Canvas Animated Visualization

25:["$","title",null,{"children":"Canvas Animated Plots | Brianna Wilson | Observable"}] 49:T5e4,function animate(nextLayout) { if (isAnimating) return // do nothing if animation is in progress mutable isAnimating = true // set flag to indicate animation is in progress // Stop any current animation if (timer) mutable timer.stop() // Store the first position of the points points.forEach(point => { point.sx = point.x point.sy = point.y }) // Apply the next layout to adjust point positions nextLayout(points, pointWidth) // Store the destination position of the points points.forEach(point => { point.tx = point.x point.ty = point.y }) // Reset points to their starting positions for the animation. points.forEach(point => { point.x = point.sx point.y = point.sy }) // Animate the interpolation of points from one position to another mutable timer = d3.timer((elapsed) => { // Compute the current progress of the animation (0 to 1) const progress = Math.min(1, d3.easeCubic(elapsed / animationDuration)) // Update point positions (interpolate between source and target) points.forEach(point => { point.x = point.sx + (point.tx - point.sx) * progress point.y = point.sy + (point.ty - point.sy) * progress }) // Draw the update draw() // Stop the animation when the progress is complete if (progress === 1) { // stop current layout's timer and start new one mutable timer.stop() mutable isAnimating = false } }) }4a:T5ad,function barChartLayout(points, pointWidth, pointMargin = 1) { const pointWithMargin = pointWidth + pointMargin const pointsPerLayer = 28 // how many points wide each bar is // Initialize each bar's starting position let xOffset = 0 // Process each color bar for (let color of distinctColors) { // Filter points for the current color const currentPoints = points.filter(p => p.color === color) // Initialize the position for the current bar let rowIndex = 0 let verticalIndex = 0 // Process each point in the current bar for (let i = 0; i < currentPoints.length; i++) { const point = currentPoints[i] // Check if we need to start a new layer if (i !== 0 && i % pointsPerLayer === 0) { rowIndex = 0 // start a new layer verticalIndex++ // move the layer up } // Position the point in the current layer point.x = xOffset + (rowIndex * pointWithMargin) point.y = verticalIndex * pointWithMargin rowIndex++ // move to the next point in the layer } // Calculate the width of the current bar const barWidth = pointWithMargin * pointsPerLayer // Update the starting position for the next bar xOffset += barWidth + 5 // we're adding some space between bars } }4b:T2190,// If you want to run from a .html file // // // // // // Canvas Animated Visualization // // // // // //

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