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How do I match up text labels in a legend created in d3

I am building a data visualization project utilizing the d3 library. I have created a legend and am trying to match up text labels with that legend.
To elaborate further, I have 10 rect objects created and colored per each line of my graph. I want text to appear adjacent to each rect object corresponding with the line's color.
My Problem
-Right now, an array containing all words that correspond to each line appears adjacent to the top rect object. And that's it.
I think it could be because I grouped my data using the d3.nest function. Also, I noticed only one text element is created in the HTML. Can anyone take a look and tell me what I'm doing wrong?
JS Code
const margin = { top: 20, right: 30, bottom: 30, left: 0 },
width = 1000 - margin.left - margin.right;
height = 600 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
// maybe a translate line
// document.body.append(svg);
const div_block = document.getElementById("main-div");
// console.log(div_block);
const svg = d3
.select("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right) // viewport size
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom) // viewport size
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(40, 20)"); // center g in svg
// load csv
d3.csv("breitbartData.csv").then((data) => {
// convert Count column values to numbers
data.forEach((d) => {
d.Count = +d.Count;
d.Date = new Date(d.Date);
});
// group the data with the word as the key
const words = d3
.nest()
.key(function (d) {
return d.Word;
})
.entries(data);
// create x scale
const x = d3
.scaleTime() // creaters linear scale for time
.domain(
d3.extent(
data,
// d3.extent returns [min, max]
(d) => d.Date
)
)
.range([margin.left - -30, width - margin.right]);
// x axis
svg
.append("g")
.attr("class", "x-axis")
.style("transform", `translate(-3px, 522px)`)
.call(d3.axisBottom(x))
.append("text")
.attr("class", "axis-label-x")
.attr("x", "55%")
.attr("dy", "4em")
// .attr("dy", "20%")
.style("fill", "black")
.text("Months");
// create y scale
const y = d3
.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, d3.max(data, (d) => d.Count)])
.range([height - margin.bottom, margin.top]);
// y axis
svg
.append("g")
.attr("class", "y-axis")
.style("transform", `translate(27px, 0px)`)
.call(d3.axisLeft(y));
// line colors
const line_colors = words.map(function (d) {
return d.key; // list of words
});
const color = d3
.scaleOrdinal()
.domain(line_colors)
.range([
"#e41a1c",
"#377eb8",
"#4daf4a",
"#984ea3",
"#ff7f00",
"#ffff33",
"#a65628",
"#f781bf",
"#999999",
"#872ff8",
]); //https://observablehq.com/#d3/d3-scaleordinal
// craete legend variable
const legend = svg
.append("g")
.attr("class", "legend")
.attr("height", 100)
.attr("width", 100)
.attr("transform", "translate(-20, 50)");
// create legend shapes and locations
legend
.selectAll("rect")
.data(words)
.enter()
.append("rect")
.attr("x", width + 65)
.attr("y", function (d, i) {
return i * 20;
})
.attr("width", 10)
.attr("height", 10)
.style("fill", function (d) {
return color(d.key);
});
// create legend labels
legend
.append("text")
.attr("x", width + 85)
.attr("y", function (d, i) {
return i * 20 + 9;
})
// .attr("dy", "0.32em")
.text(
words.map(function (d, i) {
return d.key; // list of words
})
);
// returning an array as text
// });
svg
.selectAll(".line")
.data(words)
.enter()
.append("path")
.attr("fill", "none")
.attr("stroke", function (d) {
return color(d.key);
})
.attr("stroke-width", 1.5)
.attr("d", function (d) {
return d3
.line()
.x(function (d) {
return x(d.Date);
})
.y(function (d) {
return y(d.Count);
})(d.values);
});
});
Image of the problem:
P.S. I cannot add a JSfiddle because I am hosting this page on a web server, as that is the only way chrome can read in my CSV containing the data.
My Temporary Solution
function leg_labels() {
let the_word = "";
let num = 0;
for (i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
the_word = words[i].key;
num += 50;
d3.selectAll(".legend")
.append("text")
.attr("x", width + 85)
.attr("y", function (d, i) {
return i + num;
})
// .attr("dy", "0.32em")
.text(the_word);
}
}
leg_labels();

Problem
Your problem has to do with this code
legend
.append("text")
.attr("x", width + 85)
.attr("y", function (d, i) {
return i * 20 + 9;
})
// .attr("dy", "0.32em")
.text(
words.map(function (d, i) {
return d.key; // list of words
})
);
You are appending only a single text element and in the text function you are returning the complete array of words, which is why all words are shown.
Solution
Create a corresponding text element for each legend rectangle and provide the correct word. There are multiple ways to go about it.
You could use foreignObject to append HTML inside your SVG, which is very helpful for text, but for single words, plain SVG might be enough.
I advise to use a g element for each legend item. This makes positioning a lot easier, as you only need to position the rectangle and text relative to the group, not to the whole chart.
Here is my example:
let legendGroups = legend
.selectAll("g.legend-item")
.data(words)
.enter()
.append("g")
.attr("class", "legend-item")
.attr("transform", function(d, i) {
return `translate(${width + 65}px, ${i * 20}px)`;
});
legendGroups
.append("rect")
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("y", 0)
.attr("width", 10)
.attr("height", 10)
.style("fill", function (d) {
return color(d.key);
});
legendGroups
.append("text")
.attr("x", 20)
.attr("y", 9)
.text(function(d, i) { return words[i].key; });
This should work as expected.
Please note the use of groups for easier positioning.

d3js updates only once

I have a visualization task that I need to make it done with d3.js. Here's my code.
var w = 700;
var h = 500;
var offset = 100;
var padding = 20;
var colors = d3.scale.category10();
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", h);
var texts = function(ds,ds2){
var stack = d3.layout.stack();
stack_data = stack(ds);
var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
.domain(d3.range(ds[0].length))
.rangeRoundBands([0, w-offset], 0.50);
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0,
d3.max(stack_data, function(d) {
return d3.max(d, function(d) {
return d.y0 + d.y -20;
});
})
])
.range([padding, h-50]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.orient("bottom")
.ticks(ds[0].length);
gs = svg.selectAll("g").data(stack_data);
for (var i5 = 0; i5 < ds.length; i5++) {
gs.enter()
.append("g")
.attr("class", "stacked_bars")
.attr("fill", function(d, i) {
return colors(i);
});
asd = gs.selectAll("rect").data(function(d) { return d; });
asd.enter().append("rect");
asd.transition()
.duration(1000)
.attr("x", function(d, i) {
return xScale(i);
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return h - yScale(d.y0) - yScale(d.y);
})
.attr("height", function(d) {
return yScale(d.y);
})
.attr("width", xScale.rangeBand())
.attr("class", "rectbar");
};
gs.append("g") // add a group element to the svg
.attr("class", "axis") //Assign class "axis" to group
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding) + ")") // shift the axis to bottom
.call(xAxis); // call the axis function
gs.exit().remove();
}
res = dataGenerator("Europe");
dataset = res[0];
dataset2 = res[1];
texts(dataset,dataset2);
d3.select("#selector").on("change", function() {
cont = d3.select(this).property('value');
res = dataGenerator(cont)
dataset = res[0]
dataset2 = res[1]
//svg.selectAll(".sym").remove()
texts(dataset,dataset2);
});
It basically gets the data and generates stacked bars. When user uses the select element on the page, it updates the data and generates new results. It successfully gets the first results and when user selects another option, it makes it happen also. But when user tries to use select part once again. It only generates bars for dataset's first item.
So, in this particular case I have countries and their data as numbers, at first load and first update it successfully shows all but when it comes to second update, it only generate bars for first country in dataset. It's been hours that I'm trying to fix this. I know I only have a little mistake but couldn't make it to solve.
Also here's the jsfiddle of the code: https://jsfiddle.net/510ep9ux/4/
Since I'm new at d3.js, I may not understand the update concept well.
So, any guesses?

Solved, using two separate functions textsInit and textsUpdate :
https://jsfiddle.net/qxqdp36x/2/
Essentially you need to separate initialization and update logic, and avoid re-creating elements when updating, that causes unintended behaviours.
Also, the variables gs and asd needs to be global to be accessible to both functions.
var textsInit = function(ds, ds2) {
var stack = d3.layout.stack();
stack_data = stack(ds);
var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
.domain(d3.range(ds[0].length))
.rangeRoundBands([0, w - offset], 0.50);
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0,
d3.max(stack_data, function(d) {
return d3.max(d, function(d) {
return d.y0 + d.y - 20;
});
})
])
.range([padding, h - 50]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.orient("bottom")
.ticks(ds[0].length);
gs = svg.selectAll("g").data(stack_data);
bars = gs.enter();
bars.append("g")
.attr("class", "stacked_bars")
.attr("fill", function(d, i) {
return colors(i);
});
asd = gs.selectAll("rect").data(function(d) {
return d;
});
asd.enter().append("rect");
asd.transition()
.duration(1000)
.attr("x", function(d, i) {
return xScale(i);
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return h - yScale(d.y0) - yScale(d.y);
})
.attr("height", function(d) {
return yScale(d.y);
})
.attr("width", xScale.rangeBand())
.attr("class", "rectbar");
gs.append("g") // add a group element to the svg
.attr("class", "axis") //Assign class "axis" to group
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding) + ")") // shift the axis to bottom
.call(xAxis); // call the axis function
}
And:
var textsUpdate = function(ds, ds2) {
var stack = d3.layout.stack();
stack_data = stack(ds);
var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
.domain(d3.range(ds[0].length))
.rangeRoundBands([0, w - offset], 0.50);
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0,
d3.max(stack_data, function(d) {
return d3.max(d, function(d) {
return d.y0 + d.y - 20;
});
})
])
.range([padding, h - 50]);
gs.data(stack_data);
asd = gs.selectAll("rect").data(function(d) { return d; });
asd.transition()
.duration(1000)
.attr("x", function(d, i) {
return xScale(i);
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return h - yScale(d.y0) - yScale(d.y);
})
.attr("height", function(d) {
return yScale(d.y);
})
.attr("width", xScale.rangeBand())
.attr("class", "rectbar");
}
Edited to fix a small bug, updating the asd selection's data.

I made 2 simple but crucial changes to your code.
https://jsfiddle.net/guanzo/510ep9ux/6/
From
gs = svg.selectAll("g").data(stack_data);
to
gs = svg.selectAll("g.stacked_bars").data(stack_data);
The axis is also contained in a g element, so you have to ensure you're only selecting elements that are used for your data, and not unrelated elements.
From
gs.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding) + ")")
.call(xAxis);
to
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding) + ")")
.call(xAxis);
If you go into the browser inspector you'll see that you have an axis element for EVERY stacked_bars element, you only need 1 obviously. It only looks like there's 1 axis because they're absolutely positioned and stacked on top of each other.
I changed it so that the axis is appended when the svg is created, and every time new data is selected, the axis will update itself.

d3 nested data - individual graphs - setting y.domain?

I am trying to turn some nested data into 8 individual line charts (one chart for each key). So far I am creating one graph per svg, however I am having issues with the y-domain - specifically setting the y-domain for each graph.
currently:
var line = d3.svg.line()
.x(function (d) { return x(d.date); })
.y(function (d) { return y(d.app); })
x.domain(d3.extent([parseDate("2003.0"), parseDate("2014.0")]));
y.domain(d3.extent([0,20000]));
var data2 = d3.nest()
.key(function(d) { return d.race; })
.entries(data);
var svgContainer = d3.selectAll("body")
.data(data2)
.enter()
.append("svg")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")")
.append("path")
.data(data2)
.attr('id', function(d) { return d.key ;})
.attr('class', 'line')
.attr('opacity', .8)
.attr('d', function(d) { return line(d.values); });
I see parts of some lines in the svg's, but most are cut off. Any suggestions? I'm not sure if the paths are correct either.
Data:
{ key: "1", values: 0: ['app' : 50000, year: '2003'], 1: ['app': 20000, year: '2004'],
key: "2" values: 0: ['app' : 40000, year: '2003'], 1: ['app' 50000, year: '2004']
etc...}

Modified d3 using a different X scale and Y scale domain for each selection
var svgContainer = d3.select("body").selectAll(".line")
.data(data2)
.enter()
.append("svg")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top+ ")")
.append("g")
.each(function(d, i){
var eachRace = d.values;
console.log(eachRace);
var svg = d3.select(this);
var yMax = d3.max(eachRace, function(d) { return d.app; });
var yScale = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, yMax]).range([height/8, 0]);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(yScale).orient("left").ticks(5);
var line = d3.svg.line()
.x(function (d) { return x(d.date); })
.y(function (d) { return yScale(d.app); })
svg.append("path")
.attr("id", function(d) { return d.key ;})
.attr('class', 'line')
.attr('opacity', .8)
.attr('d', function(d) { return line(d.values); })
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
})

You can apply extent directly to your data like so:
yScale.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.app; }));
This will give you the extent of all the data. If you need to get the extent of portions of the data, such as in your case of one category vs. another, you need to get the extent of the result of some filtering function. You should look into either d3.filter or write your own within extent(). So you'd probably want to make the return value contingent on d.key matching your current key, however you are storing that.

D3 updating bar chart with new data set cause update issue

Well the rendering of bar chart works fine with default given data. The problem occurs on the button click which should also cause the get of new data set. Updating the x-axis y-axis works well but the rendering data causes problems.
First Ill try to remove all the previously added rects and then add the new data set. But all the new rect elements gets added into wrong place, because there is no reference to old rects.
Here is the code and the redraw is in the end of code.
http://jsfiddle.net/staar2/wBNWK/9/
var data = JSON.parse('[{"hour":0,"time":147},{"hour":1,"time":0},{"hour":2,"time":74},{"hour":3,"time":141},{"hour":4,"time":137},{"hour":5,"time":210},{"hour":6,"time":71},{"hour":7,"time":73},{"hour":8,"time":0},{"hour":9,"time":68},{"hour":10,"time":70},{"hour":11,"time":0},{"hour":12,"time":147},{"hour":13,"time":0},{"hour":14,"time":0},{"hour":15,"time":69},{"hour":16,"time":67},{"hour":17,"time":67},{"hour":18,"time":66},{"hour":19,"time":0},{"hour":20,"time":0},{"hour":21,"time":66},{"hour":22,"time":210},{"hour":23,"time":0}] ');
var w = 15,
h = 80;
var xScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, 1])
.range([0, w]);
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(data, function (d) {
return d.time;
})])
.rangeRound([5, h]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.orient("bottom")
.ticks(5);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(yScale)
.orient("left");
var chart = d3.select("#viz")
.append("svg")
.attr("class", "chart")
.attr("width", w * data.length - 1)
.attr("height", h);
chart.selectAll("rect")
.data(data)
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("x", function(d, i) {
return xScale(i) - 0.5;
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return h - yScale(d.time) - 0.5;
})
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", function(d) {
return yScale(d.time);
});
chart.selectAll("text")
.data(data)
.enter()
.append("text")
.text(function(d) {
if (d.time > 10) {
return Math.round(d.time);
}
})
.attr("font-family", "sans-serif")
.attr("font-size", "11px")
.attr("fill", "#FFF")
.attr("text-anchor", "middle")
.attr("x", function(d, i) {
return xScale(i) + w / 2;
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return h - yScale(d.time) - 0.5 + 10;
});
chart.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h) + ")")
.call(xAxis);
function redraw() {
// This the part where the incoming data set also changes, which means the update to x-axis y-axis, labels
yScale.domain([0, d3.max(data, function (d) {
return d.time;
})]);
var bars = d3.selectAll("rect")
.data(data, function (d) {
return d.hour;
});
bars
.transition()
.duration(500)
.attr("x", w) // <-- Exit stage left
.remove();
d3.selectAll("rect") // This is actually empty
.data(data, function (d) {
return d.hour;
})
.enter()
.append("rect")
.attr("x", function(d, i) {
console.log(d, d.day, xScale(d.day));
return xScale(d.day);
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return yScale(d.time);
})
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", function (d) {
return h - yScale(d.time);
});
}
d3.select("button").on("click", function() {
console.log('Clicked');
redraw();
});

Agree with Sam (although there were a few more issues, like using remove() without exit(), etc.) and I am putting this out because I was playing with it as I was cleaning the code and applying the update pattern. Here is the FIDDLE with changes in code I made. I only changed the first few data points but this should get you going.
var data2 = JSON.parse('[{"hour":0,"time":153},{"hour":1,"time":10},{"hour":2,"time":35},{"hour":3,"time":150},
UPDATE: per request, adding logic to consider an update with new data. UPDATED FIDDLE.

Since you're binding the same data to bars, the enter selection is empty. Once you remove the existing bars, you append a new bar for each data point in the enter selection - which again is empty. If you had different data, the bars should append.
If you haven't read through it already, the general update pattern is a great resource for understanding this sort of thing.

d3js - Sortable Group Bar Chart

Full disclosure: I'm not new to programming, but I'm pretty new to d3 and javascript.
I am trying to combine the Grouped Bar Chart Example and the Sortable Bar Chart Example. I have a total of 51 groups of 3 variables. Here is a truncated form of my dataset you can use to run the code if you want:
State,Response,Predicted,Difference
1,0.0526,0.0983,0.0456
2,0.1161,0.1093,0.0068
5,0.0967,0.1035,0.0067
4,0.0998,0.0942,0.0055
6,0.0888,0.0957,0.0069
I want to be able to order the data by the Response variable by checking a box. Right now I can get the x-axis labels to move accordingly, but I can't get the bars to move with them. To get to this point I renamed the variables in the change() function according to my data. I tried saving the transition.selectAll(".state") function as state2 and then using state2.selectAll(".rect") to modify the x-coordinates of the rectangles, but I realized that wasn't going to get me anywhere.
Here is my code right now (mostly copied from the examples linked above). The relevant function is at the end.
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40},
width = 1000 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom,
code = "";
var x0 = d3.scale.ordinal()
.rangeRoundBands([0, width], .1);
var x1 = d3.scale.ordinal();
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.range([height, 0]);
var color = d3.scale.category10();
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x0)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left")
.tickFormat(d3.format(".0%"));
var svg = d3.select("body").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 + ")");
d3.csv("data.csv", function(error, data) {
var ageNames = d3.keys(data[0]).filter(function(key) { return key !== "State"; });
data.forEach(function(d) {
d.ages = ageNames.map(function(name) { return {name: name, value: +d[name]}; });
});
x0.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.State; }));
x1.domain(ageNames).rangeRoundBands([0, x0.rangeBand()]);
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d3.max(d.ages, function(d) { return d.value; }); })]);
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("dy", ".71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Prevalence");
var state = svg.selectAll(".state")
.data(data)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "g")
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x0(d.State) + ",0)"; });
state.selectAll("rect")
.data(function(d) { return d.ages; })
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("width", x1.rangeBand())
.attr("x", function(d) { return x1(d.name); })
.attr("y", function(d) { return y(d.value); })
.attr("height", function(d) { return height - y(d.value); })
.style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.name); });
d3.select("input").on("change", change);
var sortTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
d3.select("input").property("checked", true).each(change);
}, 2000);
var legend = svg.selectAll(".legend")
.data(ageNames.slice().reverse())
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "legend")
.attr("transform", function(d, i) { return "translate(0," + i * 20 + ")"; });
legend.append("rect")
.attr("x", width - 18)
.attr("width", 18)
.attr("height", 18)
.style("fill", color);
legend.append("text")
.attr("x", width - 24)
.attr("y", 9)
.attr("dy", ".35em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text(function(d) { return d; });
function change() {
clearTimeout(sortTimeout);
// Copy-on-write since tweens are evaluated after a delay.
var x2 = x0.domain(data.sort(this.checked
? function(a, b) { return b.Response - a.Response; }
: function(a, b) { return d3.ascending(a.State, b.State); })
.map(function(d) { return d.State; }))
.copy();
var transition = svg.transition().duration(750),
delay = function(d, i) { return i * 50; };
var state2 = transition.selectAll(".state")
.delay(delay)
.attr("x", function(d) { return x2(d.State); });
transition.select(".x.axis")
.call(xAxis)
.selectAll("g")
.delay(delay);
}
})
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've found nothing so far searching SO and Google.

I assume that you want to keep the grouping when sorting. Your groups are contained in g elements, so all you need to do is adjust the coordinates of the groups. That is, the code to move the groups would look something like
svg.selectAll("g.g")
.transition().duration(750)
.delay(delay)
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x2(d.State) + ",0)"; });

Am tried with the stacked bar chart. To sort the stacked chart, please find the
Stacked Bar Chart
function change() {
// Copy-on-write since tweens are evaluated after a delay.
var x0 = x.domain(data.sort(this.checked
? function(a, b) { return b.noncomplete - a.noncomplete; }
: function(a, b) { return d3.ascending(a.moduleName, b.moduleName); })
.map(function(d) { return d.moduleName; }))
.copy();
var transition = svg.transition().duration(750),
delay = function(d, i) { return i * 60; };
transition.selectAll(".moduleName")
.delay(delay)
.attr("transform",function(d, i) { return "translate(" + (x0(d.moduleName)) + ",0)"; } );
transition.select(".x.axis")
.call(xAxis)
.selectAll("g")
.delay(delay);
}