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diff --git a/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html b/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html index 0735119..e4e2bd8 100644 --- a/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html +++ b/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html @@ -1,70 +1,84 @@ <!doctype html> -<html lang="en" id="top"> +<html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>CSS Slope Graphs</title> - <link href="https://bt.ht/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> - <style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{overflow:auto;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}</style> + <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> + <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> </head> <nav> - <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> + <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> </nav> <main> -<h1>CSS Slope Graphs</h1> +<h1 id="css-slope-graphs">CSS Slope Graphs</h1> + <p>2021-06-07</p> -<p><em>I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data on the web</em>. Most data tends to be graphed via line or bar systems - which is fine - but I think slope graphs are highly underrated. Let's change that, shall we?</p> -<h2>The Demo</h2> -<p>I'm basing this demo off the design patterns found in <a href="https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi">Edward Tufte's visualization work</a>, specifically his slope graph designs:</p> + +<p><em>I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data on the web</em>. Most data tends to be graphed via line or bar systems - which is fine - but I think slope graphs are highly underrated. Let’s change that, shall we?</p> + +<h2 id="the-demo">The Demo</h2> + +<p>I’m basing this demo off the design patterns found in <a href="https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi">Edward Tufte’s visualization work</a>, specifically his slope graph designs:</p> + <p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/jOBzXMe">Live CodePen Example</a></p> -<h2>The HTML</h2> + +<h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2> + <p>For this concept we will actually be building this graph out of <code>tables</code> - crazy, right? The greatest benefit of rendering all the data inside of a <code>table</code> element is the ability to easily support smaller screens and mobile devices. Larger viewports will get to see the pretty slope graph, while those below a certain threshold will view a simple table.</p> + <p>(But more on that in the CSS section)</p> -<pre><code><p>Sales of the leading frozen pizza brands of the United States from 2011 to 2017 (in million US dollars) <br><em>Source: Statisa 2018</em></p> -<table> - <thead> - <tr> - <th>Pizza Brand</th> - <th>2011</th> - <th>2017</th> - </tr> - </thead> - <tbody> - <tr> - <td data-set="677.0">DiGiorno</td> - <td><span>677.0</span></td> - <td data-name="DiGiorno">1014.6</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td data-set="294.8">Private Label</td> - <td><span>294.8</span></td> - <td data-name="Private Label">524.8</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td data-set="286.1">Red Baron</td> - <td><span>286.1</span></td> - <td data-name="Red Baron">572.3</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td data-set="257.9">Tombstone</td> - <td><span>257.9</span></td> - <td data-name="Tombstone">270.6</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td data-set="164.5">Totino's Party Pizza</td> - <td><span>164.5</span></td> - <td data-name="Totino's Party Pizza">347.2</td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> + +<pre><code><p>Sales of the leading frozen pizza brands of the United States from 2011 to 2017 (in million US dollars) <br><em>Source: Statisa 2018</em></p> +<table> + <thead> + <tr> + <th>Pizza Brand</th> + <th>2011</th> + <th>2017</th> + </tr> + </thead> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td data-set="677.0">DiGiorno</td> + <td><span>677.0</span></td> + <td data-name="DiGiorno">1014.6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td data-set="294.8">Private Label</td> + <td><span>294.8</span></td> + <td data-name="Private Label">524.8</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td data-set="286.1">Red Baron</td> + <td><span>286.1</span></td> + <td data-name="Red Baron">572.3</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td data-set="257.9">Tombstone</td> + <td><span>257.9</span></td> + <td data-name="Tombstone">270.6</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td data-set="164.5">Totino's Party Pizza</td> + <td><span>164.5</span></td> + <td data-name="Totino's Party Pizza">347.2</td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> </code></pre> + <p>As you can see, nothing too fancy is happpening here. Pay close attention to the <code>data-set</code> and <code>data-name</code> variables though - those will be important for the CSS portion of this design, mainly the rendering of the line elements.</p> -<h2>The CSS</h2> -<p>To avoid overwhelming your brain all-at-once, let's break the CSS down into bite-sized chunks, starting with the base styling:</p> -<pre><code>@import url('https://opentype.netlify.com/et-book/index.css'); + +<h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> + +<p>To avoid overwhelming your brain all-at-once, let’s break the CSS down into bite-sized chunks, starting with the base styling:</p> + +<pre><code>@import url('https://opentype.netlify.com/et-book/index.css'); * { box-sizing: border-box; } @@ -75,7 +89,7 @@ html { body { background: #fffff8; - font-family: "et-book", serif; + font-family: "et-book", serif; height: 100%; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 800px; @@ -93,115 +107,122 @@ table { width: 100%; } </code></pre> + <p>Pretty basic stuff.</p> -<p>Now we need to design how our slope graph will look on larger screens / desktops. For this instance, we will target these larger devices with a <code>min-width</code> media query of <code>800px</code>. The rest of the CSS might look a little confusing but I assure you it is quite simple.</p> + +<p>Now we need to design how our slope graph will look on larger screens / desktops. For this instance, we will target these larger devices with a <code>min-width</code> media query of <code>800px</code>. The rest of the CSS might look a little confusing but I assure you it is quite simple.</p> + <ol> -<li>On larger devices we hide the first <code>thead tr th</code> element with <code>display: none</code></li> -<li>The first and second <code>td</code> elements inside each <code>tbody</code> row need to be set as <code>position: absolute</code> to avoid duplicate content</li> -<li>The inner <code>span</code> that we include in our HTML inside the second <code>tbody tr td</code> also needs to be <code>display: none</code></li> -<li>Remember that <code>data-set</code> variable? We now use that for our <code>:before</code> pseudo element for <code>table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(1)</code></li> -<li>Remember that <code>data-name</code> variable? We now use that for our <code>:before</code> pseudo element for <code>table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(3)</code></li> -<li>After that, you can see the simple customization we include to render the angle / position of the slope lines and the corresponding labels</li> -</ol> -<pre><code>@media(min-width:800px) { +<li><p>On larger devices we hide the first <code>thead tr th</code> element with <code>display: none</code></p></li> +<li><p>The first and second <code>td</code> elements inside each <code>tbody</code> row need to be set as <code>position: absolute</code> to avoid duplicate content</p></li> +<li><p>The inner <code>span</code> that we include in our HTML inside the second <code>tbody tr td</code> also needs to be <code>display: none</code></p></li> +<li><p>Remember that <code>data-set</code> variable? We now use that for our <code>:before</code> pseudo element for <code>table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(1)</code></p></li> +<li><p>Remember that <code>data-name</code> variable? We now use that for our <code>:before</code> pseudo element for <code>table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(3)</code></p></li> +<li><p>After that, you can see the simple customization we include to render the angle / position of the slope lines and the corresponding labels</p> + +<p>@media(min-width:800px) { table { display: block; position: relative; margin-bottom: 25rem; - } + }</p> - table thead th { - border-bottom: 1px solid lightgrey; - font-size: 24px; - position: absolute; - top: -50px; - width: 45%; - } - table thead th:nth-child(1){ display: none; } - table thead th:nth-child(2){ left: 0; } - table thead th:nth-child(3){ right: 0; text-align: right; } +<pre><code>table thead th { + border-bottom: 1px solid lightgrey; + font-size: 24px; + position: absolute; + top: -50px; + width: 45%; +} +table thead th:nth-child(1){ display: none; } +table thead th:nth-child(2){ left: 0; } +table thead th:nth-child(3){ right: 0; text-align: right; } - table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(1), - table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(2) { position: absolute;} +table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(1), +table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(2) { position: absolute;} - table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(2) span { display: none; } - table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(1):before { - content: attr(data-set); - margin-right: 10px; - position: relative; - } +table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(2) span { display: none; } +table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(1):before { + content: attr(data-set); + margin-right: 10px; + position: relative; +} - table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(2) { padding-left: 10px; } +table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(2) { padding-left: 10px; } - table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(3) { - position: absolute; - right: 0; - } - table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(3):before { - content: attr(data-name); - margin-right: 10px; - position: relative; - } +table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(3) { + position: absolute; + right: 0; +} +table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(3):before { + content: attr(data-name); + margin-right: 10px; + position: relative; +} - /* Custom individual slopes -- Left */ - tbody tr:nth-child(1) td:nth-child(1), - tbody tr:nth-child(1) td:nth-child(2) { top: 60px; } - tbody tr:nth-child(2) td:nth-child(1), - tbody tr:nth-child(2) td:nth-child(2) { top: 140px; } - tbody tr:nth-child(3) td:nth-child(1), - tbody tr:nth-child(3) td:nth-child(2) { top: 165px; } - tbody tr:nth-child(4) td:nth-child(1), - tbody tr:nth-child(4) td:nth-child(2) { top: 220px; } - tbody tr:nth-child(5) td:nth-child(1), - tbody tr:nth-child(5) td:nth-child(2) { top: 270px; } - - /* Custom individual slopes -- Right */ - [data-name="DiGiorno"] { top: 0; } - [data-name="Red Baron"] { top: 65px; } - [data-name="Private Label"] { top: 100px; } - [data-name="Tombstone"] { top: 180px; } - [data-name="Totino's Party Pizza"] { top: 150px; } - - /* The custom visual lines */ - tbody tr:after { - background: black; - content: ''; - height: 1px; - left: 14.5%; - position: absolute; - width: 70%; - } - tbody tr:nth-child(1):after { - top: 40px; - transform: rotate(-6deg); - } - tbody tr:nth-child(2):after { - left: 17.5%; - top: 130px; - transform: rotate(-4deg); - width: 65%; - } - tbody tr:nth-child(3):after { - left: 15%; - top: 125px; - transform: rotate(-10.25deg); - width: 70%; - } - tbody tr:nth-child(4):after { - left: 16%; - top: 210px; - transform: rotate(-4deg); - width: 68%; - } - tbody tr:nth-child(5):after { - left: 22%; - top: 222px; - transform: rotate(-16deg); - width: 56%; - } +/* Custom individual slopes -- Left */ +tbody tr:nth-child(1) td:nth-child(1), +tbody tr:nth-child(1) td:nth-child(2) { top: 60px; } +tbody tr:nth-child(2) td:nth-child(1), +tbody tr:nth-child(2) td:nth-child(2) { top: 140px; } +tbody tr:nth-child(3) td:nth-child(1), +tbody tr:nth-child(3) td:nth-child(2) { top: 165px; } +tbody tr:nth-child(4) td:nth-child(1), +tbody tr:nth-child(4) td:nth-child(2) { top: 220px; } +tbody tr:nth-child(5) td:nth-child(1), +tbody tr:nth-child(5) td:nth-child(2) { top: 270px; } + +/* Custom individual slopes -- Right */ +[data-name="DiGiorno"] { top: 0; } +[data-name="Red Baron"] { top: 65px; } +[data-name="Private Label"] { top: 100px; } +[data-name="Tombstone"] { top: 180px; } +[data-name="Totino's Party Pizza"] { top: 150px; } + +/* The custom visual lines */ +tbody tr:after { + background: black; + content: ''; + height: 1px; + left: 14.5%; + position: absolute; + width: 70%; +} +tbody tr:nth-child(1):after { + top: 40px; + transform: rotate(-6deg); +} +tbody tr:nth-child(2):after { + left: 17.5%; + top: 130px; + transform: rotate(-4deg); + width: 65%; +} +tbody tr:nth-child(3):after { + left: 15%; + top: 125px; + transform: rotate(-10.25deg); + width: 70%; +} +tbody tr:nth-child(4):after { + left: 16%; + top: 210px; + transform: rotate(-4deg); + width: 68%; +} +tbody tr:nth-child(5):after { + left: 22%; + top: 222px; + transform: rotate(-16deg); + width: 56%; } </code></pre> -<p>All that's left are some minor styles to make everything look nice on mobile:</p> + +<p>}</p></li> +</ol> + +<p>All that’s left are some minor styles to make everything look nice on mobile:</p> + <pre><code>@media(max-width:800px) { p { margin: 2rem 0; @@ -215,8 +236,11 @@ table { } } </code></pre> -<h2>Not the most practical</h2> + +<h2 id="not-the-most-practical">Not the most practical</h2> + <p>This slope graph concept is far from perfect for use in real-world situations. The fact that you need to manually render each point of data yourself makes this implementation quite annoying for more in-depth projects.</p> + <p>But it was fun to mess around with and create, so who cares!</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |