a reusable D3.js scatterplot plugin that supports easy customization

this plugin is implemented as a closure that supports method chaining

why implement the plugin as a closure (by Mike Bostock)

• D3.js (5.x version)

first, download d3.scatterplotMatrix.js

d3.scatterplotMatrix.js can be loaded directly as

<script src="pathToTheFile/d3.scatterplotMatrix.js"></script>

then use as

let chart = d3.scatterplotMatrix()

or if you are using Node.js/CommonJS

import scatterplotMatrix from "pathToTheFile/d3.scatterplotMatrix.js"

let data = [{x: 10, y: 10, z: 4}, {x: 20, y: 15, z: 6}, {x: 30, y: 0, z: 1}]

let chart = d3.scatterplotMatrix()
    .traits(['x', 'y', 'z'])

let svg = d3.select('body').append('svg')
    .datum(data)
    .call(chart)

Another example of visualizing the Iris Dataset can be seen here

// create a scatterplotMatrix closure
let chart = d3.scatterplotMatrix()

// set width
chart.width(800)

// get width
let width = chart.width() /* width = 800 */

// other attributes in the API can be get/set similarly

• width: [Number]
  • get/set the width of the whole chart
  • default = 800
• height: [Number]
  • get/set the height of the whole chart
  • default = 800
• padding: [Number]
  • get/set the padding between each scatterplot
  • default = 20
• margin: [{left: Number, right: Number, top: Number, bottom: Number}]
  • get/set the margin
  • default = {left: 10, right: 100, top: 0, bottom: 0})
• duration: [Number]
  • get/set the transition duration (ms)
  • default = 500
• traits: [Array(String)]
  • get/set the array of attribute names
  • default = null
• colorValueMapper: [Function]
  • get/set the access method to the value that has a one-to-one mapping with the filling color
  • default = d => d.label
• rValueMapper: [Function]
  • get/set the access method to point radius
  • default = _ => 3
  • by default radius = 3 for all the points
• strokeValueMapper: [Function]
  • get/set the access method to point stroke color
  • default = _ => "black"
  • by default stroke_color = "black" for all the points
• drawLegend: [Boolean]
  • get/set whether legend should be drawn
  • default = false
• enableBrush: [Boolean]
  • get/set whether brushing should be enabled
  • default = true
  • note: at most one of brushing and and zooming function can be enabled
• enableZoom: [Boolean]
  • get/set whether zooming should be enabled
  • default = true
  • note: at most one of brushing and and zooming function can be enabled
• zoomMode: [String]
  • get/set the mode of zooming in ["filterAxis", "filterData"]
  • default = "filterAxis"
  • note: in "filterAxis" mode, only the two brushed traits would update to the brushed range; in "filterData" mode, the range of all the axis would update to fit the range of filtered data
• labelMode: [String]
  • get/set the mode of trait label in ["diagonal", "all"]
  • default = "diagonal"
  • note: in "filterAxis" mode, only the diagonal scatter plots have trait labels; in "all" mode, all the scatter plots have trait labels
• tickLabelMode: [String]
  • get/set the mode of tick value label in ["side", "all"]
  • default = "side"
  • note: in "side" mode, only the left side and bottom side of the scatter plot matrix show value labels; in "all" mode, all the scatter plots have their own value labels

This scatterplot matrix is based on the scatterplot matrix implementation by Mike Bostock