Non-Computed Style Tween by mbostock

An example of using transition.styleTween to avoid using the computed style value, and instead use the style value as-set.

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<body style="background:brown;">
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>

d3.select("body").transition()
    .duration(750)
    .call(styleTween, "background", "steelblue")
  .transition()
    .call(styleTween, "background", "black");

function styleTween(transition, name, value) {
  transition.styleTween(name, function() {
    return d3.interpolate(this.style[name], value);
  });
}

</script>