This has no effect d.x1 = ghostLineX1 d.y1 = ghostLineY1 d.x2 = ghostLineX2 d.y2 = ghostLineY2 And these selectors don't work d3.select(`line.ghost${d.label}`) .attr('opacity', '0') d3.select(`text.ghost${d.label}`) .attr('opacity', '0')