Text and Annotations in JavaScript
How to add text labels and annotations to D3.js-based plots in javascript.
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var trace1 = {
x: [0, 1, 2],
y: [1, 1, 1],
mode: 'lines+markers+text',
name: 'Lines, Markers and Text',
text: ['Text A', 'Text B', 'Text C'],
textposition: 'top',
type: 'scatter'
};
var trace2 = {
x: [0, 1, 2],
y: [2, 2, 2],
mode: 'markers+text',
name: 'Markers and Text',
text: ['Text D', 'Text E', 'Text F'],
textposition: 'bottom',
type: 'scatter'
};
var trace3 = {
x: [0, 1, 2],
y: [3, 3, 3],
mode: 'lines+text',
name: 'Lines and Text',
text: ['Text G', 'Text H', 'Text I'],
textposition: 'bottom',
type: 'scatter'
};
var data = [trace1, trace2, trace3];
var layout = {showlegend: false};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', [{
x: [1,2,3],
y: [2,1,2]
}], {
annotations: [{
xref: 'paper',
yref: 'paper',
x: 0,
xanchor: 'right',
y: 1,
yanchor: 'bottom',
text: 'X axis label',
showarrow: false
}, {
xref: 'paper',
yref: 'paper',
x: 1,
xanchor: 'left',
y: 0,
yanchor: 'top',
text: 'Y axis label',
showarrow: false
}]
})var trace1 = {
x: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
y: [0, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5],
type: 'scatter'
};
var trace2 = {
x: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
y: [0, 4, 5, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2],
type: 'scatter'
};
var data = [trace1, trace2];
var layout = {
showlegend: false,
annotations: [
{
x: 2,
y: 5,
xref: 'x',
yref: 'y',
text: 'Annotation Text',
showarrow: true,
arrowhead: 7,
ax: 0,
ay: -40
}
]
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
var trace1 = {
x: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
y: [0, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5],
type: 'scatter'
};
var trace2 = {
x: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
y: [0, 4, 5, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2],
type: 'scatter'
};
var data = [trace1, trace2];
var layout = {
showlegend: false,
annotations: [
{
x: 2,
y: 5,
xref: 'x',
yref: 'y',
text: 'Annotation Text',
showarrow: true,
arrowhead: 7,
ax: 0,
ay: -40
},
{
x: 4,
y: 4,
xref: 'x',
yref: 'y',
text: 'Annotation Text 2',
showarrow: true,
arrowhead: 7,
ax: 0,
ay: -40
}
]
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
var trace0 = {
x: [1, 2, 3],
y: [4, 5, 6],
type: 'scatter'
};
var trace1 = {
x: [20, 30, 40],
y: [50, 60, 70],
xaxis: 'x2',
yaxis: 'y2',
type: 'scatter'
};
var data = [trace0, trace1];
var layout = {
title: 'Subplot Annotations',
xaxis: {domain: [0, 0.45]},
yaxis2: {anchor: 'x2'},
xaxis2: {domain: [0.55, 1]},
annotations: [
{
x: 2,
y: 5,
xref: 'x',
yref: 'y',
text: 'Annotation A',
showarrow: true,
arrowhead: 3,
ax: -30,
ay: -40
},
{
x: 30,
y: 60,
xref: 'x2',
yref: 'y2',
text: 'Annotation B',
showarrow: true,
arrowhead: 2,
ax: -25,
ay: -40
}
]
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
var data = [{
type: "scatter3d",
x: ["2017-01-01", "2017-02-10", "2017-03-20"],
y: ["A", "B", "C"],
z: [1, 1e3, 1e5]
}]
var layout = {
scene: {
camera: {
eye: {x: 2.1, y: 0.1, z: 0.9}
},
xaxis: {
title: ""
},
yaxis: {
title: ""
},
zaxis: {
type: "log",
title: ""
},
annotations: [{
showarrow: false,
x: "2017-01-01",
y: "A",
z: 0,
text: "Point 1",
font: {
color: "black",
size: 12
},
xanchor: "left",
xshift: 10,
opacity: 0.7
}, {
x: "2017-02-10",
y: "B",
z: 4,
text: "Point 2",
textangle: 0,
ax: 0,
ay: -75,
font: {
color: "black",
size: 12
},
arrowcolor: "black",
arrowsize: 3,
arrowwidth: 1,
arrowhead: 1
}, {
x: "2017-03-20",
y: "C",
z: 5,
ax: 50,
ay: 0,
text: "Point 3",
arrowhead: 1,
xanchor: "left",
yanchor: "bottom"
}]
}
}
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
var trace1 = {
x: [0, 1, 2],
y: [1, 1, 1],
mode: 'lines+markers+text',
name: 'Lines, Markers and Text',
text: ['Text A', 'Text B', 'Text C'],
textposition: 'top right',
textfont: {
family: 'sans serif',
size: 18,
color: '#1f77b4'
},
type: 'scatter'
};
var trace2 = {
x: [0, 1, 2],
y: [2, 2, 2],
mode: 'lines+markers+text',
name: 'Lines and Text',
text: ['Text G', 'Text H', 'Text I'],
textposition: 'bottom',
textfont: {
family: 'sans serif',
size: 18,
color: '#ff7f0e'
},
type: 'scatter'
};
var data = [trace1, trace2];
var layout = {showlegend: false};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
var trace1 = {
x: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
y: [0, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 6, 5],
type: 'scatter'
};
var trace2 = {
x: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
y: [0, 4, 5, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2],
type: 'scatter'
};
var data = [trace1, trace2];
var layout = {
showlegend: false,
annotations: [
{
x: 2,
y: 5,
xref: 'x',
yref: 'y',
text: 'max=5',
showarrow: true,
font: {
family: 'Courier New, monospace',
size: 16,
color: '#ffffff'
},
align: 'center',
arrowhead: 2,
arrowsize: 1,
arrowwidth: 2,
arrowcolor: '#636363',
ax: 20,
ay: -30,
bordercolor: '#c7c7c7',
borderwidth: 2,
borderpad: 4,
bgcolor: '#ff7f0e',
opacity: 0.8
}
]
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
var myPlot = document.getElementById('myDiv'),
N = 12,
x = d3.range(N).map( d3.random.normal(3) ),
y1 = d3.range(N).map( d3.random.normal(4) ),
y2 = d3.range(N).map( d3.random.normal(4) ),
y3 = d3.range(N).map( d3.random.normal(4) ),
months = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar',
'Apr', 'May', 'June',
'July', 'Aug', 'Sept',
'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'],
data = [{ x:x, y:y1,
type:'scatter', mode:'markers',
name:'2014', text: months,
marker:{color:'rgba(200, 50, 100, .7)',
size:16}
},
{ x:x, y:y2,
type:'scatter', mode:'markers',
name:'2015', text:months,
marker:{color:'rgba(120, 20, 130, .7)',
size:16}
},
{ x:x, y:y3,
type:'scatter', mode:'markers',
name: '2016', text:months,
marker:{color:'rgba(10, 180, 180, .8)',
size:16}}];
layout = {
hovermode:'closest',
title:'<b>Formatting Annotations</b> <br> click on a point to plot an annotation',
xaxis:{zeroline:false, title: 'Value A'},
yaxis:{zeroline:false, title: 'Value B'}
};
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', data, layout);
myPlot.on('plotly_click',
function(data){
var point = data.points[0],
newAnnotation = {
x: point.xaxis.d2l(point.x),
y: point.yaxis.d2l(point.y),
arrowhead: 6,
ax: 0,
ay: -80,
bgcolor: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9)',
arrowcolor: point.fullData.marker.color,
font: {size:12},
bordercolor: point.fullData.marker.color,
borderwidth: 3,
borderpad: 4,
text: '<i>Series Identification</i>' + <br>
'<b>Year</b> '+(point.data.name) + '<br>' +
'<i>Point Identification</i><br>' +
'<b>Month</b> '+ (months[point.pointNumber]) +
'<br><i>Point Values</i><br>' +
'<b>A</b> '+(point.x).toPrecision(4) +
'<br><b>B</b> '+(point.y).toPrecision(4)
},
divid = document.getElementById('myDiv'),
newIndex = (divid.layout.annotations || []).length;
console.log(point.pointNumber)
// delete instead if clicked twice
if(newIndex) {
var foundCopy = false;
divid.layout.annotations.forEach(function(ann, sameIndex) {
if(ann.text === newAnnotation.text ) {
Plotly.relayout('myDiv', 'annotations[' + sameIndex + ']', 'remove');
foundCopy = true;
}
});
if(foundCopy) return;
}
Plotly.relayout('myDiv', 'annotations[' + newIndex + ']', newAnnotation);
})
.on('plotly_clickannotation', function(event, data) {
Plotly.relayout('myDiv', 'annotations[' + data.index + ']', 'remove');
});
var n = 250;
var t = 12;
var x = [];
var y = [];
var z = [];
var text = [];
var arr = ["A","T","G", "C"];
for (var j = 0; j < t; j++){
ztemp = [];
for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
x.push(i);
y.push(j);
ztemp.push(Math.floor(Math.random() * 10));
text.push(arr[Math.floor(Math.random() * 4)])
}
z.push(ztemp)
}
var steps = [];
for (var e = 0; e < n-30; e++){
steps.push({
label: e,
value: e,
method: 'relayout',
args: ['xaxis', {range: [-0.5 + e, 30.5 + e]}]
})
}
data1 = {
x: x,
y: y,
mode: "text",
text: text,
type: "scattergl",
textfont: {
size: 20
}
}
data2 = {
z: z,
type: "heatmap"
}
sliders = [{
active: 0,
steps: steps
}]
layout = {
sliders: sliders,
xaxis: {
range: [-0.5, 30.5],
showline: false,
zeroline: false,
showgrid: false
},
yaxis: {
showline: false,
zeroline: false,
showgrid: false
}
}
data = [data1, data2]
Plotly.newPlot('myDiv', {data:data,
layout:layout});