r2d3

R2D3 is a customized build of D3 powered by RaphaelJS. The combination of D3 and Raphael enable developers to easily data visualizations that work in IE7+ and all modern browsers.

Getting Started

To get started using R2D3, conditionally load r2d3 for Internet Explorer 8 and below. For modern browsers, serve up d3 as you normally would.

<html>
  <head>
    <title>R2D3 101</title>
    <!--[if lte IE 8]><script src="r2d3.v2.js"></script><![endif]-->
    <!--[if gte IE 9]><!-->
    <script src="d3.v2.js"></script>
    <!--<![endif]-->
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
  </body>
</html>

R2D3 uses Raphael under the covers for rendering SVG and VML when necessary. Creating a SVG element in R2D3 is the same as D3:

var paper = d3.select('div').append('svg')
            .attr('width', 200)
            .attr('height', 200);

Using the paper selection, Raphael elements can be created and manipulated using D3 syntax:

paper.append('circle')
  .attr('cx', 50)
  .attr('cy', 50)
  .attr('r', function() { return Math.random() * 50; });

R2D3 can also query for existing shapes on the paper and update them.

paper.select('circle')
  .transition()
  .attr('fill', '#ff0000');

Events can also be bound to Raphael elements using D3 syntax:

paper.select('circle')
  .on('click', function() { alert('hi'); });

Who is using R2D3?

If you'd like to add a D3 visualization you've made IE compatible with R2D3, issue a pull request and add it here!

Limitations

See the issues page for a listing of known issues. In addition this includes:

Queries for SVG elements must origin from the SVG node. Example use svg.select('rect') NOT d3.select('rect')
<use> Is not supported
r2d3 must be included before any stylesheets or <style> blocks. Soon I will push out a lighter weight shim script that can be used instead so r2d3 can load after the page.

Developers

D3

D3 is included in this project as as submodule. To pull down D3 for a build run:

$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update

Build Commands

We have included a makefile to build a custom version of D3 packaged with r2d3.

dependencies Our makefile depends on you having recess, uglify.js. To install, just run the following command in npm:

$ npm install uglify-js -g

build - make Runs the makefile to concatenate and minify r2d3.js