D3.js creator() Function

Last Updated : 18 Aug, 2020

The d3.creator() function is used to return a function that creates an element whose name is given as a parameter in the function.

Syntax:

d3.creator( name );

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

name: It is the name of the container or HTML tag to be created.

Return Value: It returns a function.

Example 1: In this example, adding the div element within the body.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="UTF-8"> 
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent= 
        "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0"> 
    <script src= 
        "https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script src= 
"https://d3js.org/d3-selection.v1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <style> 
        div { 
            background-color: green; 
            color: honeydew; 
            width: fit-content; 
            padding: 10px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <!-- No div tag is added here -->
  
    <script> 
        let selection = d3.select("body") 
  
        // Creating and appending 
        // a div to the body 
        selection.append(d3.creator("div")); 
        let div = document.querySelector("div") 
          
        div.innerText =  
            "Div tag created using d3.creator()" 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Example 2: In this example, appending multiple tags to the body.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <meta charset="UTF-8"> 
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent= 
        "width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0"> 
    <script src= 
        "https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script src= 
"https://d3js.org/d3-selection.v1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <style> 
        div { 
            background-color: green; 
            color: honeydew; 
            width: fit-content; 
            padding: 10px; 
            height: 100px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <!-- No div tag is added here -->
  
    <script> 
        var selection = d3.select("body") 
  
        // Creating and appending a  
        // div to the body 
        selection.append(d3.creator("div")); 
        var selection = d3.select("body") 
  
        // Creating and appending a p 
        // tag to the div 
        selection.append(d3.creator("p")); 
  
        // Creating and appending a button 
        // tag to the div 
        selection.append(d3.creator("button")); 
        var div = document.querySelector("div") 
  
        div.innerHTML =  
            "Div tag created using d3.creator()" 
  
        var div = document.querySelector("p") 
  
        div.innerHTML =  
            "paragraph tag created using d3.creator()" 
              
        var div = document.querySelector("button") 
  
        div.innerHTML =  
            "paragraph tag created using d3.creator()" 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 