Chapter 2. Be Selective
In this chapter we will cover:
- Selecting a single element
- Selecting multiple elements
- Iterating through a selection
- Performing subselection
- Function chaining
- Manipulating raw selection
Introduction
One of the most fundamental tasks that you need to perform with any data visualization project using D3 is selection. Selection helps you target certain visual elements on the page. If you are already familiar with the W3C standardized CSS selector or other similar selector APIs provided by popular JavaScript libraries, such as jQuery and Zepto.js, then you will find yourself right at home with D3's selection API. Don't worry if you haven't used selector API before, this chapter is designed to cover this topic in steps with the help ...
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