Adding Web Links to D3 Objects
Explore how to add clickable web links to D3.js objects like rectangles and text by embedding them in anchor tags with xlink:href attributes. Learn techniques to create dynamic URLs using variables and manage mouse interactions by disabling pointer events on text elements, ensuring smooth link usability. This lesson helps you enhance your D3 visuals by making elements interactive and linking them to external web pages.
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The idea with this tip/trick is to be able to add a “link” to an object so that when you click on it, it takes you to a web page that we will pre-define.
We are going to generate a simple rectangle with some text and look at linking from the rectangle and the text, separately and with some fanciness at the end.
The end result will be something that looks a little like this:
Notice the little pointing finger at the bottom that would indicate that there actually is a link there.
The code that we will use as a starting point is this simple example that draws a green rectangle and overlays some text on it:
There’s nothing too spectacular about the file. There’s a little bit of styling and tweaking of attributes, but nothing too extreme. The ...