Stacked barplot with group highlighting





This document describes how to build a stacked barplot with subgroup highlighting available on hover. It follows the previous basic stacked barplot. Main stacked barchar caveats is that subgroups can be hard to compare since not aligned. Highlighting one allows to counter balance this issue.


Barplot section

Steps:

  • Follows the previous basic stacked barplot

  • Visit the tooltip section of the gallery to understand the general logic behind tooltip.

  • Here, the tricky part is to recover the subgroup name. The trick is to use d3.select(this.parentNode).datum().key. Then it is easy to change the opacity of all rects to something low, and highlight the selected subgroup with a higher opacity.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">

<!-- Load d3.js & color palette-->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.js"></script>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3-scale-chromatic.v1.min.js"></script>

<!-- Create a div where the graph will take place -->
<div id="my_dataviz"></div>

<script>

// set the dimensions and margins of the graph
var margin = {top: 10, right: 30, bottom: 20, left: 50},
    width = 460 - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = 400 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

// append the svg object to the body of the page
var svg = d3.select("#my_dataviz")
  .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 + ")");

// Parse the Data
d3.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/D3-graph-gallery/master/DATA/data_stackedXL.csv", function(data) {

  // List of subgroups = header of the csv files = soil condition here
  var subgroups = data.columns.slice(1)

  // List of groups = species here = value of the first column called group -> I show them on the X axis
  var groups = d3.map(data, function(d){return(d.group)}).keys()

  // Add X axis
  var x = d3.scaleBand()
      .domain(groups)
      .range([0, width])
      .padding([0.2])
  svg.append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
    .call(d3.axisBottom(x).tickSizeOuter(0));

  // Add Y axis
  var y = d3.scaleLinear()
    .domain([0, 120])
    .range([ height, 0 ]);
  svg.append("g")
    .call(d3.axisLeft(y));

  // color palette = one color per subgroup
  var color = d3.scaleOrdinal()
    .domain(subgroups)
    .range(d3.schemeSet2);

  //stack the data? --> stack per subgroup
  var stackedData = d3.stack()
    .keys(subgroups)
    (data)




  // ----------------
  // Highlight a specific subgroup when hovered
  // ----------------

  // What happens when user hover a bar
  var mouseover = function(d) {
    // what subgroup are we hovering?
    var subgroupName = d3.select(this.parentNode).datum().key; // This was the tricky part
    var subgroupValue = d.data[subgroupName];
    // Reduce opacity of all rect to 0.2
    d3.selectAll(".myRect").style("opacity", 0.2)
    // Highlight all rects of this subgroup with opacity 0.8. It is possible to select them since they have a specific class = their name.
    d3.selectAll("."+subgroupName)
      .style("opacity", 1)
    }

  // When user do not hover anymore
  var mouseleave = function(d) {
    // Back to normal opacity: 0.8
    d3.selectAll(".myRect")
      .style("opacity",0.8)
    }

  // Show the bars
  svg.append("g")
    .selectAll("g")
    // Enter in the stack data = loop key per key = group per group
    .data(stackedData)
    .enter().append("g")
      .attr("fill", function(d) { return color(d.key); })
      .attr("class", function(d){ return "myRect " + d.key }) // Add a class to each subgroup: their name
      .selectAll("rect")
      // enter a second time = loop subgroup per subgroup to add all rectangles
      .data(function(d) { return d; })
      .enter().append("rect")
        .attr("x", function(d) { return x(d.data.group); })
        .attr("y", function(d) { return y(d[1]); })
        .attr("height", function(d) { return y(d[0]) - y(d[1]); })
        .attr("width",x.bandwidth())
        .attr("stroke", "grey")
      .on("mouseover", mouseover)
      .on("mouseleave", mouseleave)

})

</script>

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