Zoom & Panning bounds + clipping

A simple example showing how to limit panning to drawing area.

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.5/d3.min.js"></script>
    <style>
      body { 
        margin:0;
        position: fixed; 
        top:0;
        right:0;
        bottom:0;
        left:0; 
      }
      
      .circle {
       	fill: orange;
        fill-opacity: 0.7;
      }
      
      .axis path,
			.axis line {
    		fill: none;
    		stroke: black;
    		shape-rendering: crispEdges;
			}
      
    </style>
  </head>

<body>
    <script>
    	"use strict";
      
      const margin = {top: 40, right: 40, bottom: 40, left: 40};
      const width = 500 - margin.left - margin.right;
      const height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
      
      const data = d3.range(100).map(d => {
        return {x: Math.random()*width, y: Math.random()*height}
      });
         
      let x = d3.scale.linear()
      	.domain([0, width])
      	.range([0, width]);
      
      let y = d3.scale.linear()
      	.domain([0, height])
      	.range([height, 0]);
      
      const xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
      	.scale(x)
      	.orient('bottom');
      
      const yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
      	.scale(y)
      	.orient('left');
      
      const zoomed = function () {
        console.log('zoom');
        let e = d3.event;
        let tx = Math.min(0, Math.max(e.translate[0], width - width*e.scale));
        let ty = Math.min(0, Math.max(e.translate[1], height - height*e.scale));
        zoom.translate([tx,ty]);
        main.selectAll('.circle').attr('transform', 'translate(' + [tx,ty] + ')scale(' + e.scale + ')');
        svg.select('.x.axis').call(xAxis);
        svg.select('.y.axis').call(yAxis);
      }

const zoom = d3.behavior.zoom()
      	.x(x)
      	.y(y)
      	.scaleExtent([1,8])
      	.on('zoom', zoomed);
      
      const svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
        .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
        .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
      	.call(zoom)
      	.append("g")
        	.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
      
      svg.append('g')
      	.attr('transform', 'translate(0,' + height + ')')
      	.attr('class', 'x axis')
      	.call(xAxis);
      
      svg.append('g')
      	.attr('class', 'y axis')
      	.call(yAxis);
      
      // Clipping
      svg.append('defs')
      	.append('clipPath')
      	.attr('id', 'clip')
      	.append('rect')
      		.attr('x', 0)
         	.attr('y', 0)
      		.attr('width', width)
      		.attr('height', height);
      
      const main = svg.append('g')
      	.attr('class', 'main')
      	.attr('clip-path', 'url(#clip)');
      
      let circles = main.selectAll('.circle').data(data).enter();
      
      circles.append('circle')
      	.attr('class', 'circle')
      	.attr('cx', d => d.x)
      	.attr('cy', d => d.y)
      	.attr('r', 5);
      
    </script>
  </body>

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