Stacked Bars
Animation design by Heer and Robertson. Colors and data generation inspired by Byron and Wattenberg.
Source Code
1 var n = 4, // number of layers
2 m = 64, // number of samples per layer
3 data = d3.layout.stack()(stream_layers(n, m, .1)),
4 color = d3.interpolateRgb("#aad", "#556");
5
6 var p = 20,
7 w = 960,
8 h = 500 - .5 - p,
9 mx = m,
10 my = d3.max(data, function(d) {
11 return d3.max(d, function(d) {
12 return d.y0 + d.y;
13 });
14 }),
15 mz = d3.max(data, function(d) {
16 return d3.max(d, function(d) {
17 return d.y;
18 });
19 }),
20 x = function(d) { return d.x * w / mx; },
21 y0 = function(d) { return h - d.y0 * h / my; },
22 y1 = function(d) { return h - (d.y + d.y0) * h / my; },
23 y2 = function(d) { return d.y * h / mz; }; // or `my` to not rescale
24
25 var vis = d3.select("#chart")
26 .append("svg:svg")
27 .attr("width", w)
28 .attr("height", h + p);
29
30 var layers = vis.selectAll("g.layer")
31 .data(data)
32 .enter().append("svg:g")
33 .style("fill", function(d, i) { return color(i / (n - 1)); })
34 .attr("class", "layer");
35
36 var bars = layers.selectAll("g.bar")
37 .data(function(d) { return d; })
38 .enter().append("svg:g")
39 .attr("class", "bar")
40 .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x(d) + ",0)"; });
41
42 bars.append("svg:rect")
43 .attr("width", x({x: .9}))
44 .attr("x", 0)
45 .attr("y", h)
46 .attr("height", 0)
47 .transition()
48 .delay(function(d, i) { return i * 10; })
49 .attr("y", y1)
50 .attr("height", function(d) { return y0(d) - y1(d); });
51
52 var labels = vis.selectAll("text.label")
53 .data(data[0])
54 .enter().append("svg:text")
55 .attr("class", "label")
56 .attr("x", x)
57 .attr("y", h + 6)
58 .attr("dx", x({x: .45}))
59 .attr("dy", ".71em")
60 .attr("text-anchor", "middle")
61 .text(function(d, i) { return i; });
62
63 vis.append("svg:line")
64 .attr("x1", 0)
65 .attr("x2", w - x({x: .1}))
66 .attr("y1", h)
67 .attr("y2", h);
68
69 function transitionGroup() {
70 var group = d3.selectAll("#chart");
71
72 group.select("#group")
73 .attr("class", "first active");
74
75 group.select("#stack")
76 .attr("class", "last");
77
78 group.selectAll("g.layer rect")
79 .transition()
80 .duration(500)
81 .delay(function(d, i) { return (i % m) * 10; })
82 .attr("x", function(d, i) { return x({x: .9 * ~~(i / m) / n}); })
83 .attr("width", x({x: .9 / n}))
84 .each("end", transitionEnd);
85
86 function transitionEnd() {
87 d3.select(this)
88 .transition()
89 .duration(500)
90 .attr("y", function(d) { return h - y2(d); })
91 .attr("height", y2);
92 }
93 }
94
95 function transitionStack() {
96 var stack = d3.select("#chart");
97
98 stack.select("#group")
99 .attr("class", "first");
100
101 stack.select("#stack")
102 .attr("class", "last active");
103
104 stack.selectAll("g.layer rect")
105 .transition()
106 .duration(500)
107 .delay(function(d, i) { return (i % m) * 10; })
108 .attr("y", y1)
109 .attr("height", function(d) { return y0(d) - y1(d); })
110 .each("end", transitionEnd);
111
112 function transitionEnd() {
113 d3.select(this)
114 .transition()
115 .duration(500)
116 .attr("x", 0)
117 .attr("width", x({x: .9}));
118 }
119 }
1 /* Inspired by Lee Byron's test data generator. */
2 function stream_layers(n, m, o) {
3 if (arguments.length < 3) o = 0;
4 function bump(a) {
5 var x = 1 / (.1 + Math.random()),
6 y = 2 * Math.random() - .5,
7 z = 10 / (.1 + Math.random());
8 for (var i = 0; i < m; i++) {
9 var w = (i / m - y) * z;
10 a[i] += x * Math.exp(-w * w);
11 }
12 }
13 return d3.range(n).map(function() {
14 var a = [], i;
15 for (i = 0; i < m; i++) a[i] = o + o * Math.random();
16 for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) bump(a);
17 return a.map(stream_index);
18 });
19 }
20
21 /* Another layer generator using gamma distributions. */
22 function stream_waves(n, m) {
23 return d3.range(n).map(function(i) {
24 return d3.range(m).map(function(j) {
25 var x = 20 * j / m - i / 3;
26 return 2 * x * Math.exp(-.5 * x);
27 }).map(stream_index);
28 });
29 }
30
31 function stream_index(d, i) {
32 return {x: i, y: Math.max(0, d)};
33 }