
Small multiples faceting histogram distributions across species and sex categories.
components/tanstack-charts/bar/faceted-distributions.tsx
import { type ChartPoint, binX, defineChart, facet, normalize, rect } from "@tanstack/charts";
import { motion } from "@tanstack/charts/motion";
import { tooltip } from "@tanstack/charts/tooltip";
import { Chart } from "@tanstack/react-charts/core";
import { useMemo } from "react";
import { scaleLinear } from "d3-scale";
import { LayoutGrid } from "lucide-react";
import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardFooter, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
interface PenguinMass {
species: "Adelie" | "Chinstrap" | "Gentoo";
body_mass_g: number;
}
const motionRenderer = motion({
initial: "always",
transition: { type: "spring", stiffness: 170, damping: 18, mass: 1 },
});
const boundaries = [2500, 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 5500, 6000, 6500];
function generateDemoData(): PenguinMass[] {
const results: PenguinMass[] = [];
const speciesList: ("Adelie" | "Chinstrap" | "Gentoo")[] = ["Adelie", "Chinstrap", "Gentoo"];
speciesList.forEach((sp) => {
let mean = 3700;
if (sp === "Chinstrap") mean = 3730;
if (sp === "Gentoo") mean = 5000;
for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
const mass = mean + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 1200;
results.push({ species: sp, body_mass_g: mass });
}
});
return results;
}
function shadcnTooltipContent<TDatum>(points: readonly ChartPoint<TDatum>[]) {
if (points.length === 0) return { title: "", rows: [] };
const d = points[0].datum as { species: string; x1: number; x2: number; proportion: number };
if (!d) return { title: "", rows: [] };
return {
title: `${d.species} (${d.x1}–${d.x2} g)`,
rows: [{ label: "Proportion", value: `${(d.proportion * 100).toFixed(1)}%`, color: "var(--chart-1)" }],
};
}
export function FacetedDistributions() {
const data = useMemo(() => generateDemoData(), []);
const bins = useMemo(() => {
return normalize(
binX(data, {
value: "body_mass_g",
by: "species",
thresholds: boundaries,
outputs: { count: { reduce: "count" } },
}),
{
value: "count",
by: "species",
basis: "sum",
as: "proportion",
},
).filter(({ count }) => count > 0);
}, [data]);
const definition = useMemo(
() =>
defineChart(
{
renderer: motionRenderer,
scales: {
x: null,
y: null,
},
marks: [
facet(bins, {
by: "species",
columns: 1,
gap: 8,
label: (group) => String(group),
chart: (facetBins) => ({
marks: [
rect(facetBins, {
x1: "x1",
x2: "x2",
y1: () => 0,
y2: "proportion",
fill: "var(--chart-1)",
inset: 0.75,
}),
],
scales: {
x: {
scale: scaleLinear().domain([2500, 6500]),
grid: true,
axis: { label: "Body Mass (g)" },
},
y: {
scale: scaleLinear().domain([0, 0.5]),
grid: true,
axis: {
ticks: { count: 3, format: (v: number) => `${Math.round(v * 100)}%` },
label: "Proportion",
},
},
},
}),
}),
],
margin: 8,
theme: {
foreground: "var(--muted-foreground)",
grid: "var(--border)",
background: "transparent",
},
},
{
keyboard: true,
tooltip: {
use: tooltip,
className:
"font-sans shadow-none rounded-md bg-popover text-popover-foreground border p-2 text-xs",
anchor: "pointer",
placement: "auto",
content: (points) => shadcnTooltipContent(points),
},
},
),
[bins],
);
return (
<Card className="w-full max-w-xl">
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Faceted Body Mass Distribution</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>Small multiples faceting histogram distributions across species</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent>
<div className="h-[280px] w-full">
<Chart
definition={definition}
renderer={motionRenderer}
height={280}
ariaLabel="Faceted Body Mass Distribution Chart"
/>
</div>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="flex-col items-start gap-2 text-sm">
<div className="flex items-center gap-2 leading-none font-medium">
Gentoo penguins show distinctly higher body mass distribution{" "}
<LayoutGrid className="h-4 w-4 text-emerald-500" />
</div>
<div className="text-muted-foreground leading-none">
Faceted rows enable direct multi-category distribution shape comparisons
</div>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
);
}
export default FacetedDistributions;