Sorting the Grid

Grid layout in combination with multi-dimensional sorting using d3.comparator.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
  font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
svg {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: -1;
}
</style>
<body>
Sort by
<a href="#" class="sort-btn" data-sort="id">id</a> /
<a href="#" class="sort-btn" data-sort="size">size</a> /
<a href="#" class="sort-btn" data-sort="color">color</a>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="d3-grid.js"></script>
<script src="d3-comparator.js"></script>
<script>

var width = 960,
    height = 500;

var grid = d3.layout.grid()
  .size([400, 400]);

var color = d3.scale.linear()
  .interpolate(d3.interpolateHcl)
  .domain([0, 9])
  .range(["rgb(33,49,62)", "rgb(239,238,105)"]);

var size = d3.scale.sqrt()
  .domain([0, 9])
  .range([0, 20]);

var data = d3.range(64).map(function(d) { 
  return {
    id: d,
    size: 1 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 9),
    color: Math.floor(Math.random() * 10)
  }; 
});

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
  .attr({
    width: width,
    height: height
  })
.append("g")
  .attr("transform", "translate(280,50)");

d3.selectAll(".sort-btn")
  .on("click", function(d) {
    d3.event.preventDefault();
    data.sort(sortBy[this.dataset.sort]);
    update();
  });

update();

Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url

https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js