I'm new to d3.js and I"m trying to make a Pie-chart with it. I have only one problem: I can't get my labels outside my arcs... The labels are positioned with arc.centroid
arcs.append("svg:text") .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + arc.centroid(d) + ")"; }) .attr("text-anchor", "middle")
Who can help me with this?
I can solve that problem - with trigonometry :).
See fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/nrabinowitz/GQDUS/
Basically, calling arc.centroid(d)
returns an [x,y]
array. You can use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the hypotenuse, which is the length of the line from the center of the pie to the arc centroid. Then you can use the calculations x/h * desiredLabelRadius
and y/h * desiredLabelRadius
to calculate the desired x,y
for your label anchor:
.attr("transform", function(d) { var c = arc.centroid(d), x = c[0], y = c[1], // pythagorean theorem for hypotenuse h = Math.sqrt(x*x + y*y); return "translate(" + (x/h * labelr) + ',' + (y/h * labelr) + ")"; })
The only downside here is that text-anchor: middle
isn't a great choice anymore - you'd be better off setting the text-anchor
based on which side of the pie we're on:
.attr("text-anchor", function(d) { // are we past the center? return (d.endAngle + d.startAngle)/2 > Math.PI ? "end" : "start"; })
Specifically for pie charts, the d3.layout.pie()
function will format data with a startAngle
and endAngle
attributes. The radius can be whatever you desire (how far out from the center you would like to place the label).
Combining these pieces of information with a couple trigonometric functions lets you determine the x and y coordinates for labels.
Consider this gist/block.
Regarding the x/y positioning of the text, the magic is in this line (formatted for readability):
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + ( (radius - 12) * Math.sin( ((d.endAngle - d.startAngle) / 2) + d.startAngle ) ) + ", " + ( -1 * (radius - 12) * Math.cos( ((d.endAngle - d.startAngle) / 2) + d.startAngle ) ) + ")"; })
((d.endAngle - d.startAngle) / 2) + d.startAngle
gives us our angle (theta) in radians. (radius - 12)
is the arbitrary radius I chose for the position of the text. -1 *
the y axis is inverted (see below). The trig functions used are: cos = adjacent / hypotenuse
and sin = opposite / hypotenuse
. But there are a couple things we need to consider to make these work with our labels.
That messes things up quite a bit and basically has the effect of swapping sin
and cos
. Our trig functions then become: sin = adjacent / hypotenuse
and cos = opposite / hypotenuse
.
Substituting variable names we have sin(radians) = x / r
and cos(radians) = y / r
. After some algebraic manipulation we can get both functions in terms of x and y respectively r * sin(radians) = x
and r * cos(radians) = y
. From there, just plug those into the transform/translate attribute.
That'll put the labels in the right location, to make them look fancy, you need some styling logic like this:
.style("text-anchor", function(d) { var rads = ((d.endAngle - d.startAngle) / 2) + d.startAngle; if ( (rads > 7 * Math.PI / 4 && rads < Math.PI / 4) || (rads > 3 * Math.PI / 4 && rads < 5 * Math.PI / 4) ) { return "middle"; } else if (rads >= Math.PI / 4 && rads <= 3 * Math.PI / 4) { return "start"; } else if (rads >= 5 * Math.PI / 4 && rads <= 7 * Math.PI / 4) { return "end"; } else { return "middle"; } })
This will make the labels from 10:30 o'clock to 1:30 o'clock and from 4:30 o'clock to 7:30 o'clock anchor in the middle (they are above and below), the labels from 1:30 o'clock to 4:30 o'clock anchor on the left (they are to the right), and the labels from 7:30 o'clock to 10:30 o'clock anchor on the right (they are to the left).
The same formulas can be used for any D3 radial graph, the only difference is how you determine the angle.
I hope this helps anyone stumbling across it!
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