Show data on mouseover of circle

Question

I have a set of data that I am plotting in a scatter. When I mouseover one of the circles I would like it to popup with data (like x, y values, maybe more). Here is what I

Answer 1

This concise example demonstrates common way how to create custom tooltip in d3.

var w = 500;
var h = 150;

var dataset = [5, 10, 15, 20, 25];

// firstly we create div element that we can use as
// tooltip container, it have absolute position and
// visibility: hidden by default

var tooltip = d3.select("body")
  .append("div")
  .attr('class', 'tooltip');

var svg = d3.select("body")
  .append("svg")
  .attr("width", w)
  .attr("height", h);

// here we add some circles on the page

var circles = svg.selectAll("circle")
  .data(dataset)
  .enter()
  .append("circle");

circles.attr("cx", function(d, i) {
    return (i * 50) + 25;
  })
  .attr("cy", h / 2)
  .attr("r", function(d) {
    return d;
  })
  
  // we define "mouseover" handler, here we change tooltip
  // visibility to "visible" and add appropriate test
  
  .on("mouseover", function(d) {
    return tooltip.style("visibility", "visible").text('radius = ' + d);
  })
  
  // we move tooltip during of "mousemove"
  
  .on("mousemove", function() {
    return tooltip.style("top", (event.pageY - 30) + "px")
      .style("left", event.pageX + "px");
  })
  
  // we hide our tooltip on "mouseout"
  
  .on("mouseout", function() {
    return tooltip.style("visibility", "hidden");
  });

.tooltip {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 10;
    visibility: hidden;
    background-color: lightblue;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 4px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: orange;
}