networkD3 (version 0.2.13)

forceNetwork: Create a D3 JavaScript force directed network graph.

Description

Create a D3 JavaScript force directed network graph.

Usage

forceNetwork(Links, Nodes, Source, Target, Value, NodeID, Nodesize, Group, height = NULL, width = NULL, colourScale = JS("d3.scale.category20()"), fontSize = 7, fontFamily = "serif", linkDistance = 50, linkWidth = JS("function(d) { return Math.sqrt(d.value); }"), radiusCalculation = JS(" Math.sqrt(d.nodesize)+6"), charge = -120, linkColour = "#666", opacity = 0.6, zoom = FALSE, legend = FALSE, bounded = FALSE, opacityNoHover = 0, clickAction = NULL)

Arguments

Links
a data frame object with the links between the nodes. It should include the Source and Target for each link. These should be numbered starting from 0. An optional Value variable can be included to specify how close the nodes are to one another.
Nodes
a data frame containing the node id and properties of the nodes. If no ID is specified then the nodes must be in the same order as the Source variable column in the Links data frame. Currently only a grouping variable is allowed.
Source
character string naming the network source variable in the Links data frame.
Target
character string naming the network target variable in the Links data frame.
Value
character string naming the variable in the Links data frame for how wide the links are.
NodeID
character string specifying the node IDs in the Nodes data frame.
Nodesize
character string specifying the a column in the Nodes data frame with some value to vary the node radius's with. See also radiusCalculation.
Group
character string specifying the group of each node in the Nodes data frame.
height
numeric height for the network graph's frame area in pixels.
width
numeric width for the network graph's frame area in pixels.
colourScale
character string specifying the categorical colour scale for the nodes. See https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Ordinal-Scales.
fontSize
numeric font size in pixels for the node text labels.
fontFamily
font family for the node text labels.
linkDistance
numeric or character string. Either numberic fixed distance between the links in pixels (actually arbitrary relative to the diagram's size). Or a JavaScript function, possibly to weight by Value. For example: linkDistance = JS("function(d){return d.value * 10}").
linkWidth
numeric or character string. Can be a numeric fixed width in pixels (arbitrary relative to the diagram's size). Or a JavaScript function, possibly to weight by Value. The default is linkWidth = JS("function(d) { return Math.sqrt(d.value); }").
radiusCalculation
character string. A javascript mathematical expression, to weight the radius by Nodesize. The default value is radiusCalculation = JS("Math.sqrt(d.nodesize)+6").
charge
numeric value indicating either the strength of the node repulsion (negative value) or attraction (positive value).
linkColour
character vector specifying the colour(s) you want the link lines to be. Multiple formats supported (e.g. hexadecimal).
opacity
numeric value of the proportion opaque you would like the graph elements to be.
zoom
logical value to enable (TRUE) or disable (FALSE) zooming.
legend
logical value to enable node colour legends.
bounded
logical value to enable (TRUE) or disable (FALSE) the bounding box limiting the graph's extent. See http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/1129492.
opacityNoHover
numeric value of the opacity proportion for node labels text when the mouse is not hovering over them.
clickAction
character string with a JavaScript expression to evaluate when a node is clicked.

Source

D3.js was created by Michael Bostock. See http://d3js.org/ and, more specifically for force directed networks https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Force-Layout.

See Also

JS.

Examples

Run this code
# Load data
data(MisLinks)
data(MisNodes)
# Create graph
forceNetwork(Links = MisLinks, Nodes = MisNodes, Source = "source",
             Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
             Group = "group", opacity = 0.4, zoom = TRUE)

# Create graph with legend and varying node radius
forceNetwork(Links = MisLinks, Nodes = MisNodes, Source = "source",
             Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
             Nodesize = "size",
             radiusCalculation = "Math.sqrt(d.nodesize)+6",
             Group = "group", opacity = 0.4, legend = TRUE)

## Not run: 
# #### JSON Data Example
# # Load data JSON formated data into two R data frames
# # Create URL. paste0 used purely to keep within line width.
# URL <- paste0("https://cdn.rawgit.com/christophergandrud/networkD3/",
#               "master/JSONdata/miserables.json")
# 
# MisJson <- jsonlite::fromJSON(URL)
# 
# # Create graph
# forceNetwork(Links = MisJson$links, Nodes = MisJson$nodes, Source = "source",
#              Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
#              Group = "group", opacity = 0.4)
# 
# # Create graph with zooming
# forceNetwork(Links = MisJson$links, Nodes = MisJson$nodes, Source = "source",
#              Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
#              Group = "group", opacity = 0.4, zoom = TRUE)
# 
# 
# # Create a bounded graph
# forceNetwork(Links = MisJson$links, Nodes = MisJson$nodes, Source = "source",
#              Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
#              Group = "group", opacity = 0.4, bounded = TRUE)
# 
# # Create graph with node text faintly visible when no hovering
# forceNetwork(Links = MisJson$links, Nodes = MisJson$nodes, Source = "source",
#              Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
#              Group = "group", opacity = 0.4, bounded = TRUE,
#              opacityNoHover = TRUE)
# 
# ## Specify colours for specific edges
# # Find links to Valjean (11)
# which(MisNodes == "Valjean", arr = TRUE)[1] - 1
# ValjeanInds = which(MisLinks == 11, arr = TRUE)[, 1]
# 
# # Create a colour vector
# ValjeanCols = ifelse(1:nrow(MisLinks) %in% ValjeanInds, "#bf3eff", "#666")
# 
# forceNetwork(Links = MisLinks, Nodes = MisNodes, Source = "source",
#              Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
#              Group = "group", opacity = 0.8, linkColour = ValjeanCols)
# 
# 
# ## Create graph with alert pop-up when a node is clicked.  You're
# # unlikely to want to do exactly this, but you might use
# # Shiny.onInputChange() to allocate d.XXX to an element of input
# # for use in a Shiny app.
# 
# MyClickScript <- 'alert("You clicked " + d.name + " which is in row " +
#        (d.index + 1) +  " of your original R data frame");'
# 
# forceNetwork(Links = MisLinks, Nodes = MisNodes, Source = "source",
#              Target = "target", Value = "value", NodeID = "name",
#              Group = "group", opacity = 1, zoom = FALSE,
#              bounded = TRUE, clickAction = MyClickScript)
# ## End(Not run)

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