Scene

extends Group

The Scene class represents the top-level container in a visualization. This is where graphical objects (i.e., mark or group) are created, transformed and joined with data. To create a scene object, use the scene function:

let scene = msc.scene();

Properties

property	explanation	type	default value
fillColor	the background color of the scene	Color	“white”

Properties inherited from Group

property	explanation	type	default value
id	the unique id of the group	String
type	the type of the group	String	“scene”
children	the graphical objects in the group	Array	[]
firstChild	the first child in the group	Mark or Group
bounds	the bounding rectangle of the group	Rectangle
center	the center of the group bounds	Point

Methods: Create Mark or Group

method	explanation	return type
mark(type, props)	create a new mark with the specified type and properties type (String): mark type props (Object): property names and values	Mark
group(children)	create a new group with the specified children children (Array, optional): objects to be added in the group	Group
glyph(…marks)	create a new glpyh with the specified marks as children marks (Marks): primitive marks as part of the glyph	Glyph

Methods: Join Graphics with Data

method	explanation	return type
repeat(item, table, params)	repeat a graphical object by an attribute item (Mark or Group): graphical object to be repeated table (DataTable): data table params (Object, optional): containing one or more of the following: attribute (String): the attribute to repeat by, defaults to tuple ID layout (Layout): the layout to arrange the repeated items	Collection
divide(item, table, params)	divide a graphical object by an attribute item (Mark or Group): graphical object to be repeated table (DataTable): data table params (Object, optional): containing one or more of the following: attribute (String): the attribute to divide by, defaults to tuple ID orientation (String): the orientation to divde the item layout (Layout): the layout to arrange the divided items	Collection
densify(item, table, params)	densify a graphical object by an attribute item (Mark or Group): graphical object to be repeated table (DataTable): data table params (Object, optional): containing one or more of the following: attribute (String): the attribute to densify by, defaults to tuple ID orientation (String): the orientation to densify the item	Path
attach(item, table)	attach the entire table to a single graphical object, item (Mark or Group): graphical object table (DataTable): data table	void

Methods: Encode

angle

method	explanation	return type
encode(item, params)	encode an attribute using a visual channel item (Mark or Group): an example item to be encoded params (Object): contains the following properties channel (String, required): visual channel attribute (String, required): data attribute aggregator (String, optional): aggregator, defaults to “sum” scale (Scale, optional): scale scaleType (String, optional): type of scale flipScale (Boolean, optional): whether the scale is flipped, defaults to false includeZero (Boolean, optional): whether the scale domain includes 0, defaults to false rangeExtent (Number, optional): range extent mapping (Object, optional): user defined mapping scheme (String, optional): color scheme startAngle (Number): the start angle in degrees when binding to “angle”, default to 90 angleDirection (String): the direction to encode angles, default to “clockwise”	Encoding
encodeWithinCollection (item, params)	encode an attribute using a visual channel item (Mark or Group): an example item to be encoded params (Object): contains the following contains the following properties channel (String, required): visual channel attribute (String, required): data attribute aggregator (String, optional): aggregator, defaults to “sum” scale (Scale, optional): scale scaleType (String, optional): type of scale invertScale (Boolean, optional): whether the scale is inverted, defaults to false includeZero (Boolean, optional): whether the scale domain includes 0, defaults to false rangeExtent (Number, optional): range extent mapping (Object, optional): user defined mapping scheme (String, optional): color scheme startAngle (Number): the start angle in degrees when binding to “angle”, default to 90 angleDirection (String): the direction to encode angles, default to “clockwise”	Array of Encodings

Methods: Create Guides

method	explanation	return type
axis(channel, attribute, params)	create an axis channel (String): the visual channel attribute (String): the data attribute params (Object, optional): contains one or more of the axis properties	Axis
legend(channel, attribute, params)	create a legend channel (String): the visual channel attribute (String): the data attribute params (Object, optional): contains one or more of the legend properties	Legend
gridlines(channel, attribute, params)	create a set of gridlines channel (String): the visual channel attribute (String): the data attribute params (Object, optional): contains one or more of the gridline properties	Gridlines

Methods: Manage and Manipulate Items

method	explanation	return type
classify(items, attribute, parent)	group items by the specified attribute, items with the same attribute value are put in the same collection items (Array): an array of items attribute (String): attribute to group by parent (Scene or Collection): parent of the resulting collections	Array of Collections
find(predicates)	returns graphical objects in the scene that match the specified criteria predicates (Array): an array of predicates	Array
setProperties(item, params)	set the properties for all the peers of the specified item, return an object indicating setting each property is successful. item (Mark or Group or Layout): example item params (Object): property names as object keys and property values as object values	{property: Boolean}
propagate(item, method, …params)	call the specified method for all the peers of the specified item item (Mark or Group): example item method (String): name of the item’s method params: parameters of the item’s method e.g., `scene.propagate(path, "sortVertices", "x")`	void
translate(item, dx, dy)	move the item by the given distance, returns an object indicating if translating along x or y is successful. item (Mark or Group): item to move dx (Number): number of pixels to move in the x direction dy (Number): number of pixels to move in the y direction	{x: Boolean, y: Boolean}

Methods: Specify Constraints

method	explanation	return type
align(items, anchor)	align the items so that they have the same position for the specified anchor items (Array): objects to be aligned anchor (String): anchor to align	void
affix(item, baseItem, channel, params)	affix items to the specified base items in x or y direction item (Mark): an example item baseItem (Mark): an example base item channel (String): “x”, “y”, “angle”, or “radialDistance” params (Object, optional): additional parameters: itemAnchor (String): anchor of item, defaults to “center” for “x” and “angle” channels defaults to “middle” for “y” and “radialDistance” channels baseAnchor (String): anchor of base item, defaults to “center” for “x” and “angle” channels defaults to “middle” for “y” and “radialDistance” channels offset (Number): distance between item anchor and base item anchor, defaults to 0	void

Methods inherited from Group

method	explanation	return type
addChild(c)	adds an object to the group	void
addChildAt(c, i)	adds an object to the group at the specified index	void
removeChild(c)	removes the specified object from the group	void
removeAll()	removes all the children from the group	void
getScene()	returns the scene in which this group resides	Scene
sortChildren (channel, reverse)	sort the children by a visual channel channel (String): the channel to sort the children by reverse: (Boolean, optional) setting to true will sort in descending order; default is false.	void
sortChildrenByData (attribute, reverse, order)	sort the children by a data attribute attribute (String): the data attribute to sort the children by reverse (Boolean, optional): setting to true will sort in descending order; default is false. order (Array, optional): an array of attribute values in ascending order	void

Scene

Properties#

Properties inherited from Group#

Methods: Create Mark or Group#

Methods: Join Graphics with Data#

Methods: Encode#

Methods: Create Guides#

Methods: Manage and Manipulate Items#

Methods: Specify Constraints#

Methods inherited from Group#