This variation of a threshold encoding demonstrates how to use clipping to change the color of a line based on a y-threshold.
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<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
margin: auto;
width: 960px;
}
text {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.x.axis path {
display: none;
}
.line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
.line.above {
stroke: #f00;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 50},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var parseDate = d3.time.format("%Y%m%d").parse;
var x = d3.time.scale()
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.range([height, 0]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left");
var line = d3.svg.line()
.interpolate("basis")
.x(function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.temperature); });
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
d3.tsv("data.tsv", function(error, data) {
if (error) throw error;
data.forEach(function(d) {
d.date = parseDate(d.date);
d.temperature = +d.temperature;
});
x.domain([data[0].date, data[data.length - 1].date]);
y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.temperature; }));
svg.append("clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip-above")
.append("rect")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", y(55));
svg.append("clipPath")
.attr("id", "clip-below")
.append("rect")
.attr("y", y(55))
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height - y(55));
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis)
.append("text")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 6)
.attr("dy", ".71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Temperature (ºF)");
svg.selectAll(".line")
.data(["above", "below"])
.enter().append("path")
.attr("class", function(d) { return "line " + d; })
.attr("clip-path", function(d) { return "url(#clip-" + d + ")"; })
.datum(data)
.attr("d", line);
});
</script>
https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js