Collapsible tree

Click a black node to expand or collapse the tree.

// Specify the charts’ dimensions. The height is variable, depending on the layout.
const width = 928;
const marginTop = 10;
const marginRight = 10;
const marginBottom = 10;
const marginLeft = 40;

// Rows are separated by dx pixels, columns by dy pixels. These names can be counter-intuitive
// (dx is a height, and dy a width). This because the tree must be viewed with the root at the
// “bottom”, in the data domain. The width of a column is based on the tree’s height.
const root = d3.hierarchy(data);
const dx = 10;
const dy = (width - marginRight - marginLeft) / (1 + root.height);

// Define the tree layout and the shape for links.
const tree = d3.tree().nodeSize([dx, dy]);
const diagonal = d3.linkHorizontal().x((d) => d.y).y((d) => d.x);

// Create the SVG container, a layer for the links and a layer for the nodes.
const svg = d3.create("svg")
    .attr("width", width)
    .attr("height", dx)
    .attr("viewBox", [-marginLeft, -marginTop, width, dx])
    .attr("style", "max-width: 100%; height: auto; font: 10px sans-serif; user-select: none;");

const gLink = svg.append("g")
    .attr("fill", "none")
    .attr("stroke", "#555")
    .attr("stroke-opacity", 0.4)
    .attr("stroke-width", 1.5);

const gNode = svg.append("g")
    .attr("cursor", "pointer")
    .attr("pointer-events", "all");

function update(event, source) {
  const duration = event?.altKey ? 2500 : 250; // hold the alt key to slow down the transition
  const nodes = root.descendants().reverse();
  const links = root.links();

  // Compute the new tree layout.
  tree(root);

  let left = root;
  let right = root;
  root.eachBefore((node) => {
    if (node.x < left.x) left = node;
    if (node.x > right.x) right = node;
  });

  const height = right.x - left.x + marginTop + marginBottom;

  const transition = svg.transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("height", height)
      .attr("viewBox", [-marginLeft, left.x - marginTop, width, height]);

  // Update the nodes…
  const node = gNode.selectAll("g")
    .data(nodes, (d) => d.id);

  // Enter any new nodes at the parent's previous position.
  const nodeEnter = node.enter().append("g")
      .attr("transform", (d) => `translate(${source.y0},${source.x0})`)
      .attr("fill-opacity", 0)
      .attr("stroke-opacity", 0)
      .on("click", (event, d) => {
        d.children = d.children ? null : d._children;
        update(event, d);
      });

  nodeEnter.append("circle")
      .attr("r", 2.5)
      .attr("fill", (d) => d._children ? "#555" : "#999")
      .attr("stroke-width", 10);

  nodeEnter.append("text")
      .attr("dy", "0.31em")
      .attr("x", (d) => d._children ? -6 : 6)
      .attr("text-anchor", (d) => d._children ? "end" : "start")
      .text((d) => d.data.name)
      .attr("stroke-linejoin", "round")
      .attr("stroke-width", 3)
      .attr("stroke", "white")
      .attr("paint-order", "stroke");

  // Transition nodes to their new position.
  const nodeUpdate = node.merge(nodeEnter).transition(transition)
      .attr("transform", (d) => `translate(${d.y},${d.x})`)
      .attr("fill-opacity", 1)
      .attr("stroke-opacity", 1);

  // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
  const nodeExit = node.exit().transition(transition).remove()
      .attr("transform", (d) => `translate(${source.y},${source.x})`)
      .attr("fill-opacity", 0)
      .attr("stroke-opacity", 0);

  // Update the links…
  const link = gLink.selectAll("path")
    .data(links, (d) => d.target.id);

  // Enter any new links at the parent's previous position.
  const linkEnter = link.enter().append("path")
      .attr("d", (d) => {
        const o = {x: source.x0, y: source.y0};
        return diagonal({source: o, target: o});
      });

  // Transition links to their new position.
  link.merge(linkEnter).transition(transition)
      .attr("d", diagonal);

  // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
  link.exit().transition(transition).remove()
      .attr("d", (d) => {
        const o = {x: source.x, y: source.y};
        return diagonal({source: o, target: o});
      });

  // Stash the old positions for transition.
  root.eachBefore((d) => {
    d.x0 = d.x;
    d.y0 = d.y;
  });
}

// Do the first update to the initial configuration of the tree — where a number of nodes
// are open (arbitrarily selected as the root, plus nodes with 7 letters).
root.x0 = dy / 2;
root.y0 = 0;
root.descendants().forEach((d, i) => {
  d.id = i;
  d._children = d.children;
  if (d.depth && d.data.name.length !== 7) d.children = null;
});

update(null, root);

display(svg.node());
const data = FileAttachment("data/flare.json").json().then(display);
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