<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.bar {
fill: steelblue;
}
.bar:hover {
fill: brown;
}
.axis--x path {
display: none;
}
</style>
<svg width="300" height="300"></svg>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script src="//chancejs.com/chance.min.js"></script>
<script>
// set up some random data
// pick a random max value to render on the yaxis
var maxVal = chance.integer({
min: 1,
max: chance.pickone([1e1, 1e5, 1e10])
}),
// generate some fake data
data = [{
x: chance.word(),
y: chance.floating({
min: 0,
max: maxVal
})
}, {
x: chance.word(),
y: chance.floating({
min: 0,
max: maxVal
})
}, {
x: chance.word(),
y: chance.floating({
min: 0,
max: maxVal
})
}, {
x: chance.word(),
y: chance.floating({
min: 0,
max: maxVal
})
}];
// create svg and set up a y scale, the height value doesn't matter
var svg = d3.select("svg"),
y = d3.scaleLinear().rangeRound([100, 0]);
// set domain
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) {
return d.y;
})]);
// draw fake axis
var yAxis = svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis axis--y")
.call(d3.axisLeft(y));
// determine max width of text label
var mW = 0;
yAxis.selectAll(".tick>text").each(function(d) {
var w = this.getBBox().width;
if (w > mW) mW = w;
});
// remove fake yaxis
yAxis.remove();
// draw plot normally
var margin = {
top: 20,
right: 20,
bottom: 30,
left: mW + 10 // max with + padding fudge
},
width = +svg.attr("width") - margin.left - margin.right,
height = +svg.attr("height") - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var g = svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
// reset to actual height
y.range([height, 0]);
var x = d3.scaleBand().rangeRound([0, width]).padding(0.1);
x.domain(data.map(function(d) {
return d.x;
}));
g.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis axis--x")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(d3.axisBottom(x));
g.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis axis--y")
.call(d3.axisLeft(y));
g.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("class", "bar")
.attr("x", function(d) {
return x(d.x);
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return y(d.y);
})
.attr("width", x.bandwidth())
.attr("height", function(d) {
return height - y(d.y);
});
</script>