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diff --git a/build/posts/css-slope-graphs/index.html b/build/posts/css-slope-graphs/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fbfd97 --- /dev/null +++ b/build/posts/css-slope-graphs/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,242 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> + <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> + <title>CSS Slope Graphs</title> + <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;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}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> +</nav> + +<main> +<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 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 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> +</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 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; +} + +html { + height: 100%; +} + +body { + background: #fffff8; + font-family: "et-book", serif; + height: 100%; + margin: 0 auto; + max-width: 800px; + padding: 0 0.5rem; +} + +p { + font-size: 18px; + margin: 4rem 0 6rem; +} + +table { + border-collapse: collapse; + text-align: left; + 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> +<ol> +<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> +<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(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(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%; +} +</code></pre> +<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; + } + table td, table th { + border-bottom: 1px solid grey; + padding: 10px; + } + table td:last-of-type, table th:last-of-type { + text-align: right; + } +} +</code></pre> +<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. 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