendSpace = 450 / categories.length; // 450/number of issues (ex. 40)
issue.append("rect")
.attr("width", 10)
.attr("height", 10)
.attr("x", width + (margin.right/3) - 15)
.attr("y", function (d, i) { return (legendSpace)+i*(legendSpace) - 8; }) // spacing
.attr("fill",function(d) {
return d.visible ? color(d.name) : "#F1F1F2"; // If array key "visible" = true then color rect, if not then make it grey
})
.attr("class", "legend-box")
.on("click", function(d){ // On click make d.visible
d.visible = !d.visible; // If array key for this data selection is "visible" = true then make it false, if false then make it true
maxY = findMaxY(categories); // Find max Y rating value categories data with "visible"; true
yScale.domain([0,maxY]); // Redefine yAxis domain based on highest y value of categories data with "visible"; true
svg.select(".y.axis")
.transition()
.call(yAxis);
issue.select("path")
.transition()
.attr("d", function(d){
return d.visible ? line(d.values) : null; // If d.visible is true then draw line for this d selection
})
issue.select("rect")
.transition()
.attr("fill", function(d) {
return d.visible ? color(d.name) : "#F1F1F2";
});
})
.on("mouseover", function(d){
d3.select(this)
.transition()
.attr("fill", function(d) { return color(d.name); });
d3.select("#line-" + d.name.replace(" ", "").replace("/", ""))
.transition()
.style("stroke-width", 2.5);
})
.on("mouseout", function(d){
d3.select(this)
.transition()
.attr("fill", function(d) {
return d.visible ? color(d.name) : "#F1F1F2";});
d3.select("#line-" + d.name.replace(" ", "").replace("/", ""))
.transition()
.style("stroke-width", 1.5);
})
issue.append("text")
.attr("x", width + (margin.right/3))
.attr("y", function (d, i) { return (legendSpace)+i*(legendSpace); }) // (return (11.25/2 =) 5.625) + i * (5.625)
.text(function(d) { return d.name; });
// Hover line
var hoverLineGroup = svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "hover-line");
var hoverLine = hoverLineGroup // Create line with basic attributes
.append("line")
.attr("id", "hover-line")
.attr("x1", 10).attr("x2", 10)
.attr("y1", 0).attr("y2", height + 10)
.style("pointer-events", "none") // Stop line interferring with cursor
.style("opacity", 1e-6); // Set opacity to zero
var hoverDate = hoverLineGroup
.append('text')
.attr("class", "hover-text")
.attr("y", height - (height-40)) // hover date text position
.attr("x", width - 150) // hover date text position
.style("fill", "#E6E7E8");
var columnNames = d3.keys(data[0]) //grab the key values from your first data row
//these are the same as your column names
.slice(1); //remove the first column name (`date`);
var focus = issue.select("g") // create group elements to house tooltip text
.data(columnNames) // bind each column name date to each g element
.enter().append("g") //create one <g> for each columnName
.attr("class", "focus");
focus.append("text") // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22064083/d3-js-multi-series-chart-with-y-value-tracking
.attr("class", "tooltip")
.attr("x", width + 20) // position tooltips
.attr("y", function (d, i) { return (legendSpace)+i*(legendSpace); }); // (return (11.25/2 =) 5.625) + i * (5.625) // position tooltips
// Add mouseover events for hover line.
d3.select("#mouse-tracker") // select chart plot background rect #mouse-tracker
.on("mousemove", mousemove) // on mousemove activate mousemove function defined below
.on("mouseout", function() {
hoverDate
.text(null) // on mouseout remove text for hover date
d3.select("#hover-line")
.style("opacity", 1e-6); // On mouse out making line invisible
});
function mousemove() {
var mouse_x = d3.mouse(this)[0]; // Finding mouse x position on rect
var graph_x = xScale.invert(mouse_x); //
//var mouse_y = d3.mouse(this)[1]; // Finding mouse y position on rect
//var graph_y = yScale.invert(mouse_y);
//console.log(graph_x);
var format = d3.time.format('%b %Y'); // Format hover date text to show three letter month and full year
hoverDate.text(format(graph_x)); // scale mouse position to xScale date and format it to show month and year
d3.select("#hover-line") // select hover-line and changing attributes to mouse position
.attr("x1", mouse_x)
.attr("x2", mouse_x)
.style("opacity", 1); // Making line visible
// Legend tooltips // http://www.d3noob.org/2014/07/my-favourite-tooltip-method-for-line.html
var x0 = xScale.invert(d3.mouse(this)[0]), /* d3.mouse(this)[0] returns the x position on the screen of the mouse. xScale.invert function is reversing the process that we use to map the domain (date) to range (position on screen). So it takes the position on the screen and converts it into an equivalent date! */
i = bisectDate(data, x0, 1), // use our bisectDate function that we declared earlier to find the index of our data array that is close to the mouse cursor
/*It takes our data array and the date corresponding to the position of or mouse cursor and returns the index number of the data array which has a date that is higher than the cursor position.*/
d0 = data[i - 1],
d1 = data[i],
/*d0 is the combination of date and rating that is in the data array at the index to the left of the cursor and d1 is the combination of date and close that is in the data array at the index to the right of the cursor. In other words we now have two variables that know the value and date above and below the date that corresponds to the position of the cursor.*/
d = x0 - d0.date > d1.date - x0 ? d1 : d0;
/*The final line in this segment declares a new array d that is represents the date and close combination that is closest to the cursor. It is using the magic JavaScript short hand for an if statement that is essentially saying if the distance between the mouse cursor and the date and close combination on the left is greater than the distance between the mouse cursor and the date and close combination on the right then d is an array of the date and close on the right of the cursor (d1). Otherwise d is an array of the date and close on the left of the cursor (d0).*/
//d is now the data row for the date closest to the mouse position
focus.select("text").text(function(columnName){
//because you didn't explictly set any data on the <text>
//elements, each one inherits the data from the focus <g>
return (d[columnName]);
});
};
//for brusher of the slider bar at the bottom
function brushed() {
xScale.domain(brush.empty() ? xScale2.domain() : brush.extent()); // If brush is empty then reset the Xscale domain to default, if not then make it the brush extent
svg.select(".x.axis") // replot xAxis with transition when brush used
.transition()
.call(xAxis);
maxY = findMaxY(categories); // Find max Y rating value categories data with "visible"; true
yScale.domain([0,maxY]); // Redefine yAxis domain based on highest y value of categories data with "visible"; true
svg.select(".y.axis") // Redraw yAxis
.transition()
.call(yAxis);
issue.select("path") // Redraw lines based on brush xAxis scale and domain
.transition()
.attr("d", function(d){
return d.visible ? line(d.values) : null; // If d.visible is true then draw line for this d selection
});
};
}; // End Data callback function
function findMaxY(data){ // Define function "findMaxY"
var maxYValues = data.map(function(d) {
if (d.visible){
return d3.max(d.values, function(value) { // Return max rating value
return value.rating; })
}
});
return d3.max(maxYValues);
}
render(dataset);

date should be a string. Thanks to:
https://github.com/d3/d3/issues/2543

D3js Converting a vertical bar chart to horizontal bar chart [duplicate]

I have a vertical bar chart that is grouped in pairs. I was trying to play around with how to flip it horizontally. In my case, the keywords would appear on the y axis, and the scale would appear on the x-axis.
I tried switching various x/y variables, but that of course just produced funky results. Which areas of my code do I need to focus on in order to switch it from vertical bars to horizontal ones?
My JSFiddle: Full Code
var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
.domain(d3.range(dataset.length))
.rangeRoundBands([0, w], 0.05);
// ternary operator to determine if global or local has a larger scale
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(dataset, function (d) {
return (d.local > d.global) ? d.local : d.global;
})])
.range([h, 0]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.tickFormat(function (d) {
return dataset[d].keyword;
})
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(yScale)
.orient("left")
.ticks(5);
var commaFormat = d3.format(',');
//SVG element
var svg = d3.select("#searchVolume")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", w + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", h + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
// Graph Bars
var sets = svg.selectAll(".set")
.data(dataset)
.enter()
.append("g")
.attr("class", "set")
.attr("transform", function (d, i) {
return "translate(" + xScale(i) + ",0)";
});
sets.append("rect")
.attr("class", "local")
.attr("width", xScale.rangeBand() / 2)
.attr("y", function (d) {
return yScale(d.local);
})
.attr("x", xScale.rangeBand() / 2)
.attr("height", function (d) {
return h - yScale(d.local);
})
.attr("fill", colors[0][1])
;
sets.append("rect")
.attr("class", "global")
.attr("width", xScale.rangeBand() / 2)
.attr("y", function (d) {
return yScale(d.global);
})
.attr("height", function (d) {
return h - yScale(d.global);
})
.attr("fill", colors[1][1])
;
sets.append("rect")
.attr("class", "global")
.attr("width", xScale.rangeBand() / 2)
.attr("y", function (d) {
return yScale(d.global);
})
.attr("height", function (d) {
return h - yScale(d.global);
})
.attr("fill", colors[1][1])
;

I just did the same thing last night, and I basically ended up rewriting the code as it was quicker than fixing all the bugs but here's the tips I can give you.
The biggest issues with flipping the x and y axis will be with things like return h - yScale(d.global) because height is calculated from the "top" of the page not the bottom.
Another key thing to remember is that when you set .attr("x", ..) make sure you set it to 0 (plus any padding for the left side) so = .attr("x", 0)"
I used this tutorial to help me think about my own code in terms of horizontal bars instead - it really helped
http://hdnrnzk.me/2012/07/04/creating-a-bar-graph-using-d3js/
here's my own code making it horizontal if it helps:
var w = 600;
var h = 600;
var padding = 30;
var xScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(dataset, function(d){
return d.values[0]; })]) //note I'm using an array here to grab the value hence the [0]
.range([padding, w - (padding*2)]);
var yScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
.domain(d3.range(dataset.length))
.rangeRoundBands([padding, h- padding], 0.05);
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", h)
svg.selectAll("rect")
.data(dataset)
.enter()
.append("rect")
.attr("x", 0 + padding)
.attr("y", function(d, i){
return yScale(i);
})
.attr("width", function(d) {
return xScale(d.values[0]);
})
.attr("height", yScale.rangeBand())

An alternative is to rotate the chart (see this). This is a bit hacky as then you need to maintain the swapped axes in your head (the height is actually the width etc), but it is arguably simpler if you already have a working vertical chart.
An example of rotating the chart is below. You might need to rotate the text as well to make it nice.
_chart.select('g').attr("transform","rotate(90 200 200)");

Here is the procedure I use in this case:
1) Inverse all Xs and Ys
2) Remember that the 0 for y is on top, thus you will have to inverse lots of values as previous values for y will be inversed (you don't want your x axis to go from left to right) and the new y axis will be inversed too.
3) Make sure the bars display correctly
4) Adapt legends if there are problems
This question may help in the sense that it shows how to go from horizontal bar charts to vertical: d3.js histogram with positive and negative values

d3js graph plotting at incorrect coordinates

i was trying to draw simple d3js graph.I got through drawing the axis and even plotted the data but the data isn't appearing where it is expected to be.
As per my json data below
var d1 = [{
value1: "30",
value2: "10"
}];
i'm trying to plot a circle at coordinates x axis 30 and y axis 10but the circle on the graph appears some where else.
Here is the jsfiddle demo
Here is my code
var d1 = [{
value1: "30",
value2: "10"
}];
function Update(){
var circles = vis.selectAll("circle").data(d1)
circles
.enter()
.insert("svg:circle")
.attr("cx", function (d) { return d.value1; })
.attr("cy", function (d) { return d.value2; })
.style("fill", "red")
circles
.transition().duration(1000)
.attr("cx", function (d) { return d.value1; })
.attr("cy", function (d) { return d.value2; })
.attr("r", function (d) { return 5; })
circles.exit ()
.transition().duration(1000)
.attr("r", 0)
.remove ();
}
/*************************************************/
/*******************Real Stuff starts here*******************/
var vis = d3.select("#visualisation"),
WIDTH = 600,
HEIGHT = 400,
MARGINS = {
top: 20,
right: 20,
bottom: 20,
left: 50
},
xRange = d3.scale.linear().range([MARGINS.left, WIDTH - MARGINS.right]).domain([0,100]),
yRange = d3.scale.linear().range([HEIGHT - MARGINS.top, MARGINS.bottom]).domain([0,300]),
xAxis = d3.svg.axis() // generate an axis
.scale(xRange) // set the range of the axis
.tickSize(5) // height of the ticks
.tickSubdivide(true), // display ticks between text labels
yAxis = d3.svg.axis() // generate an axis
.scale(yRange) // set the range of the axis
.tickSize(5) // width of the ticks
.orient("left") // have the text labels on the left hand side
.tickSubdivide(true); // display ticks between text labels
function init() {
vis.append("svg:g") // add a container for the axis
.attr("class", "x axis") // add some classes so we can style it
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (HEIGHT - MARGINS.bottom) + ")") // move it into position
.call(xAxis); // finally, add the axis to the visualisation
vis.append("svg:g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + (MARGINS.left) + ",0)")
.call(yAxis);
}
init();
$('#btn').click(function(){
Update();
});

It works if you
define the numbers as numbers and not as strings (i.e. value1: 30 instead of value1: "30") and
use the scales you define (i.e. return xRange(d.value1) instead of return d.value1).
Working jsfiddle here.

Your circle is appearing at pixel (30,10), but that doesn't correspond to the place 30,10 as labeled by your axes. Use your scales to set the point's location.
.attr("cx", function (d) { return xRange(d.value1); })
.attr("cy", function (d) { return yRange(d.value2); })

You will need to apply xScale and yScale to your coordinates to transform them into the plotting space.
See this jsFiddle
.attr("cx", function (d) { return xRange(d.value1); })
.attr("cy", function (d) { return yRange(d.value2); })

Actually it is working fine. It is just that top left corner is (0,0) and not bottom left (as I suspect, you must be assuming).
Set both x,y to 0. Circle will appear at top left corner.