Update-Only Transition

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Update-Only Transition

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Last edited Feb 9, 2016

Created on Oct 16, 2012

This example demonstrates how to apply a transition exclusively to updating nodes in a D3.js visualization, leaving newly entering nodes unaffected. Initially, two circles appear at ordinal x-positions. After a delay, the data binding updates to shift one circle and add a new one. The transition—changing radius and fill color to orange—is defined before the `.enter().append()` call, so it only animates the existing circle, while the new circle appears green without transitioning. D3.v3’s selection and transition API, including `.transition().attr()`, `.style()`, and `.remove()`, coordinates the update, entry, and exit phases in SVG.

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Demonstrating how to apply a transition to only updating nodes, and not entering nodes.

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