http://bl.ocks.org/MoritzStefaner/1377729
<title>Force based label placement</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.js?2.6.0"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.layout.js?2.6.0"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.geom.js?2.6.0"></script> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> var w = 960, h = 500; var labelDistance = 0;
var vis = d3.select("body").append("svg:svg").attr("width", w).attr("height", h);
var nodes = [];
var labelAnchors = [];
var labelAnchorLinks = [];
var links = [];
for(var i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
var node = {
label : "node " + i
};
nodes.push(node);
labelAnchors.push({
node : node
});
labelAnchors.push({
node : node
});
};
for(var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < i; j++) {
if(Math.random() > .95)
links.push({
source : i,
target : j,
weight : Math.random()
});
}
labelAnchorLinks.push({
source : i * 2,
target : i * 2 + 1,
weight : 1
});
};
var force = d3.layout.force().size([w, h]).nodes(nodes).links(links).gravity(1).linkDistance(50).charge(-3000).linkStrength(function(x) {
return x.weight * 10
});
force.start();
var force2 = d3.layout.force().nodes(labelAnchors).links(labelAnchorLinks).gravity(0).linkDistance(0).linkStrength(8).charge(-100).size([w, h]);
force2.start();
var link = vis.selectAll("line.link").data(links).enter().append("svg:line").attr("class", "link").style("stroke", "#CCC");
var node = vis.selectAll("g.node").data(force.nodes()).enter().append("svg:g").attr("class", "node");
node.append("svg:circle").attr("r", 5).style("fill", "#555").style("stroke", "#FFF").style("stroke-width", 3);
node.call(force.drag);
var anchorLink = vis.selectAll("line.anchorLink").data(labelAnchorLinks)//.enter().append("svg:line").attr("class", "anchorLink").style("stroke", "#999");
var anchorNode = vis.selectAll("g.anchorNode").data(force2.nodes()).enter().append("svg:g").attr("class", "anchorNode");
anchorNode.append("svg:circle").attr("r", 0).style("fill", "#FFF");
anchorNode.append("svg:text").text(function(d, i) {
return i % 2 == 0 ? "" : d.node.label
}).style("fill", "#555").style("font-family", "Arial").style("font-size", 12);
var updateLink = function() {
this.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;
});
}
var updateNode = function() {
this.attr("transform", function(d) {
return "translate(" + d.x + "," + d.y + ")";
});
}
force.on("tick", function() {
force2.start();
node.call(updateNode);
anchorNode.each(function(d, i) {
if(i % 2 == 0) {
d.x = d.node.x;
d.y = d.node.y;
} else {
var b = this.childNodes[1].getBBox();
var diffX = d.x - d.node.x;
var diffY = d.y - d.node.y;
var dist = Math.sqrt(diffX * diffX + diffY * diffY);
var shiftX = b.width * (diffX - dist) / (dist * 2);
shiftX = Math.max(-b.width, Math.min(0, shiftX));
var shiftY = 5;
this.childNodes[1].setAttribute("transform", "translate(" + shiftX + "," + shiftY + ")");
}
});
anchorNode.call(updateNode);
link.call(updateLink);
anchorLink.call(updateLink);
});
</script>
</body>