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dragable force directed graphs

Dragable force directed graph. Instructions on the dragging mechanism are here.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.links line {
stroke: #999;
stroke-opacity: 0.6;
}
.nodes circle {
stroke: #fff;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
</style>
<svg width="960" height="600"></svg>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
//create somewhere to put the force directed graph
var svg = d3.select("svg"),
width = +svg.attr("width"),
height = +svg.attr("height");
var nodes_data = [
{"name": "Travis", "sex": "M"},
{"name": "Rake", "sex": "M"},
{"name": "Diana", "sex": "F"},
{"name": "Rachel", "sex": "F"},
{"name": "Shawn", "sex": "M"},
{"name": "Emerald", "sex": "F"}
]
var links_data = [
{"source": "Travis", "target": "Rake"},
{"source": "Diana", "target": "Rake"},
{"source": "Diana", "target": "Rachel"},
{"source": "Rachel", "target": "Rake"},
{"source": "Rachel", "target": "Shawn"},
{"source": "Emerald", "target": "Rachel"}
]
//set up the simulation
var simulation = d3.forceSimulation()
//add nodes
.nodes(nodes_data);
//add forces
//we're going to add a charge to each node
//also going to add a centering force
//and a link force
var link_force = d3.forceLink(links_data)
.id(function(d) { return d.name; });
simulation
.force("charge_force", d3.forceManyBody())
.force("center_force", d3.forceCenter(width / 2, height / 2))
.force("links",link_force);
//add tick instructions:
simulation.on("tick", tickActions );
//draw circles for the links
var node = svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "nodes")
.selectAll("circle")
.data(nodes_data)
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("r", 10)
.attr("fill", "red");
//draw lines for the links
var link = svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "links")
.selectAll("line")
.data(links_data)
.enter().append("line")
.attr("stroke-width", 2);
var drag_handler = d3.drag()
.on("start", drag_start)
.on("drag", drag_drag)
.on("end", drag_end);
//same as using .call on the node variable as in https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4062045
drag_handler(node)
//drag handler
//d is the node
function drag_start(d) {
if (!d3.event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0.3 ).restart();
d.fx = d.x;
d.fy = d.y;
}
function drag_drag(d) {
d.fx = d3.event.x;
d.fy = d3.event.y;
}
function drag_end(d) {
if (!d3.event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0);
d.fx = null;
d.fy = null;
}
function tickActions() {
//update circle positions each tick of the simulation
node
.attr("cx", function(d) { return d.x; })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return d.y; });
//update link positions
//simply tells one end of the line to follow one node around
//and the other end of the line to follow the other node around
link
.attr("x1", function(d) { return d.source.x; })
.attr("y1", function(d) { return d.source.y; })
.attr("x2", function(d) { return d.target.x; })
.attr("y2", function(d) { return d.target.y; });
}
</script>
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