D3 Link Example
This example demonstrates how to make an SVG element function as a hyperlink in D3, allowing visual marks to navigate to external pages. It renders a single blue rectangle inside an SVG canvas and wraps it with an anchor element using the `xlink:href` attribute to link to Google. The code appends the SVG and rectangle dynamically using D3's selection and chaining methods, with the D3 library loaded from a CDN. The example highlights standard link behavior, such as opening in the current tab or a new tab with the meta key, though it notes that iframe-based viewers may interfere with such interactions.
AI-generated descriptionThis example shows how to make an SVG element link to an external page.
This has the expected behavior of normal links when you open it in a new window. When clicked, the link will open in the current tab. When clicked while holding the meta key ("Command" on Macs and "Control" on Windows), the link will open in a new tab.
Clicking the rectangle doesn't work correctly in the bl.ocks viewer, because it is in an iFrame (open the debugging console to see the iFrame-related error), but this technique of adding links to visual marks should work fine in your own D3 projects.
This is addressing the thread href on d3 objects in the D3 Google Group.