Area chart with zoom on brushing in d3.js

Steps:

Brush the chart to zoom. Double click to re-initialize.

Start by understanding how to build a basic area chart, and how brushing works in d3.js.

A class myArea is added to the line. It allows to select this class later on to update the line position.

It is possible to react to double click thanks to the on("dblclick",...) function.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">

<!-- Load d3.js -->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.js"></script>

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

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">

<!-- Load d3.js -->
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v6.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: 30, left: 60},
    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 + ")");

//Read the data
d3.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/data_to_viz/master/Example_dataset/3_TwoNumOrdered_comma.csv",

  // When reading the csv, I must format variables:
  function(d){
    return { date : d3.timeParse("%Y-%m-%d")(d.date), value : d.value }
  },

  // Now I can use this dataset:
  function(data) {

    // Add X axis --> it is a date format
    var x = d3.scaleTime()
      .domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }))
      .range([ 0, width ]);
    xAxis = svg.append("g")
      .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
      .call(d3.axisBottom(x));

    // Add Y axis
    var y = d3.scaleLinear()
      .domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return +d.value; })])
      .range([ height, 0 ]);
    yAxis = 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);

    // 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 area variable: where both the area and the brush take place
    var area = svg.append('g')
      .attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)")

    // Create an area generator
    var areaGenerator = d3.area()
      .x(function(d) { return x(d.date) })
      .y0(y(0))
      .y1(function(d) { return y(d.value) })

    // Add the area
    area.append("path")
      .datum(data)
      .attr("class", "myArea")  // I add the class myArea to be able to modify it later on.
      .attr("fill", "#69b3a2")
      .attr("fill-opacity", .3)
      .attr("stroke", "black")
      .attr("stroke-width", 1)
      .attr("d", areaGenerator )

    // Add the brushing
    area
      .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() {

      // What are the selected boundaries?
      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]) ])
        area.select(".brush").call(brush.move, null) // This remove the grey brush area as soon as the selection has been done
      }

      // Update axis and area position
      xAxis.transition().duration(1000).call(d3.axisBottom(x))
      area
          .select('.myArea')
          .transition()
          .duration(1000)
          .attr("d", areaGenerator)
    }

    // If user double click, reinitialize the chart
    svg.on("dblclick",function(){
      x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }))
      xAxis.transition().call(d3.axisBottom(x))
      area
        .select('.myArea')
        .transition()
        .attr("d", areaGenerator)
    });

})


</script>

<script>
// set the dimensions and margins of the graph
const margin = {top: 10, right: 30, bottom: 30, left: 60},
      width = 460 - margin.left - margin.right,
      height = 400 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

// append the svg object to the body of the page
const 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})`);

//Read the data
d3.csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holtzy/data_to_viz/master/Example_dataset/3_TwoNumOrdered_comma.csv",

  // When reading the csv, I must format variables:
  d => {
    return { date : d3.timeParse("%Y-%m-%d")(d.date), value : d.value }
  }).then(

  // Now I can use this dataset:
  function(data) {

    // Add X axis --> it is a date format
    const x = d3.scaleTime()
      .domain(d3.extent(data, d => d.date))
      .range([ 0, width ]);
    xAxis = svg.append("g")
      .attr("transform", `translate(0,${height})`)
      .call(d3.axisBottom(x));

    // Add Y axis
    const y = d3.scaleLinear()
      .domain([0, d3.max(data, d => +d.value)])
      .range([ height, 0 ]);
    yAxis = svg.append("g")
      .call(d3.axisLeft(y));

    // Add a clipPath: everything out of this area won't be drawn.
    const clip = svg.append("defs").append("clipPath")
        .attr("id", "clip")
        .append("rect")
        .attr("width", width )
        .attr("height", height )
        .attr("x", 0)
        .attr("y", 0);

    // Add brushing
    const 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 area variable: where both the area and the brush take place
    const area = svg.append('g')
      .attr("clip-path", "url(#clip)")

    // Create an area generator
    const areaGenerator = d3.area()
      .x(d => x(d.date))
      .y0(y(0))
      .y1(d => y(d.value))

    // Add the area
    area.append("path")
      .datum(data)
      .attr("class", "myArea")  // I add the class myArea to be able to modify it later on.
      .attr("fill", "#69b3a2")
      .attr("fill-opacity", .3)
      .attr("stroke", "black")
      .attr("stroke-width", 1)
      .attr("d", areaGenerator )

    // Add the brushing
    area
      .append("g")
        .attr("class", "brush")
        .call(brush);

    // A function that set idleTimeOut to null
    let idleTimeout
    function idled() { idleTimeout = null; }

    // A function that update the chart for given boundaries
    function updateChart(event) {

      // What are the selected boundaries?
      extent = 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]) ])
        area.select(".brush").call(brush.move, null) // This remove the grey brush area as soon as the selection has been done
      }

      // Update axis and area position
      xAxis.transition().duration(1000).call(d3.axisBottom(x))
      area
          .select('.myArea')
          .transition()
          .duration(1000)
          .attr("d", areaGenerator)
    }

    // If user double click, reinitialize the chart
    svg.on("dblclick",function(){
      x.domain(d3.extent(data, d => d.date))
      xAxis.transition().call(d3.axisBottom(x))
      area
        .select('.myArea')
        .transition()
        .attr("d", areaGenerator)
    });

})

</script>

Area chart with brushing and zoom in d3.js

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