Angular + D3.js: Data Binding With Svg Text Attr?

I'm working on a visualization that involves updating a text element that appear inside of a circle. Something like: My

Solution 1:

You can wrap up the D3JS code in a directive then use a property that is passed in and watch it to see if it changes to update the D3JS code accordingly (your saving a reference to the svg text is still probably the best bet). For an example see my directive below where I use val to update the data used in a bar chart display (note I didn't deal with transitions here yet, and the codes a bit of a mess but hopefully you see the general point)

directive('barChart', function ( /* dependencies */ ) {
  // define constants and helpers used for the directive

  var width = 600,
    height = 80;

  return {
    restrict: 'E', // the directive can be invoked only by using <bar-chart></bar-chart> tag in the template
    scope: { // attributes bound to the scope of the directive
      val: '='
    },
    link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
      // initialization, done once per my-directive tag in template. If my-directive is within an
      // ng-repeat-ed template then it will be called every time ngRepeat creates a new copy of the template.

      // set up initial svg object
      var vis = d3.select(element[0])
        .append("svg")
          .attr("class", "chart")
          .attr("width", width)
          .attr("height", height);


      // whenever the bound 'exp' expression changes, execute this 
      scope.$watch('val', function (newVal, oldVal) {

        // clear the elements inside of the directive
        vis.selectAll('*').remove();
        vis.attr("height", newVal.length*22);

        // if 'val' is undefined, exit
        if (!newVal) {
          return;
        }
        var totalDataSetSize = 0;

        for (var i = 0; i < newVal.length; i++) {
          totalDataSetSize += newVal[i].data.length
        };

        function calcBarWidth(d) {
          return (totalDataSetSize==0)?0:d.data.length/totalDataSetSize*420;
        }

        vis.selectAll("rect")
            .data(newVal)
          .enter().append("rect")
            .attr("y", function(d, i) { return i*20; })
            .attr("width", calcBarWidth)
            .attr("height", function(d) {return 20});

        vis.selectAll("text")
            .data(newVal)
          .enter().append("text")
            .attr("x", function(d) { return calcBarWidth(d)+10})
            .attr("y", function(d, i) { return (i+1)*20; })
            .attr("dy", "-.3em") // vertical-align: middle
            .style("font-size", ".7em")
            .attr("fill", "black")
            .attr("text-anchor", "beginning") // text-align: right
            .text(function(d,i){ return d.data.length.toString() + "  " + d.label})

      },true);
    }
  };
})