phylotree.js API

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phylotree.js defines an object generator in the D3 namespace: d3.layout.phylotree which is derived (in the JavaScript sense) from d3.layout.hierarchy, with all of its functions and elements. Utility (global) functions and variables are prefixed with d3_phylotree

phylotree.js uses semantic versioning.

Available topics

• Core - creating and manipulating phylotree.js objects
• Layout - functions effecting and affecting tree layout and rendering
• Options - various object-level options that control display, interactivity, etc
• [Node rendering] - functions controlling how tree nodes (tips and internal nodes) are rendered
• [Branch rendering] - functions controlling how tree branches are rendered
• [Event handling] - custom events and handlers
• [Branch selection] - functions for selecting branches based on various criteria

Core

• d3.layout.phylotree - create an empty tree object.
• phylotree - an object representing the phylogenetic tree.
• node - an object representing a node in the phylogenetic tree.

Layout

• phylotree.placenodes - compute tree layout (screen coordinates)
• phylotree.update - render the phylotree object using current layout and styles