D3.js creator() Function

Last Updated : 18 Aug, 2020

The d3.creator() function is used to return a function that creates an element whose name is given as a parameter in the function.

Syntax:

d3.creator( name );

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

name: It is the name of the container or HTML tag to be created.

Return Value: It returns a function.

Example 1: In this example, adding the div element within the body.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent=
        "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0">
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
"https://d3js.org/d3-selection.v1.min.js">
    </script>

    <style>
        div {
            background-color: green;
            color: honeydew;
            width: fit-content;
            padding: 10px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <!-- No div tag is added here -->

    <script>
        let selection = d3.select("body")

        // Creating and appending
        // a div to the body
        selection.append(d3.creator("div"));
        let div = document.querySelector("div")
        
        div.innerText = 
            "Div tag created using d3.creator()"
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Example 2: In this example, appending multiple tags to the body.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent=
        "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0">
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
"https://d3js.org/d3-selection.v1.min.js">
    </script>

    <style>
        div {
            background-color: green;
            color: honeydew;
            width: fit-content;
            padding: 10px;
            height: 100px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <!-- No div tag is added here -->

    <script>
        var selection = d3.select("body")

        // Creating and appending a 
        // div to the body
        selection.append(d3.creator("div"));
        var selection = d3.select("body")

        // Creating and appending a p
        // tag to the div
        selection.append(d3.creator("p"));

        // Creating and appending a button
        // tag to the div
        selection.append(d3.creator("button"));
        var div = document.querySelector("div")

        div.innerHTML = 
            "Div tag created using d3.creator()"

        var div = document.querySelector("p")

        div.innerHTML = 
            "paragraph tag created using d3.creator()"
            
        var div = document.querySelector("button")

        div.innerHTML = 
            "paragraph tag created using d3.creator()"
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

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