This example shows how to implement Ann K. Emery’s technique of placings labels directly on top of a line in D3 4.0 Alpha.

To construct the multi-series line chart, the data is first transformed into separate arrays for each series. (The series names are automatically derived from the columns in the TSV file, thanks to a new dsv.parse feature.)

var series = data.columns.slice(1).map(function(key) {
  return data.map(function(d) {
    return {
      key: key,
      date: d.date,
      value: d[key]
    };
  });
});

A label is rendered for each point in each series. Beneath this label, a white rectangle is added, whose size and position is computed automatically using element.getBBox plus a little bit of padding. The resulting label is thus legible. The last label for each series gets an additional tspan to show the series name.

forked from <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/'>mbostock</a>'s block: <a href='http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4b66c0d9be9a0d56484e'>Inline Labels</a>