Chart Elements and Hit-Testing (React)

The FlexChart control is composed of elements that can be customized using its object model. The elements are:

  • PlotArea: The area within the axes.
  • ChartArea: The area within the control but outside the axes.
  • Legend: The chart legend, usually on the right of the plot area.
  • Header: The chart header, above the plot area.
  • Footer: The chart footer, below the plot area.
  • AxisX: The X-axis, usually horizontal.
  • AxisY: The Y-axis, usually vertical.
  • Series: A chart series.
  • SeriesSymbol: A symbol in a chart series.
  • DataLabel: A label attached to a data point.

You can use the hitTest method to determine what chart area is under the mouse.

Learn about FlexChart | Hit-Testing Documentation | FlexChart API Reference

This example uses React.

import 'bootstrap.css'; import '@mescius/wijmo.styles/wijmo.css'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'; import React, { useRef } from 'react'; import { format, Rect, Tooltip } from '@mescius/wijmo'; import { ChartElement } from '@mescius/wijmo.chart'; import * as Chart from '@mescius/wijmo.react.chart'; import './app.css'; import { data, palette } from './data'; function App() { const theChartRef = useRef(null); const chartInitialized = (flex) => { theChartRef.current = flex; theChartRef.current.tooltip.content = null; // use tooltip to show hit-test information let tt = new Tooltip(), tip = ''; // theChartRef.current.hostElement.addEventListener('mousemove', (e) => { // build tooltip text let ht = theChartRef.current.hitTest(e), elem = ht.chartElement, series = (ht.series && [1, 2, 3].indexOf(elem) < 0) ? ht.series : null, index = (ht.pointIndex != null && series) ? ht.pointIndex : null, newTip = format('chartElement: <b>{elem}</b><br/>series: <b>{series}</b><br/>pointIndex: <b>{index}</b>', { elem: ChartElement[elem], series: series ? series.name : 'none', index: index != null ? index : 'none' }); // // update tooltip if (newTip != tip) { tip = newTip; tt.show(e.target, tip, new Rect(e.clientX, e.clientY, 0, 0)); } }); // theChartRef.current.hostElement.addEventListener('mouseleave', (e) => { tt.hide(); tip = ''; }); }; return (<div className="container"> <div className="form-group"> <Chart.FlexChart tooltipContent="" header="Header" footer="Footer" chartType="LineSymbols" bindingX="country" palette={palette} itemsSource={data} initialized={chartInitialized}> <Chart.FlexChartDataLabel content="{value:n0}" position="Top" offset={5}/> <Chart.FlexChartSeries binding="sales" name="Sales"/> <Chart.FlexChartSeries binding="expenses" name="Expenses"/> </Chart.FlexChart> </div> </div>); } const container = document.getElementById('app'); if (container) { const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(container); root.render(<App />); }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>MESCIUS Wijmo Wijmo FlexChart Chart Elements and Hit-Testing</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- SystemJS --> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/systemjs@0.19.40/dist/system.src.js" integrity="sha512-G6mEj6h18+m3MvzdviSDfPle/TfH0//cXcB33AKlNR/Rha0yQsKefDZKRTkIZos97HEGq2JMV1RT5ybMoQ3WsQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script> <script> System.import('./src/app'); </script> </head> <body> <div id="app"></div> </body> </html>
.container .wj-flexchart { height: 300px; } .container .wj-data-label { font-size: 75%; opacity: .9; } .container label { width: 150px; text-align: right; } .container .wj-control { margin-bottom: 3px; }
import { isArray } from '@mescius/wijmo'; import { Palettes } from '@mescius/wijmo.chart'; function getData() { let countries = ['US', 'Germany', 'UK', 'Japan', 'Italy', 'Greece'], data = []; // for (let i = 0; i < countries.length; i++) { data.push({ country: countries[i], sales: Math.random() * 10000, expenses: Math.random() * 5000, downloads: Math.round(Math.random() * 20000) }); } // return data; } function getRandomPalette() { let palettes = Object.keys(Palettes).filter(prop => isArray(Palettes[prop])); let rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * palettes.length); // return Palettes[palettes[rand]]; } export const data = getData(); export const palette = getRandomPalette();
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