Compare labels: place with least-squares blocks so isolated labels stay put (#87)

The distribution-bar key de-collides labels by sweeping each one right to
clear its neighbour, which collapsed a row toward the right edge whenever an
early bucket was tiny — Cool/Comfortable slid far from their large segments
instead of sitting under them. Replace the sweep with standard 1-D label
placement: keep each label at its segment midpoint, merge only labels that
actually overlap into a block, and position each block at the least-squares
mean of its members' ideals. Isolated labels no longer move; clusters centre
on their segments instead of sliding to an edge. The run is clamped inside
the bar, and mobile keeps its plain wrapping row.
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Emi Griffith 2026-07-12 14:05:01 -07:00 committed by GitHub
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2 changed files with 56 additions and 34 deletions

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@ -419,15 +419,13 @@ function rankCard(loc, s, rank) {
`</div>`;
// Key under the bar: a color swatch + name + share for every non-empty bucket, in
// the same cold→hot order as the bar, so small spans are still clearly labeled. On
// desktop each label is positioned at its segment's midpoint (the ends anchored to
// the bar edges); on mobile it falls back to a plain wrapping row.
// desktop each label wants its segment's midpoint (recorded in data-mid); spreadKeys
// then de-collides them after layout. On mobile it falls back to a plain wrapping row.
let acc = 0;
const key = `<div class="cmp-key">` +
parts.map((p, i) => {
parts.map((p) => {
const mid = acc + p.w / 2; acc += p.w;
const pos = i === 0 ? "left:0" : i === parts.length - 1 ? "right:0" : `left:${mid}%`;
const edge = i === 0 ? " cmp-key-first" : i === parts.length - 1 ? " cmp-key-last" : "";
return `<span class="cmp-key-item${edge}" style="${pos}"><i class="cmp-sw ${p.cls}"></i>${p.label} <b>${pct(p.w)}</b></span>`;
return `<span class="cmp-key-item" data-mid="${mid}" style="left:${mid}%"><i class="cmp-sw ${p.cls}"></i>${p.label} <b>${pct(p.w)}</b></span>`;
}).join("") +
`</div>`;
const bands = `<div class="cmp-bands"><b>${pct(s.tolPct)}</b> within tolerance · typically <b>${deg(s.mad)}</b> off comfort</div>`;
@ -523,40 +521,66 @@ function renderResults() {
spreadKeys();
}
// The desktop key positions each label at its segment's midpoint, so two small
// adjacent buckets (e.g. Warm 1% right next to Too hot 2%) render their labels on
// top of each other. After layout, measure each label and sweep the row so no two
// overlap: push right to clear the previous label, clamp the tail to the right edge,
// then pull left — keeping every label as close to its segment as the space allows.
// The desktop key wants each label centred on its segment's midpoint, but small or
// adjacent buckets make labels overlap. After layout, de-collide each row with the
// classic 1-D label placement: keep every label at its ideal midpoint, and only where
// labels would touch, merge them into a block positioned to minimise the total shift
// from their ideals — so an isolated label never moves, and a cluster centres on its
// members rather than sliding to one edge. Finally clamp the run inside the bar.
// Mobile uses a plain wrapping row, so there we just clear any positions we applied.
function spreadKeys() {
const desktop = window.matchMedia("(min-width: 641px)").matches;
const GAP = 10;
results.querySelectorAll(".cmp-key").forEach((keyEl) => {
const items = [...keyEl.children];
if (!desktop) {
items.forEach((el) => { el.style.left = el.style.right = el.style.transform = ""; });
items.forEach((el) => { el.style.left = el.style.transform = ""; });
return;
}
if (items.length < 2) return;
const W = keyEl.clientWidth, gap = 10;
// Ideal centre (px) for each label, honouring the end anchors (first pinned to
// the left edge, last to the right); middles sit at their inline midpoint %.
const m = items.map((el, i) => {
const hw = el.offsetWidth / 2;
const c = i === 0 ? hw
: i === items.length - 1 ? W - hw
: (parseFloat(el.style.left) / 100) * W;
return { el, hw, c };
});
for (let i = 1; i < m.length; i++) // forward: clear the previous label
m[i].c = Math.max(m[i].c, m[i - 1].c + m[i - 1].hw + gap + m[i].hw);
m[m.length - 1].c = Math.min(m[m.length - 1].c, W - m[m.length - 1].hw);
for (let i = m.length - 2; i >= 0; i--) // backward: pull back within the edge
m[i].c = Math.min(m[i].c, m[i + 1].c - m[i + 1].hw - gap - m[i].hw);
m[0].c = Math.max(m[0].c, m[0].hw); // keep the first inside the left edge
m.forEach(({ el, c }) => {
el.style.left = `${c}px`; el.style.right = "auto"; el.style.transform = "translateX(-50%)";
if (!items.length) return;
const W = keyEl.clientWidth;
// Each label's ideal left edge = its segment midpoint minus half its width.
const labs = items.map((el) => {
const w = el.offsetWidth;
return { el, w, ideal: (parseFloat(el.dataset.mid) / 100) * W - w / 2 };
});
// Sweep left→right, growing a block whenever the next label would overlap the
// current one. A block records Σ(idealₖ offsetₖ) and its count so its left edge
// = that mean, the least-squares spot for its members.
const blocks = [];
for (const it of labs) {
let b = { items: [it], left: it.ideal, width: it.w, sum: it.ideal, n: 1 };
blocks.push(b);
while (blocks.length >= 2) {
const a = blocks[blocks.length - 2], cur = blocks[blocks.length - 1];
if (a.left + a.width + GAP <= cur.left) break; // no overlap → settled
const offset = a.width + GAP; // cur's items shift this far into a
a.sum += cur.sum - cur.n * offset;
a.n += cur.n;
a.width += GAP + cur.width;
a.items = a.items.concat(cur.items);
a.left = a.sum / a.n;
blocks.pop();
}
}
// Clamp the run inside the bar: off the left wall forward, off the right wall back.
let minLeft = 0;
for (const b of blocks) { if (b.left < minLeft) b.left = minLeft; minLeft = b.left + b.width + GAP; }
let maxRight = W;
for (let i = blocks.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
const b = blocks[i];
if (b.left + b.width > maxRight) b.left = maxRight - b.width;
maxRight = b.left - GAP;
}
// Lay each block's labels out left→right from the block's left edge.
for (const b of blocks) {
let x = b.left;
for (const it of b.items) {
it.el.style.left = `${x + it.w / 2}px`;
it.el.style.transform = "translateX(-50%)";
x += it.w + GAP;
}
}
});
}

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@ -939,12 +939,10 @@ main { max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 24px 60px; }
.cmp-key-item b { color: var(--text); font-weight: 700; }
.cmp-sw { width: 12px; height: 12px; border-radius: 3px; flex: 0 0 auto; }
/* Desktop: spread the labels across the bar's width, each centred under its own
segment (first/last pinned to the ends so they never spill past the edge). */
segment; spreadKeys() then de-collides them and keeps the run inside the edges. */
@media (min-width: 641px) {
.cmp-key { position: relative; display: block; height: 18px; }
.cmp-key-item { position: absolute; transform: translateX(-50%); white-space: nowrap; }
.cmp-key-first { transform: none; }
.cmp-key-last { transform: none; }
}
.cmp-bands { margin: 8px 0 0; font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--muted); }