feat: legend improvements

src/web/questions/components/HistoryChart.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import {
     addDays, differenceInDays, format, startOfDay, startOfToday, startOfTomorrow
 } from "date-fns";
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useState } from "react";
 import {
-    VictoryAxis, VictoryChart, VictoryGroup, VictoryLabel, VictoryLegend, VictoryLine,
-    VictoryScatter, VictoryTheme, VictoryTooltip, VictoryVoronoiContainer
+    VictoryAxis, VictoryChart, VictoryGroup, VictoryLabel, VictoryLine, VictoryScatter,
+    VictoryTheme, VictoryTooltip, VictoryVoronoiContainer
 } from "victory";
 
 import { QuestionWithHistoryFragment } from "../../fragments.generated";
@@ -13,37 +13,25 @@ interface Props {
   question: QuestionWithHistoryFragment;
 }
 
-const formatOptionName = (name: string) => {
-  return name.length > 20 ? name.slice(0, 17) + "..." : name;
-};
-
-const getLength = (str: string): number => {
-  // TODO - measure with temporary DOM element instead?
-  const capitalLetterLengthMultiplier = 1.25;
-  const smallLetterMultiplier = 0.8;
-  const numUpper = (str.match(/[A-Z]/g) || []).length;
-  const numSmallLetters = (str.match(/[fijlrt]/g) || []).length;
-  const numSpaces = (str.match(/[\s]/g) || []).length;
-  const length =
-    str.length +
-    -numUpper -
-    numSmallLetters +
-    numUpper * capitalLetterLengthMultiplier +
-    (numSmallLetters + numSpaces) * smallLetterMultiplier;
-  return length;
-};
-
 type DataSet = { x: Date; y: number; name: string }[];
 
 const colors = ["dodgerblue", "crimson", "seagreen", "darkviolet", "turquoise"];
 
 // can't be replaced with React component, VictoryChart requires VictoryGroup elements to be immediate children
-const getVictoryGroup = ({ data, i }: { data: DataSet; i: number }) => {
+const getVictoryGroup = ({
+  data,
+  i,
+  highlight,
+}: {
+  data: DataSet;
+  i: number;
+  highlight?: boolean;
+}) => {
   return (
     <VictoryGroup color={colors[i] || "darkgray"} data={data} key={i}>
       <VictoryScatter
         name={`scatter-${i}`}
-        size={({ active }) => (active ? 3.75 : 3)}
+        size={({ active }) => (active || highlight ? 3.75 : 3)}
       />
 
       <VictoryLine name={`line-${i}`} />
@@ -51,7 +39,33 @@ const getVictoryGroup = ({ data, i }: { data: DataSet; i: number }) => {
   );
 };
 
+const Legend: React.FC<{
+  items: { name: string; color: string }[];
+  setHighlight: (i: number | undefined) => void;
+}> = ({ items, setHighlight }) => {
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-2" onMouseLeave={() => setHighlight(undefined)}>
+      {items.map((item, i) => (
+        <div
+          className="flex items-center"
+          key={item.name}
+          onMouseOver={() => setHighlight(i)}
+        >
+          <svg className="mt-1 shrink-0" height="10" width="16">
+            <circle cx="4" cy="4" r="4" fill={item.color} />
+          </svg>
+          <span className="text-xs sm:text-sm sm:whitespace-nowrap sm:text-ellipsis sm:overflow-hidden sm:max-w-160">
+            {item.name}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
 export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
+  const [highlight, setHighlight] = useState<number | undefined>(undefined);
+
   let dataSetsNames = question.options
     .sort((a, b) => (a.probability > b.probability ? -1 : 1))
     .map((o) => o.name);
@@ -66,7 +80,6 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
 
   let dataSets: DataSet[] = [];
   let maxProbability = 0;
-  let longestNameLength = 0;
 
   const sortedHistory = question.history.sort((a, b) =>
     a.timestamp < b.timestamp ? -1 : 1
@@ -75,7 +88,7 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
   for (const name of dataSetsNames) {
     let newDataset: DataSet = [];
     let previousDate = -Infinity;
-    for (let item of sortedHistory) {
+    for (const item of sortedHistory) {
       const relevantItemsArray = item.options.filter((x) => x.name === name);
       const date = new Date(item.timestamp * 1000);
       if (
@@ -92,9 +105,6 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
           relevantItem.probability > maxProbability
             ? relevantItem.probability
             : maxProbability;
-        let length = getLength(formatOptionName(relevantItem.name));
-        longestNameLength =
-          length > longestNameLength ? length : longestNameLength;
         newDataset.push(result);
         previousDate = item.timestamp;
       }
@@ -102,12 +112,8 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
     dataSets.push(newDataset);
   }
 
-  const letterLength = 7;
-  const labelLegendStart = 45;
-
   const domainMax =
     maxProbability < 0.5 ? Math.round(10 * (maxProbability + 0.05)) / 10 : 1;
-  const dataSetsLength = dataSets.length;
   const goldenRatio = (1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 2;
   const width = 750;
   const height = width / goldenRatio;
@@ -115,14 +121,9 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
     top: 20,
     bottom: 60,
     left: 60,
-    right: labelLegendStart + letterLength * longestNameLength,
+    right: 20,
   };
 
-  const legendData = Array.from(Array(dataSetsLength).keys()).map((i) => ({
-    name: formatOptionName(dataSetsNames[i]),
-    symbol: { fill: colors[i] },
-  }));
-
   const minDate = sortedHistory.length
     ? startOfDay(new Date(sortedHistory[0].timestamp * 1000))
     : startOfToday();
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
     : startOfTomorrow();
 
   return (
+    <div className="flex items-center flex-col sm:flex-row">
       <VictoryChart
         domainPadding={20}
         padding={padding}
@@ -154,12 +156,12 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
                   <VictoryLabel
                     style={[
                       {
-                      fontSize: 16,
+                        fontSize: 18,
                         fill: "black",
                         strokeWidth: 0.05,
                       },
                       {
-                      fontSize: 16,
+                        fontSize: 18,
                         fill: "#777",
                         strokeWidth: 0.05,
                       },
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
                   )}`
                 }
                 style={{
-                fontSize: 16, // needs to be set here and not just in labelComponent for text size calculations
+                  fontSize: 18, // needs to be set here and not just in labelComponent for text size calculations
                   fontFamily:
                     '"Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Ser­avek", "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif',
                   // default font family from Victory, need to be specified explicitly for some reason, otherwise text size gets miscalculated
@@ -202,18 +204,9 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
           y: [0, domainMax],
         }}
       >
-      <VictoryLegend
-        x={width - labelLegendStart - letterLength * longestNameLength}
-        y={height / 2 - 18 - (dataSetsLength - 1) * 13}
-        orientation="vertical"
-        gutter={20}
-        style={{ border: { stroke: "white" }, labels: { fontSize: 15 } }}
-        data={legendData}
-      />
-
-      {dataSets
-        .slice(0, 5)
-        .map((dataset, i) => getVictoryGroup({ data: dataset, i }))}
+        {dataSets.map((dataset, i) =>
+          getVictoryGroup({ data: dataset, i, highlight: i === highlight })
+        )}
         <VictoryAxis
           tickCount={Math.min(7, differenceInDays(maxDate, minDate) + 1)}
           style={{
@@ -224,7 +217,7 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
               dx={-30}
               dy={-3}
               angle={-30}
-            style={{ fontSize: 15, fill: "#777" }}
+              style={{ fontSize: 18, fill: "#777" }}
             />
           }
           scale={{ x: "time" }}
@@ -236,11 +229,16 @@ export const HistoryChart: React.FC<Props> = ({ question }) => {
             grid: { stroke: "#D3D3D3", strokeWidth: 0.5 },
           }}
           tickLabelComponent={
-          <VictoryLabel dy={0} style={{ fontSize: 15, fill: "#777" }} />
+            <VictoryLabel dy={0} style={{ fontSize: 18, fill: "#777" }} />
           }
           // tickFormat specifies how ticks should be displayed
           tickFormat={(x) => `${x * 100}%`}
         />
       </VictoryChart>
+      <Legend
+        items={dataSetsNames.map((name, i) => ({ name, color: colors[i] }))}
+        setHighlight={setHighlight}
+      />
+    </div>
   );
 };

src/web/utils.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export const getBasePath = () => {
 };
 
 export const cleanText = (text: string): string => {
-  // Note: should no longer be necessary
+  // Note: should no longer be necessary?
+  // Still needed for e.g. /questions/rootclaim-what-caused-the-disappearance-of-malaysia-airlines-flight-370
   let textString = !!text ? text : "";
   textString = textString
     .replaceAll("] (", "](")

tailwind.config.js

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ module.exports = {
       backgroundImage: {
         quri: "url('/icons/logo.svg')",
       },
+      maxWidth: {
+        160: "160px",
+      },
     },
   },
   variants: {