This is an example of a tree digram where the nodes are images.
Many thanks to nbhatta who asked the question of how this could be done on d3noob.org.
It is used as an example and described in the book D3 Tips and Tricks.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Collapsible Tree Example</title>
<style>
.node circle {
fill: #fff;
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 3px;
}
.node text { font: 12px sans-serif; }
.link {
fill: none;
stroke: #ccc;
stroke-width: 2px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!-- load the d3.js library -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.17/d3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var treeData = [
{
"name": "Top Level",
"parent": "null",
"value": 10,
"type": "black",
"level": "red",
"icon": "earth.png",
"children": [
{
"name": "Level 2: A",
"parent": "Top Level",
"value": 5,
"type": "grey",
"level": "red",
"icon": "cart.png",
"children": [
{
"name": "Son of A",
"parent": "Level 2: A",
"value": 5,
"type": "steelblue",
"icon": "lettern.png",
"level": "orange"
},
{
"name": "Daughter of A",
"parent": "Level 2: A",
"value": 18,
"type": "steelblue",
"icon": "vlc.png",
"level": "red"
}
]
},
{
"name": "Level 2: B",
"parent": "Top Level",
"value": 10,
"type": "grey",
"icon": "random.png",
"level": "green"
}
]
}
];
// ************** Generate the tree diagram *****************
var margin = {top: 20, right: 120, bottom: 20, left: 120},
width = 960 - margin.right - margin.left,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var i = 0;
var tree = d3.layout.tree()
.size([height, width]);
var diagonal = d3.svg.diagonal()
.projection(function(d) { return [d.y, d.x]; });
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.right + margin.left)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform",
"translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
root = treeData[0];
update(root);
function update(source) {
// Compute the new tree layout.
var nodes = tree.nodes(root).reverse(),
links = tree.links(nodes);
// Normalize for fixed-depth.
nodes.forEach(function(d) { d.y = d.depth * 180; });
// Declare the nodes…
var node = svg.selectAll("g.node")
.data(nodes, function(d) { return d.id || (d.id = ++i); });
// Enter the nodes.
var nodeEnter = node.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "node")
.attr("transform", function(d) {
return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")"; });
nodeEnter.append("image")
.attr("xlink:href", function(d) { return d.icon; })
.attr("x", "-12px")
.attr("y", "-12px")
.attr("width", "24px")
.attr("height", "24px");
nodeEnter.append("text")
.attr("x", function(d) {
return d.children || d._children ?
(15) * -1 : + 15 })
.attr("dy", ".35em")
.attr("text-anchor", function(d) {
return d.children || d._children ? "end" : "start"; })
.text(function(d) { return d.name; })
.style("fill-opacity", 1);
// Declare the links…
var link = svg.selectAll("path.link")
.data(links, function(d) { return d.target.id; });
// Enter the links.
link.enter().insert("path", "g")
.attr("class", "link")
.style("stroke", function(d) { return d.target.level; })
.attr("d", diagonal);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>