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ArcDiagram

Places a network’s nodes in a row along one line and draws each link as an arc between its two nodes, which shows the network’s structure without a force layout’s tangle, in an order you choose.

Basic example

Section titled “Basic example”

Takes the same nodes and links as Network. Nodes sit evenly along one line in their nodes order, and each link arcs between its two nodes: the farther apart the nodes, the taller the arc.

arcSide

Which side of the line the arcs take: "above" (the default), "below", or "both", where links running forward along the line arc above and links running backward arc below.

Sort by group

Section titled “Sort by group”

nodeSort: "group" gathers each team together (by the color value, then by label), so links within a team draw as small, low arcs and the few links between teams stand out as the tall ones. "label", "degree" (most connected first), or a comparator reorder the line too. linkSize sets each arc’s thickness from the number of meetings.

nodeSort

The order of the nodes along the line: "data" (the default, their order in nodes), "label", "group", "degree" (most connected first), or a comparator function receiving two node rows.

Directed arrows

Section titled “Directed arrows”

arrows draws an arrowhead where each arc meets its target node ("source", "both", or an accessor pick other ends), pointing along the arc.

const config = {
  nodes: [
    {id: "Plan"},
    {id: "Design"},
    {id: "Build"},
    {id: "Test"},
    {id: "Release"},
  ],
  links: [
    {source: "Plan", target: "Design"},
    {source: "Design", target: "Build"},
    {source: "Build", target: "Test"},
    {source: "Test", target: "Release"},
    {source: "Plan", target: "Build"},
    {source: "Design", target: "Release"},
  ],
  arrows: true,
};

Both sides

Section titled “Both sides”

arcSide: "both" arcs each link running forward along the line above it, and each link running back below it, so loops back to earlier steps read apart from the forward flow. linkColor: "source" colors every arc like the node it leaves.

arcSide

Which side of the line the arcs take: "above" (the default), "below", or "both", where links running forward along the line arc above and links running backward arc below.

linkColor

Colors each arc like one of its nodes: "source" or "target". false (the default) draws every arc in the theme's link gray.

Configuration

import {ArcDiagram} from "@d3plus/core";

Extends Viz.

activefalse | function

The active callback function for highlighting shapes.

arcSide"above" | "both" | "below"Default "above"

Which side of the line the arcs take: "above" (the default), "below", or "both", where links running forward along the line arc above and links running backward arc below.

arrowSizeunknown

The arrowhead size in pixels, or an accessor function returning one per link. Defaults to three times the arc's stroke width (at least 6).

arrowsunknownDefault false

Draws arrowheads on the arcs: true (or "target") at each link's target, "source" at its source, "both", or false for none. Also accepts an accessor function returning one of those per link.

classNamestring | array.<string> | undefined

CSS classes added to the outermost element this chart or component draws into, next to its fixed d3plus classes, so page CSS can target it: a chart's root <svg class="d3plus-viz"> (its <canvas> with the Canvas renderer) and a standalone component's <svg>. Takes a space-separated string or an array. A new value replaces the classes the previous one added; unset adds none. Tooltips take their own tooltipConfig.className.

colorDefaultscolordefaultsconfig

Overrides the default colors used when assigning fills from data and choosing legible text colors: dark and light (the text colors picked for contrast against a background), missing (null/undefined values), on/off (true/false values), sequential (the anchor hue for magnitude ramps), and scale (the categorical palette, given as a d3 ordinal scale or an array of colors). Keys are merged into the current defaults, and a Viz passes its overrides down to the shapes and components it draws.

configd3plusconfig

Methods that correspond to the key/value pairs and returns this class.

datastring | array.&lt;datapoint&gt; | object

The primary data array used to draw the visualization. The value passed should be an Array of objects or a String representing a filepath or URL to be loaded. The following filetypes are supported: csv, tsv, txt, and json.

If your data URL needs specific headers to be set, an Object with a "url" and "headers" (or any other fetch request option) may also be passed. An Object with any other key is a data row, not a request.

Additionally, a custom formatting function can be passed as a second argument to this method. This custom function will be passed the data that has been loaded, as long as there are no errors. This function should return the final array of obejcts to be used as the primary data array. For example, some JSON APIs return the headers split from the data values to save bandwidth. These would need be joined using a custom formatter.

If you would like to specify certain configuration options based on the yet-to-be-loaded data, you can also return a full config object from the data formatter (including the new data array as a key in the object).

To re-fetch a URL on an interval and redraw when its data changes, set dataPollingInterval; each poll runs the same formatter.

Defaults to an empty array ([]).

facetstring | false | function

Splits the chart into small multiples: a grid of equally sized panels, one per distinct value of this data key or accessor, each drawing the chart for that value's rows. The panels share one legend, color scale, title, and timeline, color each series the same way, and hover, tooltips, and legend clicks apply across all of them. Pass false to draw a single chart. See facetConfig for the grid's layout and shared scales.

facetConfigfacetconfig

Configuration for small multiples (see facet), merged into the current config: - columns / rows: the grid's shape. Chosen by default to make the panels as large as the chart's shape allows. - padding: the space between panels, in pixels (default 20). - sort: panel order — "ascending" (default), "descending", "data" (first appearance), a comparator over facet values, or an Array of values. - scales: "shared" (default) gives every panel of a chart with axes the same x/y domains; "independent" fits each panel to its own rows. Funnel defaults to "independent" (each panel sized to its own widest stage); "shared" sizes every panel against the widest stage across all panels. PolarArea and RadialBar default to "independent" (each panel's rings and ticks fit its own values); "shared" gives every panel the same value domain. - axes: with shared scales, "outer" (default) labels the axes only along the grid's left and bottom edges; "all" labels every panel. An object sets each axis on its own, as in {x: "all", y: "outer"}: every panel labels its x axis, only the left column labels its y axis, and the panels' plot areas line up. BumpChart defaults to "all", and Marimekko labels its categories on every panel and its 0–100% share axis only along the outer edge, even with independent scales. - title: a (value, data) => string function for each panel's title, or false to hide panel titles. - titleConfig: TextBox config for the panel titles (fontSize, fontWeight, fontColor, textAnchor, padding, …).

fontFamilystring | array.&lt;string&gt;

The font family used throughout the visualization.

groupBystring | function | array.&lt;string | function&gt;

Defines the mapping between data and shape. The value can be a String matching a key in each data point (default is "id"), or an accessor Function that returns a unique value for each data point. Additionally, an Array of these values may be provided if the visualization supports nested hierarchies.

highlightfalse | function

Persistently emphasizes the data points matching the given predicate: the matching marks keep their color while every other mark is de-emphasized to a neutral gray (the "emphasis" form — highlight one series, gray the rest). Unlike hover/active (transient, opacity-based), highlight is a standing state that survives pointer movement. Pass false to clear it.

hoverfalse | function

The hover callback function for highlighting shapes on mouseover.

linkColorfalse | "source" | "target"Default false

Colors each arc like one of its nodes: "source" or "target". false (the default) draws every arc in the theme's link gray.

linkSizeunknownDefault 1

The thickness of each arc: a pixel number used for every link, or an accessor function whose values are scaled between linkSizeMin and the smallest node's radius (see linkSizeScale).

linkSizeMinunknownDefault 1

The minimum pixel stroke width used when sizing arcs.

linkSizeScaleunknownDefault "sqrt"

The type of continuous d3-scale used to size arcs.

The edges that connect the nodes. The source and target of each link refer to a node in one of three ways: its index in the nodes array, the node object itself (matched by its id), or a string matching the node's id.

Accepts an array of links, or a URL/filepath string to load them from. An optional formatting function can be passed as a second argument; it receives the loaded data and returns the final links array.

localestring | object

The locale used for all text and number formatting. Supports the locales defined in d3plus-format. The locale can be a complex Object, a locale code (like "en-US"), or a 2-digit language code (like "en"). If a 2-digit code is provided, the "findLocale" function is used to identify the most approximate locale.

noDataMessagebooleanDefault false

Toggles the visibility of the status message that is displayed when no data is supplied to the visualization.

nodeGroupBystring | function | (string | function)[]Default [accessor("id")]

The key(s) or accessor(s) that identify each object passed to nodes, one per groupBy depth, used in place of groupBy for nodes that the data doesn't cover. Defaults to each node's id.

nodeSort"data" | "label" | "group" | "degree" | functionDefault "data"

The order of the nodes along the line: "data" (the default, their order in nodes), "label", "group", "degree" (most connected first), or a comparator function receiving two node rows.

nodesobject[] | stringDefault []

The nodes to draw. Accepts an array of node objects, or a URL/filepath string to load them from. An optional formatting function can be passed as a second argument; it receives the loaded data and returns the final nodes array.

onstring

Event listener for the specified event typenames. Mirrors the core d3-selection behavior.

orientconstoraccessorDefault "horizontal"

The direction the line runs: "horizontal" (the default) or "vertical".

parentunknown

Parent config used by the wrapper.

renderfunction

Draws the visualization given the specified configuration.

rendererboolean | "svg" | "canvas"

Selects which @d3plus/render backend paints the visible output. "svg" = SvgRenderer (default), "canvas" = CanvasRenderer. Boolean arguments both normalize to "svg".

selectstring | htmlelement

The SVG container element as a d3 selector or DOM element. Defaults to undefined.

shapestring | functionDefault "Circle"

Changes the primary shape used to represent each data point in a visualization. Not all visualizations support changing shapes, this method can be provided the String name of a D3plus shape class (for example, "Rect" or "Circle"), or an accessor Function that returns the String class name to be used for each individual data point.

shapeConfigd3plusconfigDefault {Path: {fill: "none", label: false, stroke: () => themed(viz._theme, t => t.link, "#adb5bd")}}

Configuration object with key/value pairs applied as method calls on each shape.

sizeMaxunknown

The maximum pixel radius used when sizing nodes. Defaults to just under half the space between neighboring nodes, up to 20.

sizeMinunknownDefault 5

The minimum pixel radius used when sizing nodes, and every node's radius when unsized.

sizeScaleunknownDefault "sqrt"

The type of continuous d3-scale used to size nodes.

thresholdnumber | function

The threshold value for bucketing small data points together, as a share of the total. On a stacked Plot, the series whose summed value across every position is under that share of the whole chart's total merge into one series, stacked on top. A bucket needs at least two items, and its tooltips list them. Off (0) by default on Plot charts.

thresholdKeystring | function

Accessor for the value used in the threshold algorithm. A stacked Plot defaults to its stacked value.

timestring | false | function

Accessor function or string key for the time dimension of each data point.

timelineDefaultstring | date | array.&lt;string | date&gt;

The starting time or range for the timeline. Can be a single Date/String, or an Array of 2 values representing the min and max.

tooltipConfigtooltipconfigDefault {title: tooltipTitle(viz), tbody: tooltipBody(viz)}

Configuration for the tooltip component.

totalstring | boolean | function

Accessor function or string key for the total value displayed in the visualization.

translatefunction

Defines how informational text strings should be displayed. By default, this function will try to find the string in question (which is the first argument provided to this function) inside of an internally managed translation Object. If you'd like to override to use custom text, simply pass this method your own custom formatting function.