Given an existing Highcharts (in a React component using highcharts-react-official), how can we make it such that when the user clicks on 2 points on the chart, the difference in values between these 2 points will be calculated and shown on the chart in a text box?
To illustrate the desired result, below is an image that shows a green text box with the percentage difference in values after the user clicks on 2 points on the line chart.
How can we achieve this using Highcharts?
That feature doesn't require any react logic. You only need to use click callback function for a point and addAnnotations method. Example:
point: {
events: {
click: function() {
const point = this;
const chart = point.series.chart;
const previousPoint = chart.clickedPoint;
if (previousPoint) {
chart.clickedPoint = null;
chart.addAnnotation({
shapes: [{
type: 'path',
strokeWidth: 1,
stroke: 'red',
dashStyle: 'dash',
points: [{
x: point.x,
y: point.y,
xAxis: 0,
yAxis: 0
}, {
x: previousPoint.x,
y: previousPoint.y,
xAxis: 0,
yAxis: 0
}]
}],
labels: [{
allowOverlap: true,
format: 100 - (previousPoint.y * 100 / point.y) + '%',
shape: 'rect',
point: {
x: (point.x < previousPoint.x ? point.x : previousPoint.x) +
Math.abs(point.x - previousPoint.x) / 2,
y: (point.y < previousPoint.y ? point.y : previousPoint.y) +
Math.abs(point.y - previousPoint.y) / 2,
xAxis: 0,
yAxis: 0
}
}]
});
} else {
chart.clickedPoint = this;
}
}
}
}
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/BlackLabel/gzcrp0x4/
API Reference: https://api.highcharts.com/class-reference/Highcharts.Chart#addAnnotation
I created a dynamic line chart based on some input data. The intention is that the customer can indicate with a dropdown on which month the "Investment" should start.
So, for example, if the "Investment" does not start until month 6, then that line should only start at 6 on the x-axis. But the other lines "Case" and "ROI" should still just start at 1.
I've tried several things but to no avail.
I tried changing the x-axis "min ticks" based on the selection the user made, but that makes all lines start at another point instead of the "Investment" line only. Another problem is that every number before the selection then dissapears from the x-axis. But I really want to keep every number from 1-60, even if the user chooses to start the "Investment" on month 10, for example.
I would really appreciate some help! Thanks.
Here's my fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/js5pha24/
var options = {
type: 'line',
data: {
labels: [],
datasets: [{
label: 'Case',
data: [],
backgroundColor: 'rgba(152,164,135, 0.5)',
borderColor: 'rgb(152,164,135)',
fill: false
}, {
label: 'Case',
data: [],
backgroundColor: 'rgba(145,139,167, 0.5)',
borderColor: 'rgb(145,139,167)',
fill: false
}, {
label: 'Case',
data: [],
backgroundColor: 'rgba(206,157,206, 0.5)',
borderColor: 'rgb(206,157,206)',
fill: false
}]
},
options: {
legend: {
display: true,
position: "top"
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
ticks: {
beginAtZero: true,
autoSkip: true,
maxRotation: 0,
minRotation: 0
}
}],
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
callback: value => {
return "€ " + value;
}
}
}]
}
}
}
for (let i = 1; i <= 60; i++) {
options.data.labels.push(i);
const caseMonth = 118187 * i;
options.data.datasets.find(set => set.label === "Case").data.push(caseMonth);
const investMonth = 500000 + (20000 * i);
options.data.datasets.find(set => set.label === "Investment").data.push(investMonth);
const roiMonth = caseMonth - investMonth;
options.data.datasets.find(set => set.label === "ROI").data.push(roiMonth);
}
var ctx = document.getElementById('chartJSContainer').getContext('2d');
new Chart(ctx, options);
canvas { background-color : #eee;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.3.0/Chart.js"></script>
<body>
<canvas id="chartJSContainer" width="600" height="400"></canvas>
</body>
You can put null values on the chart data so one line can start after the others. For example if you want the investment line start at month 10, you can replace the the first ten investMonth values with null.
If understood correctly you still want to use the investMonth value in the roiMonth calculation so I created "investMonthValue" so only investment will get null if it is less than investmentStartMonth.
let investmentStartMonth = 10
for (let i = 1; i <= 60; i++) {
options.data.labels.push(i);
const caseMonth = 118187 * i;
options.data.datasets.find(set => set.label === "Case").data.push(caseMonth);
let investMonth = 500000 + (20000 * i);
let investMonthValue = i<investmentStartMonth?null:investMonth
options.data.datasets.find(set => set.label === "Investment").data.push(investMonthValue);
const roiMonth = caseMonth - investMonth;
options.data.datasets.find(set => set.label === "ROI").data.push(roiMonth);
}
How can I move my labels on my x axes in between another x axes label. Nothing seems to work and I was unable to find anything on the docs. Is there a workaround? I'm using line chart time series.
https://www.chartjs.org/samples/latest/scales/time/financial.html
Currently, with the code I have its generating the figure below:
var cfg = {
elements:{
point: {
radius: 4
}
},
data: {
datasets: [
{
label: 'vsy',
backgroundColor: color(window.chartColors.red).alpha(0.5).rgbString(),
borderColor: window.chartColors.red,
data: firstData,
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 2,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
},
{
label: 'de vsy',
backgroundColor: color(window.chartColors.blue).alpha(0.5).rgbString(),
borderColor: window.chartColors.blue,
data: dataMaker(15),
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 2,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
}
],
},
options: {
animation: {
duration: 0
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
type: 'time',
distribution: 'series',
offset: true,
time: {
unit: 'month',
displayFormats: {
month: 'MMM'
}
},
ticks: {
autoSkip: true,
autoSkipPadding: 75,
sampleSize: 100
},
}],
yAxes: [{
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}]
},
tooltips: {
intersect: false,
mode: 'index',
}
}
};
This is what I have now:
I want the labels on the x-axis to be on center instead of below the y axis grid line.
Thanks to uminder, with his comment it solves the issue but now I have a conflicting tooltip which lie on a same grid. When I hover to april line first point it shows me mar 30 which lies just above it and vice versa.
I fixed it by changing the mode to nearest but why is it activating the another point?
The option you're looking for is offsetGridLines.
If true, grid lines will be shifted to be between labels.
xAxes: [{
...
gridLines: {
offsetGridLines: true
}
In most cases, this produces the expected result. Unfortunately it doesn't work for time axes as documented in Chart.js issue #403. Thanks to Antti Hukkanen, there exists a workaround.
Please have a look at below runnable code snippet to see how it works.
function generateData() {
var unit = 'day';
function randomNumber(min, max) {
return Math.random() * (max - min) + min;
}
function randomPoint(date, lastClose) {
var open = randomNumber(lastClose * 0.95, lastClose * 1.05).toFixed(2);
var close = randomNumber(open * 0.95, open * 1.05).toFixed(2);
return {
t: date.valueOf(),
y: close
};
}
var date = moment().subtract(1, 'years');
var now = moment();
var data = [];
for (; data.length < 600 && date.isBefore(now); date = date.clone().add(1, unit).startOf(unit)) {
data.push(randomPoint(date, data.length > 0 ? data[data.length - 1].y : 30));
}
return data;
}
var TimeCenterScale = Chart.scaleService.getScaleConstructor('time').extend({
getPixelForTick: function(index) {
var ticks = this.getTicks();
if (index < 0 || index >= ticks.length) {
return null;
}
// Get the pixel value for the current tick.
var px = this.getPixelForOffset(ticks[index].value);
// Get the next tick's pixel value.
var nextPx = this.right;
var nextTick = ticks[index + 1];
if (nextTick) {
nextPx = this.getPixelForOffset(nextTick.value);
}
// Align the labels in the middle of the current and next tick.
return px + (nextPx - px) / 2;
},
});
// Register the scale type
var defaults = Chart.scaleService.getScaleDefaults('time');
Chart.scaleService.registerScaleType('timecenter', TimeCenterScale, defaults);
var cfg = {
data: {
datasets: [{
label: 'CHRT - Chart.js Corporation',
backgroundColor: 'red',
borderColor: 'red',
data: generateData(),
type: 'line',
pointRadius: 0,
fill: false,
lineTension: 0,
borderWidth: 2
}]
},
options: {
animation: {
duration: 0
},
scales: {
xAxes: [{
type: 'timecenter',
time: {
unit: 'month',
stepSize: 1,
displayFormats: {
month: 'MMM'
}
},
gridLines: {
offsetGridLines: true
}
}],
yAxes: [{
gridLines: {
drawBorder: false
}
}]
},
tooltips: {
intersect: false,
mode: 'index'
}
}
};
var chart = new Chart('chart1', cfg);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.18.1/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.9.3/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="chart1" height="90"></canvas>
For chartJs v3 you can use offset property:
scales: {
x: {
grid: {
offset: true
}
},
...
}
With a bar chart like this one, is is possible to change the width of the bars to represent another data attribute, say the weight of the fruits. The heavier the fruit is, the thicker the bar.
You play with the script here. I am open to other javascript plotting libraries that could do that as long as they are free.
$(function () {
var chart;
$(document).ready(function() {
chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'column'
},
title: {
text: 'Column chart with negative values'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas']
},
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
return ''+
this.series.name +': '+ this.y +'';
}
},
credits: {
enabled: false
},
series: [{
name: 'John',
data: [5, 3, 4, 7, 2]
// I would like something like this (3.5, 6 etc is the width) :
// data: [[5, 3.4], [3, 6], [4, 3.4], [7, 2], [2, 5]]
}, {
name: 'Jane',
data: [2, -2, -3, 2, 1]
}, {
name: 'Joe',
data: [3, 4, 4, -2, 5]
}]
});
});
});
pointWidth is what you require to set the width of the bars. try
plotOptions: {
series: {
pointWidth: 15
}
}
This display bars with the width of 15px. Play around here. Just made an edit to the already existing code.
I use a set of area charts to simulate a variable-width-column/bar-chart. Say, each column/bar is represented by a rectangle area.
See my fiddle demo (http://jsfiddle.net/calfzhou/TUt2U/).
$(function () {
var rawData = [
{ name: 'A', x: 5.2, y: 5.6 },
{ name: 'B', x: 3.9, y: 10.1 },
{ name: 'C', x: 11.5, y: 1.2 },
{ name: 'D', x: 2.4, y: 17.8 },
{ name: 'E', x: 8.1, y: 8.4 }
];
function makeSeries(listOfData) {
var sumX = 0.0;
for (var i = 0; i < listOfData.length; i++) {
sumX += listOfData[i].x;
}
var gap = sumX / rawData.length * 0.2;
var allSeries = []
var x = 0.0;
for (var i = 0; i < listOfData.length; i++) {
var data = listOfData[i];
allSeries[i] = {
name: data.name,
data: [
[x, 0], [x, data.y],
{
x: x + data.x / 2.0,
y: data.y,
dataLabels: { enabled: true, format: data.x + ' x {y}' }
},
[x + data.x, data.y], [x + data.x, 0]
],
w: data.x,
h: data.y
};
x += data.x + gap;
}
return allSeries;
}
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: { type: 'area' },
xAxis: {
tickLength: 0,
labels: { enabled: false}
},
yAxis: {
title: { enabled: false}
},
plotOptions: {
area: {
marker: {
enabled: false,
states: {
hover: { enabled: false }
}
}
}
},
tooltip: {
followPointer: true,
useHTML: true,
headerFormat: '<span style="color: {series.color}">{series.name}</span>: ',
pointFormat: '<span>{series.options.w} x {series.options.h}</span>'
},
series: makeSeries(rawData)
});
});
Fusioncharts probably is the best option if you have a license for it to do the more optimal Marimekko charts…
I've done a little work trying to get a Marimekko charts solution in highcharts. It's not perfect, but approximates the first Marimekko charts example found here on the Fusion Charts page…
http://www.fusioncharts.com/resources/chart-tutorials/understanding-the-marimekko-chart/
The key is to use a dateTime axis, as that mode provides you more flexibility for the how you distribute points and line on the X axis which provides you the ability to have variably sized "bars" that you can construct on this axis. I use 0-1000 second space and outside the chart figure out the mappings to this scale to approximate percentage values to pace your vertical lines. Here ( http://jsfiddle.net/miken/598d9/2/ ) is a jsfiddle example that creates a variable width column chart.
$(function () {
var chart;
Highcharts.setOptions({
colors: [ '#75FFFF', '#55CCDD', '#60DD60' ]
});
$(document).ready(function() {
var CATEGORY = { // number out of 1000
0: '',
475: 'Desktops',
763: 'Laptops',
1000: 'Tablets'
};
var BucketSize = {
0: 475,
475: 475,
763: 288,
1000: 237
};
chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
chart: {
renderTo: 'container',
type: 'area'
},
title: {
text: 'Contribution to Overall Sales by Brand & Category (in US$)<br>(2011-12)'
},
xAxis: {
min: 0,
max: 1000,
title: {
text: '<b>CATEGORY</b>'
},
tickInterval: 1,
minTickInterval: 1,
dateTimeLabelFormats: {
month: '%b'
},
labels: {
rotation: -60,
align: 'right',
formatter: function() {
if (CATEGORY[this.value] !== undefined) {
return '<b>' + CATEGORY[this.value] + ' (' +
this.value/10 + '%)</b>';
}
}
}
},
yAxis: {
max: 100,
gridLineWidth: 0,
title: {
text: '<b>% Share</b>'
},
labels: {
formatter: function() {
return this.value +'%'
}
}
},
tooltip: {
shared: true,
useHTML: true,
formatter: function () {
var result = 'CATEGORY: <b>' +
CATEGORY[this.x] + ' (' + Highcharts.numberFormat(BucketSize[this.x]/10,1) + '% sized bucket)</b><br>';
$.each(this.points, function(i, datum) {
if (datum.point.y !== 0) {
result += '<span style="color:' +
datum.series.color + '"><b>' +
datum.series.name + '</b></span>: ' +
'<b>$' + datum.point.y + 'K</b> (' +
Highcharts.numberFormat(
datum.point.percentage,2) +
'%)<br/>';
}
});
return (result);
}
},
plotOptions: {
area: {
stacking: 'percent',
lineColor: 'black',
lineWidth: 1,
marker: {
enabled: false
},
step: true
}
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'right',
verticalAlign: 'top',
x: 0,
y: 100,
borderWidth: 1,
title: {
text : 'Brand:'
}
},
series: [ {
name: 'HP',
data: [
[0,298],
[475,109],
[763,153],
[1000,153]
]
}, {
name: 'Dell',
data: [
[0,245],
[475,198],
[763,120],
[1000,120]
]
}, {
name: 'Sony',
data: [
[0,335],
[475,225],
[763,164],
[1000,164]
]
}]
},
function(chart){
// Render bottom line.
chart.renderer.path(['M', chart.plotLeft, chart.plotHeight + 66, 'L', chart.plotLeft+chart.plotWidth, chart.plotHeight + 66])
.attr({
'stroke-width': 3,
stroke: 'black',
zIndex:50
})
.add();
for (var category_idx in CATEGORY) {
chart.renderer.path(['M', (Math.round((category_idx / 1000) * chart.plotWidth)) + chart.plotLeft, 66, 'V', chart.plotTop + chart.plotHeight])
.attr({
'stroke-width': 1,
stroke: 'black',
zIndex:4
})
.add();
}
});
});
});
It adds an additional array to allow you to map category names to second tic values to give you a more "category" view that you might want. I've also added code at the bottom that adds vertical dividing lines between the different columns and the bottom line of the chart. It might need some tweaks for the size of your surrounding labels, etc. that I've hardcoded in pixels here as part of the math, but it should be doable.
Using a 'percent' type accent lets you have the y scale figure out the percentage totals from the raw data, whereas as noted you need to do your own math for the x axis. I'm relying more on a tooltip function to provide labels, etc than labels on the chart itself.
Another big improvement on this effort would be to find a way to make the tooltip hover area and labels to focus and be centered and encompass the bar itself instead of the right border of each bar that it is now. If someone wants to add that, feel free to here.
If I got it right you want every single bar to be of different width. I had same problem and struggled a lot to find a library offering this option. I came to the conclusion - there's none.
Anyways, I played with highcharts a little, got creative and came up with this:
You mentioned that you'd like your data to look something like this: data: [[5, 3.4], [3, 6], [4, 3.4]], with the first value being the height and the second being the width.
Let's do it using the highcharts' column graph.
Step 1:
To better differentiate the bars, input each bar as a new series. Since I generated my data dynamically, I had to assign new series dynamically:
const objects: any = [];
const extra = this.data.length - 1;
this.data.map((range) => {
const obj = {
type: 'column',
showInLegend: false,
data: [range[1]],
animation: true,
borderColor: 'black',
borderWidth: 1,
color: 'blue'
};
for (let i = 0; i < extra; i++) {
obj.data.push(null);
}
objects.push(obj);
});
this.chartOptions.series = objects;
That way your different series would look something like this:
series: [{
type: 'column',
data: [5, 3.4]
}, {
type: 'column',
data: [3, 6]
}, {
type: 'column',
data: [4, 3.4]
}]
Step 2:
Assign this as plot options for highcharts:
plotOptions: {
column: {
pointPadding: 0,
borderWidth: 0,
groupPadding: 0,
shadow: false
}
}
Step 3:
Now let's get creative - to have the same starting point for all bars, we need to move every single one to the graph's start:
setColumnsToZero() {
this.data.map((item, index) => {
document.querySelector('.highcharts-series-' + index).children[0].setAttribute('x', '0');
});
}
Step 4:
getDistribution() {
let total = 0;
// Array including all of the bar's data: [[5, 3.4], [3, 6], [4, 3.4]]
this.data.map(item => {
total = total + item[0];
});
// MARK: Get xAxis' total width
const totalWidth = document.querySelector('.highcharts-axis-line').getBoundingClientRect().width;
let pos = 0;
this.data.map((item, index) => {
const start = item[0];
const width = (start * totalWidth) / total;
document.querySelector('.highcharts-series-' + index).children[0].setAttribute('width', width.toString());
document.querySelector('.highcharts-series-' + index).children[0].setAttribute('x', pos.toString());
pos = pos + width;
this.getPointsPosition(index, totalWidth, total);
});
}
Step 4:
Let's get to the xAxis' points. In the first functions modify the already existing points, move the last point to the end of the axis and hide the others. In the second function we clone the last point, modify it to have either 6 or 3 total xAxis points and move each of them to the correct position
getPointsPosition(index, totalWidth, total) {
const col = document.querySelector('.highcharts-series-' + index).children[0];
const point = (document.querySelector('.highcharts-xaxis-labels').children[index] as HTMLElement);
const difference = col.getBoundingClientRect().right - point.getBoundingClientRect().right;
const half = point.getBoundingClientRect().width / 2;
if (index === this.data.length - 1) {
this.cloneNode(point, difference, totalWidth, total);
} else {
point.style.display = 'none';
}
point.style.transform = 'translateX(' + (+difference + +half) + 'px)';
point.innerHTML = total.toString();
}
cloneNode(ref: HTMLElement, difference, totalWidth, total) {
const width = document.documentElement.getBoundingClientRect().width;
const q = total / (width > 1000 && ? 6 : 3);
const w = totalWidth / (width > 1000 ? 6 : 3);
let val = total;
let valW = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < (width > 1000 ? 6 : 3); i++) {
val = val - q;
valW = valW + w;
const clone = (ref.cloneNode(true) as HTMLElement);
document.querySelector('.highcharts-xaxis-labels').appendChild(clone);
const half = clone.getBoundingClientRect().width / 2;
clone.style.transform = 'translateX(' + (-valW + difference + half) + 'px)';
const inner = Math.round(val * 100) / 100;
clone.innerHTML = inner.toString();
}
}
In the end we have a graph looking something like this (not the data from this given example, but for [[20, 0.005], [30, 0.013333333333333334], [20, 0.01], [30, 0.005555555555555555], [20, 0.006666666666666666]] with the first value being the width and the second being the height):
There might be some modifications to do to 100% fit your case. F.e. I had to adjust the xAxis' points a specific starting and end point - I spared this part.