Left-Aligned Ticks

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Left-Aligned Ticks

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Last edited Feb 9, 2016

Created on Nov 28, 2011

A one-year time axis is rendered as a horizontal bar chart, with the gridlines extending downward and the tick labels left-aligned at the start of each year. The example uses D3 v3’s `d3.svg.axis` and `d3.time.scale` to generate the ticks, applying a `tickPadding(-2)` and adjusting the text `x` and anchor properties to shift labels right of the baseline. The SVG output contains a light gray rectangle for the plot area, white gridlines, and black tick marks.

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