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Plot.plot({
width: 500,
height: 420,
inset: 45,
color: { legend: true },
projection: ternary.projection,
marks: [
Plot.sphere(),
ternary.graticule({ strokeDasharray: "5 1.5" }),

// A blob for each group
Plot.density(
profiles,
ternary.normalize({
a: "designer",
b: "journalist",
c: "developer",
stroke: group,
bandwidth: 35,
thresholds: 2
})
),
Plot.dot(
profiles,
ternary.normalize({
a: "designer",
b: "journalist",
c: "developer",
fill: group,
stroke: "white",
r: 8,
channels: {
label: "name",
journalist: "journalist",
developer: "developer",
designer: "designer"
},
tip: true
})
),

ternary.tickLabels(d3.range(0.5, 1, 0.1), {
fill: "currentColor",
stroke: "white"
}),
ternary.labels(axes, { fontWeight: "bold" })
]
})
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Plot.plot({
width: 300,
projection: { type: ternary.projection, inset: 1 },
marks: [
Plot.sphere(),
ternary.graticule(),
Plot.dot(profiles, {
x: (d) => d.designer / 100,
y: (d) => d.journalist / 100,
symbol: "triangle",
fill: group,
r: 5
})
]
})
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Plot.plot({
width: 350,
projection: { type: ternary.projection, inset: 25 },
marks: [
Plot.sphere(),
ternary.graticule(),
ternary.tickLabels(),
ternary.labels(["A", "B", "C"])
]
})
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projection = ({ width, height, angle = 0 }) => {
const sqrt3_2 = Math.sqrt(3) / 2;
let scale = 1;
let tx = 0;
let ty = 0;
const ca = Math.cos((angle * Math.PI) / 180);
const sa = Math.sin((angle * Math.PI) / 180);
const q = (x, y) => [x + y * 0.5, -y * sqrt3_2];
const p = (x, y) => {
[x, y] = q(x, y);
return [scale * (x * ca + y * sa) + tx, scale * (y * ca - x * sa) + ty];
};
const projection = d3.geoTransform({
point: function (x, y) {
this.stream.point(...p(x, y));
},
sphere: function () {
this.stream.polygonStart();
this.stream.lineStart();
this.stream.point(...p(0, 0));
this.stream.point(...p(0, 1));
this.stream.point(...p(1, 0));
this.stream.point(...p(0, 0));
this.stream.lineEnd();
this.stream.polygonEnd();
}
});

// Fit bounds (with angle!)
const [[x1, y1], [x2, y2]] = d3
.geoPath(projection)
.bounds({ type: "Sphere" });
const w = width / (x2 - x1);
const h = height / (y2 - y1);
scale = Math.min(w, h);
tx = w > scale ? width / 2 - (scale * (x2 + x1)) / 2 : -x1 * scale;
ty = w < scale ? height / 2 - (scale * (y2 + y1)) / 2 : -y1 * scale;
return projection;
}
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normalize = ({ a, b, c, ...options } = {}) => {
if (a == null) throw new Error("missing channel a");
if (b == null) throw new Error("missing channel b");
if (c == null) throw new Error("missing channel c");
const [X, setX] = Plot.column(a); // Using a hides x from the tip!
const [Y, setY] = Plot.column(b);
return Plot.transform({ x: X, y: Y, ...options }, (data, facets) => {
const A = Plot.valueof(data, a);
const B = Plot.valueof(data, b);
const C = Plot.valueof(data, c);
setX(A.map((d, i) => d / (A[i] + B[i] + C[i])));
setY(B.map((d, i) => d / (A[i] + B[i] + C[i])));
return { data, facets };
});
}
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graticule = (options) =>
Plot.link(
d3.range(0.1, 1, 0.1).flatMap((d) => [
[d, 0, 0, d],
[d, 0, d, 1 - d],
[0, d, 1 - d, d]
]),
{
x1: "0",
y1: "1",
x2: "2",
y2: "3",
stroke: "#aaa",
strokeWidth: 0.5,
...options
}
)
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tickLabels = (
data = d3.range(0.1, 1, 0.1),
{ tickFormat = ".0%", ...options } = {}
) => {
const text = d3.format(tickFormat);
return Plot.marks(
Plot.text(data, {
x: (d) => 1 - d,
y: 0,
text,
rotate: 60,
textAnchor: "start",
dx: 2,
dy: 5,
...options
}),
Plot.text(data, {
x: 0,
y: (d) => d,
text,
rotate: 0,
textAnchor: "end",
dx: -5,
dy: 0,
...options
}),
Plot.text(data, {
x: (d) => d,
y: (d) => 1 - d,
text,
textAnchor: "start",
rotate: -60,
dx: 2,
dy: -5,
...options
})
);
}
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labels = (data, options) =>
Plot.text(data, {
x: [1.075, -0.025, -0.025],
y: [-0.05, 1.05, -0.05],
text: Plot.identity,
...options
})
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function slider({
r = 5,
fill = "red",
constrain = true,
value = [1 / 3, 1 / 3, 1 / 3],
...options
} = {}) {
const n = d3.sum(value);
for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) value[i] = (value[i] ?? 0) / n;
return Plot.dot([value, [1, 0], [0, 1], [0, 0]], {
r,
fill,
pointerEvents: "all",
...options, // options to be passed
filter: [true],
x: "0",
y: "1",
render(index, scales, values, dimensions, context, next) {
const plot = context.ownerSVGElement;
const g = next(index, scales, values, dimensions, context);
d3.select(g).style("cursor", "grab");
const dot = g.querySelector("circle");
const path = g.querySelector("path");
const X = values.x;
const Y = values.y;
// barycentric coordinates & denominator
const D = (X[2] - X[1]) * (Y[3] - Y[1]) - (Y[2] - Y[1]) * (X[3] - X[1]);
let a = values.channels.x.value[0],
b = values.channels.y.value[0],
c = 1 - a - b;
const z = { a, b, c };

// value accessors
function set({ a, b, c }) {
if (constrain) {
while (a < 0 || b < 0 || c < 0) {
if (a < 0) (b += a / 2), (c += a / 2), (a = 0);
if (b < 0) (a += b / 2), (c += b / 2), (b = 0);
if (c < 0) (b += c / 2), (a += c / 2), (c = 0);
}
}
const x = a * X[1] + b * X[2] + c * X[3];
const y = a * Y[1] + b * Y[2] + c * Y[3];
if (dot) {
dot.setAttribute("cx", x);
dot.setAttribute("cy", y);
} else path.setAttribute("transform", `translate(${x},${y})`);
Object.assign(z, { a, b, c });
}
function get() {
return z;
}
Object.defineProperty(plot, "value", { set, get });
plot.dispatchEvent(new Event("input"));

const drag = d3
.drag()
.on("start", () => d3.select(g).style("cursor", "grabbing"))
.on("end", () => d3.select(g).style("cursor", "grab"))
.on("drag", ({ x, y }) => {
// project
c = ((X[2] - X[1]) * (y - Y[1]) - (Y[2] - Y[1]) * (x - X[1])) / D;
b = ((x - X[1]) * (Y[3] - Y[1]) - (y - Y[1]) * (X[3] - X[1])) / D;
a = 1 - b - c;
set({ a, b, c });
plot.dispatchEvent(new Event("input"));
});
d3.select(g).call(drag);
return g;
}
});
}
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function combo({
labels = ["a", "b", "c"],
value = [1 / 3, 1 / 3],
step = 0.001
} = {}) {
const n = d3.sum(value);
for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) value[i] = (value[i] ?? 0) / n;
const a = Inputs.range([0, 1], { label: labels[0], value: value[0], step });
const b = Inputs.range([0, 1], { label: labels[1], value: value[1], step });
const c = Inputs.range([0, 1], { label: labels[2], value: value[2], step });
ternarySync(a, b, c);
ternarySync(b, a, c);
ternarySync(c, a, b);
return Inputs.form({ a, b, c });
}

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function ternarySync(a, b, c) {
a.addEventListener("input", (event) => {
if (!event.isTrusted) return;
const bc1 = 1 - a.value;
const bc2 = b.value + c.value;
if (bc2) {
b.value = (b.value / bc2) * bc1;
c.value = (c.value / bc2) * bc1;
} else {
b.value = c.value = bc1 / 2;
}
b.dispatchEvent(new InputEvent("input"));
c.dispatchEvent(new InputEvent("input"));
});
}
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ternary = ({
projection,
graticule,
normalize,
sphere: Plot.sphere,
tickLabels,
labels,
slider,
combo
})
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axes = ["designer", "journalist", "developer"]
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profiles = [
{ journalist: 75, developer: 25, designer: 0, name: "Alissa Combs" },
{ journalist: 70, developer: 10, designer: 20, name: "Sidney Gibson" },
{ journalist: 75, developer: 20, designer: 5, name: "Evan Guerrero" },
{ journalist: 5, developer: 60, designer: 35, name: "Marquise Walsh" },
{ journalist: 10, developer: 80, designer: 10, name: "Terry Mason" },
{ journalist: 10, developer: 90, designer: 0, name: "Megan Boyle" },
{ journalist: 20, developer: 70, designer: 10, name: "Aliana Cline" },
{ journalist: 10, developer: 20, designer: 70, name: "Esther Coffey" },
{ journalist: 15, developer: 5, designer: 80, name: "Giuliana Booker" },
{ journalist: 10, developer: 10, designer: 80, name: "Deandre Roy" },
{ journalist: 20, developer: 10, designer: 70, name: "Cruz Day" }
]
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group = Object.assign((d) => d3.greatest(axes, (k) => d[k]), { label: "group" })
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