Appending multiple non-nested elements for each data member with D3.js

Question

I would like to create multiple non-nested elements using d3 to create a structure like this:

    

        
 from data[0] &l         


        
      

Answer 1

The idomatic way of doing is with nesting:

var divs = d3.select('#parent').selectAll('p').data(data).enter().append('div');

divs.append('p')
divs.append('p')

Which creates:

  

    
 from data[0] 
    
 from data[0] 
  

  

    
 from data[1] 
    
 from data[1] 
  

  

    
 from data[2] 
    
 from data[2] 
  

If that won't work, save your selection and repeatedly append:

var enterSelection = d3.select('#parent').selectAll('p').data(data).enter();

enterSelection.append('p')
enterSelection.append('p')

then sort what you've added:

d3.select('#parent').selectAll('p').sort(function(a, b){ return a.index - b.index; })

You'll need to add an index property to each element of data that describes the sort order. The normal i is only defined in the context of a particular selection, which is lost when we reselect.