How to make the extent of a brush match the size of the parent element?

Question

I am trying to combine d3-brush with d3-zoom in a force-directed graph. Although I managed to combine the modules, it seems that I am not able to use the brush on the whole g element which contains the nodes.Thus, I am not able to select all the nodes in the graph.

I have already had a look at some blocks, eg D3 Selectable Force-Directed Graph , https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4566102 , D3v4 Selectable, Draggable, Zoomable Force Directed Graph which try to combine the two modules [ 1 , 3 ] or use the brush event in a force-directed graph [ 2 ]. Moreover, I have also read the d3-brush API . However, I can not achieve the desired behavior.

The user can select a region of points in the graph by holding the ctrl key and pressing the left mouse button ( ctrl key + lmb ).

Theoretically, the user should be able to select all the nodes within the g element which contains the nodes. In the next figure you can see the maximum brush extent. Nodes outside the brush extent can not be selected.

In the figure below, you can see the DOM hierarchy of the HTML document.

I am suspecting that the extent of the brush is not defined correctly, which causes this issue.If I apply the brush to the svgForce element and the nodes are also drawn directly on the svgForce element, then the brush extent matches the dimensions of the svg . However, in that case, the zoom does not work properly, because it is not bound to a g element.

svgForce.append("g")
.attr("class", "brush")
.call(d3.brush().on("brush", brushed));

Do you have any ideas what might be going wrong?

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zoom = d3.zoom() .scaleExtent([0.1, 10]) .on("zoom", zoomed); var container = d3.select("#network_group"); var svgForce = container .append("svg") .attr("id", "network_svg") .attr("width", width_network) .attr("height", height_network); gMain = svgForce.append("g") .attr("class","gMain"); var rect = gMain.append('rect') .attr('width', width_network) .attr('height', height_network) .style('fill', 'white'); gForce = gMain.append("g"); gMain.call(zoom) .on("dblclick.zoom", null); var simulation = d3.forceSimulation(network.nodes).force("charge", d3.forceManyBody().strength(-200)) .force("collision", d3.forceCollide().radius(CIRCLE_RADIUS*2)) .force("x", d3.forceX(width_network/2).strength(0.015)) .force("y", d3.forceY(height_network/2).strength(0.02)) .force("center", d3.forceCenter(width_network/2, height_network/2)) .force("link", d3.forceLink(network.links).distance(70)); var gBrushHolder = gForce.append('g'); var gBrush = null; link = gForce.append("g") .attr("class", "force_links") .selectAll("line") .data(network.links) .enter() .append("line") .attr("stroke-width", 2); // define nodes node = gForce.append("g") .attr("class", "force_nodes") .selectAll("circle") .data(network.nodes) .enter() .append("circle") .attr("r", CIRCLE_RADIUS) .on("mouseover", function (d) { d3.select(this).append("title") .text(function (d) { return d.name; }); }) .on("mouseout", function (d) { d3.select(this).select("title").remove(); }) .call(d3.drag() .on("start", dragstarted) .on("drag", dragged) .on("end", dragended)); // define node labels nodeLabel = gForce.append("g") .attr("class", "label_nodes") .selectAll("text") .data(network.nodes) .enter() .append("text") .text(function (d) { return d.name; }) .style("text-anchor", "start"); simulation.on("tick", ticked); function ticked() { node.attr("cx", function (d) { return dx; }) .attr("cy", function (d) { return dy; }); 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; }); nodeLabel.attr("x", function (d) { return dx; }) .attr("y", function (d) { return dy - 13; }); } var brushMode = false; var brushing = false; var brush = d3.brush() .extent([[0,0],[width_network,height_network]]) .on("start", brush_start) .on("brush", brushed) .on("end", brush_end); function dragstarted(d) { if (!d3.event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0.3).restart(); d.fx = dx; d.fy = dy; } function dragged(d) { d.fx = d3.event.x; d.fy = d3.event.y; } function dragended(d) { if (!d3.event.active) simulation.alphaTarget(0); if (d.fixed) { d.fixed = false; d.fx = null; d.fy = null; d3.select(this) .style("fill","lightsteelblue") .style("stroke", "#fff") .style("stroke-width", "1.5px"); } else { d3.select(this) .style("stroke", "lightsteelblue") .style("fill", "white") .style("stroke-width", 9); d.fixed = true; } } function zoomed() { var transform = d3.event.transform; gForce.attr("transform", transform); } if (network.nodes.length > 80) { zoom.translateTo(svgForce, (width_network - width_network * 0.4) / 2, (height_network - height_network * 0.4) / 2); zoom.scaleTo(svgForce, 0.4); } function brush_start(){ brushing = true; node.each(function(d) { d.previouslySelected = ctrlKey && d.selected; }); } rect.on('click', () => { node.each(function(d) { d.selected = false; d.previouslySelected = false; }); node.classed("selected", false); }); function brushed() { if (!d3.event.sourceEvent) return; if (!d3.event.selection) return; var extent = d3.event.selection; node.classed("selected", function(d) { return d.selected = d.previouslySelected ^ (extent[0][0] <= dx && dx < extent[1][0] && extent[0][1] <= dy && dy < extent[1][1]); }); } function brush_end(){ if (!d3.event.sourceEvent) return; if (!d3.event.selection) return; if (!gBrush) return; gBrush.call(brush.move, null); if (!brushMode) { // the shift key has been release before we ended our brushing gBrush.remove(); gBrush = null; } brushing = false; } d3.select('body').on('keydown', keydown); d3.select('body').on('keyup', keyup); var ctrlKey; function keydown() { ctrlKey = d3.event.ctrlKey; if (ctrlKey) { if (gBrush) return; brushMode = true; if (!gBrush) { gBrush = gBrushHolder.append("g").attr("class", "brush"); gBrush.call(brush); } } } function keyup() { ctrlKey = false; brushMode = false; if (!gBrush) return; if (!brushing) { gBrush.remove(); gBrush = null; } } 

 .force_nodes { fill: lightsteelblue; } .force_links { stroke: gray; } .force_nodes .selected { stroke: red; } .label_nodes text { cursor: pointer; } 

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/4.13.0/d3.min.js"></script> <div id="network_group"></div> 

You can find a working version of the code also in this JSFiddle .

Answer 1

The problem with your code right now is that you're appending the brush group to a group that you later translate in the zoom function:

var gBrushHolder = gForce.append('g');

Instead of that, append the brush group to the main group:

var gBrushHolder = gMain.append('g');

Then, use a variable to track the zoom's translate and scale...

//declare it:
let currentZoom;

//update its value in the zoom function:
currentZoom = d3.event.transform;

Finally, use that value to get the SVG position of the nodes:

node.classed("selected", function(d) {
    return d.selected = d.previouslySelected ^
        (extent[0][0] <= (d.x * currentZoom.k + currentZoom.x) && (d.x * currentZoom.k + currentZoom.x) < extent[1][0] && extent[0][1] <= (d.y * currentZoom.k + currentZoom.y) && (d.y * currentZoom.k + currentZoom.y) < extent[1][1]);
});

Here is the updated JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/uxqf7tp2/