observablehq / observablehq/plot
Color gradients?
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enhancement
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- HTML
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Description
It’d be nice to have a way to specify a color gradient, presumably spanning the chart area in either x or y, with some given color stops.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the chart-area rendering and color API entry points, then determine how color stops and x/y spans should be represented. Done means gradients can span the chart area in either direction using supplied color stops, with coverage for the supported cases.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- d3js
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100