SolidJS•17mo ago

D3 Force Graph in SolidJS with TypeScript

I've originally asked this on StackOverflow.

D3 seems so complicated to make work with basically any framework... Specially when it comes to TypeScript, since they apparently keep changing their APIs, rendering so many past examples from gists and other posts close to useless. At the moment, I would like to make work with TypeScript and SolidJS the canonical force graph example. I feel like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle since a lot of the types just won't match. The one I've had the most trouble with was the drag() arguments, I believe. I've also tried simply ignoring types, of course, but I couldn't make it work either. Also, does anyone know if it is possible to append any arbitrary component as a graph node? --- References 1. D3 - Force Directed Graph 1. Easily show relationships — Draw Simple Force Graph with React & d3 utilizing TypeScript 1. Building D3 interactive network graph D3 Force-Simulation + React + TypeScript 1. mbostock's Gist 1. steveharoz's Gist with Full Controls

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D3 seems so complicated to make work with basically any framework... Specially when it comes to TypeScript, since they apparently keep changing their APIs, rendering so many past examples from gist...

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Force-Directed Graph

This network of character co-occurence in Les Misérables is positioned using D3’s force layout. Color represents arbitrary clusters in the data. Drag nodes below to better understand connections. See also a disconnected graph, a canvas version, and compare to WebCoLa. Data: Stanford Graph Base

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Easily show relationships — Draw Simple Force Graph with React & d3...

A force-directed graph is often used for drawing graphs pleasing the eye. Using a combination of React with d3 is great since each library…

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Building D3 interactive network graph D3 Force-Simulation + React +...

We can build very powerful network graphs using D3 Force Simulation library. I have already written how we can build such graph in Angular…

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thetarnav•17mo ago

D3 seems so complicated to make work with basically any framework

can't you render everything with d3 to svg or canvas? and just return the elements for solid to attach to the dom? To render some solid component you probably need to hand d3 a dom node. You could probably do it like this:

const root = <div /> as HTMLDivElement
render(() => <>{some_jsx_that_you_want_to_render}</>, root)
// then root can be appended to the node

const root = <div /> as HTMLDivElement
render(() => <>{some_jsx_that_you_want_to_render}</>, root)
// then root can be appended to the node

psygoOP•17mo ago

Yes, I think the question is mostly about D3 and TypeScript, and that's the approach I've tried all day, but couldn't make work.

milomg•17mo ago

Maybe try creating an example of what you want in the solid playground?

psygoOP•17mo ago

What I would like to have is exactly this: https://discord.com/channels/722131463138705510/1141837112975568936/1141837112975568936, but in SolidJS, the link I mentioned in the OP.

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milomg•17mo ago

Doing it "in solid" can be as simple as just putting it in onMount with a ref (in solid is in quotes because you could use a function dom element as a solid component). Here's a d3 tree I wrote in solid a while ago: https://github.com/CM-Tech/solid-debugger/blob/main/src/graph.tsx a force directed graph is in the commit history of that project too

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psygoOP•17mo ago

Wow, mate, you went far above and beyond anything I would like to do. I'll give it a try, but your work seems way out of my wheel house. I've added it as a reference to the question (on SO) I've added a bounty (150) to the SO question.

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D3 Force Graph in SolidJS with TypeScript