Add tips to auto

src/channel.d.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export type ChannelName =
  * An object literal of channel definitions. This is also used to represent
  * materialized channel states after mark initialization.
  */
-export type Channels = {[key in ChannelName]?: Channel};
+export type Channels = Record<string, Channel>;
 
 /**
  * A channel definition. This is also used to represent the materialized channel

src/channel.js

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import {registry} from "./scales/index.js";
 import {isSymbol, maybeSymbol} from "./symbol.js";
 import {maybeReduce} from "./transforms/group.js";
 
-// TODO Type coercion?
 export function createChannel(data, {scale, type, value, filter, hint}, name) {
+  if (hint === undefined && typeof value?.transform === "function") hint = value.hint;
   return inferChannelScale(name, {
     scale,
     type,
@@ -160,3 +160,10 @@ function ascendingGroup([ak, av], [bk, bv]) {
 function descendingGroup([ak, av], [bk, bv]) {
   return descendingDefined(av, bv) || ascendingDefined(ak, bk);
 }
+
+export function getSource(channels, key) {
+  let channel = channels[key];
+  if (!channel) return;
+  while (channel.source) channel = channel.source;
+  return channel.source === null ? null : channel;
+}

src/context.d.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export interface Context {
    */
   document: Document;
 
+  /** The current owner SVG element. */
+  ownerSVGElement: SVGSVGElement;
+
   /** The Plot’s (typically generated) class name, for custom styles. */
   className: string;
 

src/context.js

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import {createProjection} from "./projection.js";
 
 export function createContext(options = {}, dimensions, className) {
   const {document = typeof window !== "undefined" ? window.document : undefined} = options;
-  return {document, className, projection: createProjection(options, dimensions)};
+  const ownerSVGElement = creator("svg").call(document.documentElement);
+  const projection = createProjection(options, dimensions);
+  return {document, ownerSVGElement, className, projection};
 }
 
 export function create(name, {document}) {

src/facet.js

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function facetGroups(data, {fx, fy}) {
       );
 }
 
-export function facetTranslate(fx, fy, {marginTop, marginLeft}) {
+export function facetTranslator(fx, fy, {marginTop, marginLeft}) {
   return fx && fy
     ? ({x, y}) => `translate(${fx(x) - marginLeft},${fy(y) - marginTop})`
     : fx

src/index.d.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export * from "./curve.js";
 export * from "./dimensions.js";
 export * from "./format.js";
 export * from "./inset.js";
+export * from "./interactions/pointer.js";
 export * from "./interval.js";
 export * from "./legends.js";
 export * from "./mark.js";
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export * from "./marks/bar.js";
 export * from "./marks/box.js";
 export * from "./marks/cell.js";
 export * from "./marks/contour.js";
+export * from "./marks/crosshair.js";
 export * from "./marks/delaunay.js";
 export * from "./marks/density.js";
 export * from "./marks/dot.js";
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export * from "./marks/rect.js";
 export * from "./marks/rule.js";
 export * from "./marks/text.js";
 export * from "./marks/tick.js";
+export * from "./marks/tip.js";
 export * from "./marks/tree.js";
 export * from "./marks/vector.js";
 export * from "./options.js";

src/index.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export {BarX, BarY, barX, barY} from "./marks/bar.js";
 export {boxX, boxY} from "./marks/box.js";
 export {Cell, cell, cellX, cellY} from "./marks/cell.js";
 export {Contour, contour} from "./marks/contour.js";
+export {crosshair, crosshairX, crosshairY} from "./marks/crosshair.js";
 export {delaunayLink, delaunayMesh, hull, voronoi, voronoiMesh} from "./marks/delaunay.js";
 export {Density, density} from "./marks/density.js";
 export {Dot, dot, dotX, dotY, circle, hexagon} from "./marks/dot.js";
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export {Rect, rect, rectX, rectY} from "./marks/rect.js";
 export {RuleX, RuleY, ruleX, ruleY} from "./marks/rule.js";
 export {Text, text, textX, textY} from "./marks/text.js";
 export {TickX, TickY, tickX, tickY} from "./marks/tick.js";
+export {Tip, tip} from "./marks/tip.js";
 export {tree, cluster} from "./marks/tree.js";
 export {Vector, vector, vectorX, vectorY, spike} from "./marks/vector.js";
 export {valueof, column, identity, indexOf} from "./options.js";
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ export {window, windowX, windowY} from "./transforms/window.js";
 export {select, selectFirst, selectLast, selectMaxX, selectMaxY, selectMinX, selectMinY} from "./transforms/select.js";
 export {stackX, stackX1, stackX2, stackY, stackY1, stackY2} from "./transforms/stack.js";
 export {treeNode, treeLink} from "./transforms/tree.js";
+export {pointer, pointerX, pointerY} from "./interactions/pointer.js";
 export {formatIsoDate, formatWeekday, formatMonth} from "./format.js";
 export {scale} from "./scales.js";
 export {legend} from "./legends.js";

src/interactions/pointer.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type {Rendered} from "../transforms/basic.js";
+
+/** TODO */
+export interface PointerOptions {
+  /** TODO */
+  maxRadius?: number;
+}
+
+/** TODO */
+export function pointer<T>(options: T & PointerOptions): Rendered<T>;
+
+/** TODO */
+export function pointerX<T>(options: T & PointerOptions): Rendered<T>;
+
+/** TODO */
+export function pointerY<T>(options: T & PointerOptions): Rendered<T>;

src/interactions/pointer.js

@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import {pointer as pointof} from "d3";
+import {applyFrameAnchor} from "../style.js";
+
+function pointerK(kx, ky, {x, y, px, py, maxRadius = 40, channels, ...options} = {}) {
+  maxRadius = +maxRadius;
+  // When px or py is used, register an extra channel that the pointer
+  // interaction can use to control which point is focused; this allows pointing
+  // to function independently of where the downstream mark (e.g., a tip) is
+  // displayed. Also default x or y to null to disable maybeTuple etc.
+  if (px != null) (x ??= null), (channels = {...channels, px: {value: px, scale: "x"}});
+  if (py != null) (y ??= null), (channels = {...channels, py: {value: py, scale: "y"}});
+  const states = new WeakMap();
+  return {
+    x,
+    y,
+    channels,
+    ...options,
+    render(index, scales, values, dimensions, context) {
+      const mark = this;
+      const svg = context.ownerSVGElement;
+
+      // Isolate state per-pointer, per-plot; if the pointer is reused by
+      // multiple marks, they will share the same state (e.g., sticky modality).
+      let state = states.get(svg);
+      if (!state) states.set(svg, (state = {sticky: false, roots: [], renders: []}));
+
+      // This serves as a unique identifier of the rendered mark per-plot; it is
+      // used to record the currently-rendered elements (state.roots) so that we
+      // can tell when a rendered element is clicked on.
+      let renderIndex = state.renders.push(render) - 1;
+
+      // For faceting, we want to compute the local coordinates of each point,
+      // which means subtracting out the facet translation, if any. (It’s
+      // tempting to do this using the local coordinates in SVG, but that’s
+      // complicated by mark-specific transforms such as dx and dy.) Also, since
+      // band scales return the upper bound of the band, we have to offset by
+      // half the bandwidth.
+      const {x, y, fx, fy} = scales;
+      let tx = fx ? fx(index.fx) - dimensions.marginLeft : 0;
+      let ty = fy ? fy(index.fy) - dimensions.marginTop : 0;
+      if (x?.bandwidth) tx += x.bandwidth() / 2;
+      if (y?.bandwidth) ty += y.bandwidth() / 2;
+
+      // For faceting, we also need to record the closest point per facet per
+      // mark (!), since each facet has its own pointer event listeners; we only
+      // want the closest point across facets to be visible.
+      const faceted = index.fi != null;
+      let facetState;
+      if (faceted) {
+        let facetStates = state.facetStates;
+        if (!facetStates) state.facetStates = facetStates = new Map();
+        facetState = facetStates.get(mark);
+        if (!facetState) facetStates.set(mark, (facetState = new Map()));
+      }
+
+      // The order of precedence when determining the point position is: px &
+      // py; the middle of x1 & y1 and x2 & y2; or lastly x & y. If any
+      // dimension is unspecified, we fallback to the frame anchor.
+      const {x: X, y: Y, x1: X1, y1: Y1, x2: X2, y2: Y2, px: PX, py: PY} = values;
+      const [cx, cy] = applyFrameAnchor(this, dimensions);
+      const px = PX ? (i) => PX[i] : X2 ? (i) => (X1[i] + X2[i]) / 2 : X ? (i) => X[i] : () => cx;
+      const py = PY ? (i) => PY[i] : Y2 ? (i) => (Y1[i] + Y2[i]) / 2 : Y ? (i) => Y[i] : () => cy;
+
+      let i; // currently focused index
+      let g; // currently rendered mark
+      let f; // current animation frame
+
+      // When faceting, if more than one pointer would be visible, only show
+      // this one if it is the closest. We defer rendering using an animation
+      // frame to allow all pointer events to be received before deciding which
+      // mark to render; although when hiding, we render immediately.
+      function update(ii, ri) {
+        if (faceted) {
+          if (f) f = cancelAnimationFrame(f);
+          if (ii == null) facetState.delete(index.fi);
+          else {
+            facetState.set(index.fi, ri);
+            f = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+              f = null;
+              for (const r of facetState.values()) {
+                if (r < ri) {
+                  ii = null;
+                  break;
+                }
+              }
+              render(ii);
+            });
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+        render(ii);
+      }
+
+      function render(ii) {
+        if (i === ii) return; // the tooltip hasn’t moved
+        i = ii;
+        const I = i == null ? [] : [i];
+        if (faceted) (I.fx = index.fx), (I.fy = index.fy), (I.fi = index.fi);
+        const r = mark.render(I, scales, values, dimensions, context);
+        if (g) {
+          // When faceting, preserve swapped mark and facet transforms; also
+          // remove ARIA attributes since these are promoted to the parent. This
+          // is perhaps brittle in that it depends on how Plot renders facets,
+          // but it produces a cleaner and more accessible SVG structure.
+          if (faceted) {
+            const p = g.parentNode;
+            const ft = g.getAttribute("transform");
+            const mt = r.getAttribute("transform");
+            ft ? r.setAttribute("transform", ft) : r.removeAttribute("transform");
+            mt ? p.setAttribute("transform", mt) : p.removeAttribute("transform");
+            r.removeAttribute("aria-label");
+            r.removeAttribute("aria-description");
+            r.removeAttribute("aria-hidden");
+          }
+          g.replaceWith(r);
+        }
+        state.roots[renderIndex] = r;
+        return (g = r);
+      }
+
+      function pointermove(event) {
+        if (state.sticky || (event.pointerType === "mouse" && event.buttons === 1)) return; // dragging
+        let [xp, yp] = pointof(event);
+        (xp -= tx), (yp -= ty); // correct for facets and band scales
+        let ii = null;
+        let ri = maxRadius * maxRadius;
+        for (const j of index) {
+          const dx = kx * (px(j) - xp);
+          const dy = ky * (py(j) - yp);
+          const rj = dx * dx + dy * dy;
+          if (rj <= ri) (ii = j), (ri = rj);
+        }
+        update(ii, ri);
+      }
+
+      function pointerdown(event) {
+        if (event.pointerType !== "mouse") return;
+        if (i == null) return; // not pointing
+        if (state.sticky && state.roots.some((r) => r?.contains(event.target))) return; // stay sticky
+        if (state.sticky) (state.sticky = false), state.renders.forEach((r) => r(null)); // clear all pointers
+        else state.sticky = true;
+        event.stopImmediatePropagation(); // suppress other pointers
+      }
+
+      function pointerleave(event) {
+        if (event.pointerType !== "mouse") return;
+        if (!state.sticky) update(null);
+      }
+
+      // We listen to the svg element; listening to the window instead would let
+      // us receive pointer events from farther away, but would also make it
+      // hard to know when to remove the listeners. (Using a mutation observer
+      // to watch the entire document is likely too expensive.)
+      svg.addEventListener("pointerenter", pointermove);
+      svg.addEventListener("pointermove", pointermove);
+      svg.addEventListener("pointerdown", pointerdown);
+      svg.addEventListener("pointerleave", pointerleave);
+
+      return render(null);
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+export function pointer(options) {
+  return pointerK(1, 1, options);
+}
+
+export function pointerX(options) {
+  return pointerK(1, 0.01, options);
+}
+
+export function pointerY(options) {
+  return pointerK(0.01, 1, options);
+}

src/mark.d.ts

@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ export interface MarkOptions {
   /** A custom mark initializer. */
   initializer?: InitializerFunction;
 
+  /** A custom render transform. */
+  render?: RenderFunction;
+
   /**
    * The horizontal facet position channel, for mark-level faceting, bound to
    * the *fx* scale.

src/mark.js

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export class Mark {
       marginBottom = margin,
       marginLeft = margin,
       clip,
-      channels: extraChannels
+      channels: extraChannels,
+      render
     } = options;
     this.data = data;
     this.sort = isDomainSort(sort) ? sort : null;
@@ -78,13 +79,17 @@ export class Mark {
         throw new Error(`super-faceting cannot use x or y`);
       }
     }
+    if (render != null) {
+      if (typeof render !== "function") throw new TypeError(`invalid render transform: ${render}`);
+      this.renderTransform = render;
+    }
   }
   initialize(facets, facetChannels, plotOptions) {
     let data = arrayify(this.data);
     if (facets === undefined && data != null) facets = [range(data)];
     const originalFacets = facets;
     if (this.transform != null) ({facets, data} = this.transform(data, facets, plotOptions)), (data = arrayify(data));
-    if (facets !== undefined) facets.original = originalFacets; // needed up read facetChannels
+    if (facets !== undefined) facets.original = originalFacets; // needed to read facetChannels
     const channels = createChannels(this.channels, data);
     if (this.sort != null) channelDomain(data, facets, channels, facetChannels, this.sort); // mutates facetChannels!
     return {data, facets, channels};

src/marks/auto.js

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {frame} from "./frame.js";
 import {line, lineX, lineY} from "./line.js";
 import {rectX, rectY} from "./rect.js";
 import {ruleX, ruleY} from "./rule.js";
+import {tip} from "./tip.js";
+import {pointer, pointerX, pointerY} from "../interactions/pointer.js";
 
 export function autoSpec(data, options) {
   const {x, y, fx, fy, color, size, mark} = autoImpl(data, options);
@@ -228,8 +230,32 @@ export function auto(data, options) {
   // (particularly dots and lines) they should come before the mark.
   const frames = fx != null || fy != null ? frame({strokeOpacity: 0.1}) : null;
   const rules = [xZero ? ruleX([0]) : null, yZero ? ruleY([0]) : null];
-  const mark = markImpl(data, transformImpl ? transformImpl(transformOptions, markOptions) : markOptions);
-  return colorMode === "stroke" ? marks(frames, rules, mark) : marks(frames, mark, rules);
+  const maybeTransformedOptions = transformImpl ? transformImpl(transformOptions, markOptions) : markOptions;
+  const mark = markImpl(data, maybeTransformedOptions);
+
+  let point;
+  switch (markImpl) {
+    case barY:
+    case rectY:
+    case lineY:
+    case areaY:
+    case ruleX:
+      point = pointerX;
+      break;
+    case barX:
+    case rectX:
+    case lineX:
+    case areaX:
+    case ruleY:
+      point = pointerY;
+      break;
+    default:
+      point = pointer;
+      break;
+  }
+  const tooltip = tip(data, point(maybeTransformedOptions));
+
+  return colorMode === "stroke" ? marks(frames, rules, mark, tooltip) : marks(frames, mark, rules, tooltip);
 }
 
 // TODO What about sorted within series?