[javascript] d3 add text to circle

I am trying to add some text into circle. I have been following example from a mbostock tutorial, but wasn't able to get the right output.

The code snippet is:

var data;
var code;

d3.json("/json/trace.json", function(json) {
  data = json;
  console.log(data);
  // get code for visualization
  code = data["code"];
  alert(code);
  var mainSVG = d3
    .select("#viz")
    .append("svg")
    .attr("width", 900)
    .attr("height", 900);
  mainSVG
    .append("circle")
    .style("stroke", "gray")
    .style("fill", "white")
    .attr("r", 100)
    .attr("cx", 300)
    .attr("cy", 300);
  circle = mainSVG.selectAll("circle").data([code]);
});

Any suggestions how to get this work?

This question is related to javascript svg d3.js

The answer is


Here's a way that I consider easier: The general idea is that you want to append a text element to a circle element then play around with its "dx" and "dy" attributes until you position the text at the point in the circle that you like. In my example, I used a negative number for the dx since I wanted to have text start towards the left of the centre.

const nodes = [ {id: ABC, group: 1, level: 1}, {id:XYZ, group: 2, level: 1}, ]

const nodeElems = svg.append('g')
.selectAll('circle')
.data(nodes)
.enter().append('circle')
.attr('r',radius)
.attr('fill', getNodeColor)

const textElems = svg.append('g')
.selectAll('text')
.data(nodes)
.enter().append('text')
.text(node => node.label)
.attr('font-size',8)//font size
.attr('dx', -10)//positions text towards the left of the center of the circle
.attr('dy',4)

Extended the example above to fit the actual requirements, where circled is filled with solid background color, then with striped pattern & after that text node is placed on the center of the circle.

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var width = 960,_x000D_
  height = 500,_x000D_
  json = {_x000D_
    "nodes": [{_x000D_
      "x": 100,_x000D_
      "r": 20,_x000D_
      "label": "Node 1",_x000D_
      "color": "red"_x000D_
    }, {_x000D_
      "x": 200,_x000D_
      "r": 25,_x000D_
      "label": "Node 2",_x000D_
      "color": "blue"_x000D_
    }, {_x000D_
      "x": 300,_x000D_
      "r": 30,_x000D_
      "label": "Node 3",_x000D_
      "color": "green"_x000D_
    }]_x000D_
  };_x000D_
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var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")_x000D_
  .attr("width", width)_x000D_
  .attr("height", height)_x000D_
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svg.append("defs")_x000D_
  .append("pattern")_x000D_
  .attr({_x000D_
    "id": "stripes",_x000D_
    "width": "8",_x000D_
    "height": "8",_x000D_
    "fill": "red",_x000D_
    "patternUnits": "userSpaceOnUse",_x000D_
    "patternTransform": "rotate(60)"_x000D_
  })_x000D_
  .append("rect")_x000D_
  .attr({_x000D_
    "width": "4",_x000D_
    "height": "8",_x000D_
    "transform": "translate(0,0)",_x000D_
    "fill": "grey"_x000D_
  });_x000D_
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function plotChart(json) {_x000D_
  /* Define the data for the circles */_x000D_
  var elem = svg.selectAll("g myCircleText")_x000D_
    .data(json.nodes)_x000D_
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  /*Create and place the "blocks" containing the circle and the text */_x000D_
  var elemEnter = elem.enter()_x000D_
    .append("g")_x000D_
    .attr("class", "node-group")_x000D_
    .attr("transform", function(d) {_x000D_
      return "translate(" + d.x + ",80)"_x000D_
    })_x000D_
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  /*Create the circle for each block */_x000D_
  var circleInner = elemEnter.append("circle")_x000D_
    .attr("r", function(d) {_x000D_
      return d.r_x000D_
    })_x000D_
    .attr("stroke", function(d) {_x000D_
      return d.color;_x000D_
    })_x000D_
    .attr("fill", function(d) {_x000D_
      return d.color;_x000D_
    });_x000D_
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  var circleOuter = elemEnter.append("circle")_x000D_
    .attr("r", function(d) {_x000D_
      return d.r_x000D_
    })_x000D_
    .attr("stroke", function(d) {_x000D_
      return d.color;_x000D_
    })_x000D_
    .attr("fill", "url(#stripes)");_x000D_
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  /* Create the text for each block */_x000D_
  elemEnter.append("text")_x000D_
    .text(function(d) {_x000D_
      return d.label_x000D_
    })_x000D_
    .attr({_x000D_
      "text-anchor": "middle",_x000D_
      "font-size": function(d) {_x000D_
        return d.r / ((d.r * 10) / 100);_x000D_
      },_x000D_
      "dy": function(d) {_x000D_
        return d.r / ((d.r * 25) / 100);_x000D_
      }_x000D_
    });_x000D_
};_x000D_
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plotChart(json);
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.node-group {_x000D_
  fill: #ffffff;_x000D_
}
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.4.11/d3.min.js"></script>
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Output:

enter image description here

Below is the link to codepen also:

See the Pen D3-Circle-Pattern-Text by Manish Kumar (@mkdudeja) on CodePen.

Thanks, Manish Kumar


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