How to limit animated axis labels position in d3? - d3.js

Question

I'm implementing a chart using d3 that has a sliding x axis. Demo
When axis labels approach the edges, they fade out/in.
However, the labels animate into the left and right margins of the svg (the gray area):
How could I avoid the labels to be rendered on the svg margins?
const timeWindow = 10000;
const transitionDuration = 3000;
const xScaleDomain = (now = new Date()) =>
[now - timeWindow, now];
const totalWidth = 500;
const totalHeight = 200;
const margin = {
top: 30,
right: 50,
bottom: 30,
left: 50
};
const width = totalWidth - margin.left - margin.right;
const height = totalHeight - margin.top - margin.bottom;
const svg = d3.select('.chart')
.append('svg')
.attr('width', totalWidth)
.attr('height', totalHeight)
.append('g')
.attr('transform', `translate(${margin.left}, ${margin.top})`)
svg
.append('rect')
.attr('width', width)
.attr('height', height);
// Add x axis
const xScale = d3.scaleTime()
.domain(xScaleDomain(new Date() - transitionDuration))
.range([0, width]);
const xAxis = d3.axisBottom(xScale);
const xAxisSelection = svg
.append('g')
.attr('transform', `translate(0, ${height})`)
.call(xAxis);
// Animate
const animate = () => {
xScale.domain(xScaleDomain());
xAxisSelection
.transition()
.duration(transitionDuration)
.ease(d3.easeLinear)
.call(xAxis)
.on('end', animate);
};
animate();
svg {
margin: 30px;
background-color: #ccc;
}
rect {
fill: #fff;
outline: 1px dashed #ddd;
}
<script src="https://unpkg.com/d3#4.4.1/build/d3.js"></script>
<div class="chart"></div>

Answer 1

You can clip-path it:
svg.append('defs')
.append('clipPath')
.attr('id','myClip')
.append('rect')
.attr('width', width)
.attr('height', totalHeight);
...
const xAxisSelection = svg
.append('g')
.attr('clip-path', 'url(#myClip)')
...
Full Code:
const timeWindow = 10000;
const transitionDuration = 3000;
const xScaleDomain = (now = new Date()) =>
[now - timeWindow, now];
const totalWidth = 500;
const totalHeight = 200;
const margin = {
top: 30,
right: 50,
bottom: 30,
left: 50
};
const width = totalWidth - margin.left - margin.right;
const height = totalHeight - margin.top - margin.bottom;
const svg = d3.select('.chart')
.append('svg')
.attr('width', totalWidth)
.attr('height', totalHeight)
.append('g')
.attr('transform', `translate(${margin.left}, ${margin.top})`)
svg.append('defs')
.append('clipPath')
.attr('id','myClip')
.append('rect')
.attr('width', width)
.attr('height', totalHeight);
// Add x axis
const xScale = d3.scaleTime()
.domain(xScaleDomain(new Date() - transitionDuration))
.range([0, width]);
const xAxis = d3.axisBottom(xScale);
const xAxisSelection = svg
.append('g')
.attr('clip-path', 'url(#myClip)')
.attr('transform', `translate(0, ${height})`)
.call(xAxis);
// Animate
const animate = () => {
xScale.domain(xScaleDomain());
xAxisSelection
.transition()
.duration(transitionDuration)
.ease(d3.easeLinear)
.call(xAxis)
.on('end', animate);
};
animate();
svg {
margin: 30px;
background-color: #ccc;
}
rect {
fill: #fff;
outline: 1px dashed #ddd;
}
<script src="https://unpkg.com/d3#4.4.1/build/d3.js"></script>
<div class="chart"></div>