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force targets

Drag the white circles to move targets used by the force layout.

In this example the nodes are each assigned a target that they will cluster to. One could have the targets be different categories arranged in some semanticly meaningful way.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.5/d3.min.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin:0;position:fixed;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;
background-color: #111;
}
svg { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script>
var width = 960
var height = 500
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
var targets = [
{"x":200,"y":200},{"x":663,"y":168},
{"x":417,"y":307},{"x":221,"y":307},
{"x":443,"y":192}
]
function rand(t,i) {
var d = {
x: t.x + (Math.random()-0.5) * 600,
y: t.y + (Math.random()-0.5) * 300,
i: i
}
return d;
}
var nodes = [];
targets.forEach(function(t,i) {
console.log("I", i)
var d = rand(t,i);
nodes.push(d);
d = rand(t,i);nodes.push(d);
d = rand(t,i);nodes.push(d);
d = rand(t,i);nodes.push(d);
d = rand(t,i);nodes.push(d);
})
console.log("NODES", nodes)
//http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/1021841
var force = d3.layout.force()
.size([width, height])
.gravity(0.05)
.friction(0.95)
.charge(-50)
.nodes(nodes)
var targetCircles = svg.selectAll("circle.target")
.data(targets)
targetCircles.enter()
.append("circle")
.classed("target", true)
targetCircles.attr({
cx: function(d) { return d.x },
cy: function(d) { return d.y },
r: 9,
fill: "#efefef"
})
var drag = d3.behavior.drag()
.on("drag", function(d) {
force.resume();
d3.select(this).attr({
cx: function(d) { d.x = d3.event.x; return d.x },
cy: function(d) { d.y = d3.event.y; return d.y },
})
})
.on("dragend", function(d) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(targets))
})
targetCircles.call(drag)
var fcircles = svg.selectAll("circle.force")
.data(nodes)
fcircles.enter()
.append("circle")
.classed("force", true)
fcircles.attr({
r: 3,
"fill-opacity": 0.3,
stroke: "#efefef"
})
.call(force.drag)
force.on("tick", function(e) {
var k = 0.16 * e.alpha
nodes.forEach(function(t,i) {
t.x += (-t.x + targets[t.i].x) * k;
t.y += (-t.y + targets[t.i].y) * k;
})
fcircles.attr({
cx: function(d) { return d.x },
cy: function(d) { return d.y }
})
})
force.start();
</script>
</body>
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