Getting started with Angular Range navigator component

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This section explains you the steps required to create a simple RangeNavigator and demonstrate the basic usage of the RangeNavigator component in an Angular environment.

Setup Angular Environment

You can use Angular CLI to setup your Angular applications.
To install Angular CLI use the following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create an Angular Application

Start a new Angular application using below Angular CLI command.

ng new my-app
cd my-app

Installing Syncfusion Chart package

Syncfusion packages are distributed in npm as @syncfusion scoped packages. You can get all the Angular Syncfusion package from npm link.

Currently, Syncfusion provides two types of package structures for Angular components,

  1. Ivy library distribution package format
  2. Angular compatibility compiler(Angular’s legacy compilation and rendering pipeline) package.

Ivy library distribution package

Syncfusion Angular packages(>=20.2.36) has been moved to the Ivy distribution to support the Angular Ivy rendering engine and the package are compatible with Angular version 12 and above. To download the package use the below command.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts --save

Angular compatibility compiled package(ngcc)

For Angular version below 12, you can use the legacy (ngcc) package of the Syncfusion Angular components. To download the ngcc package use the below.

Add @syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts@ngcc package to the application.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts@ngcc --save

To mention the ngcc package in the package.json file, add the suffix -ngcc with the package version as below.

@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts:"20.2.38-ngcc"

Note: If the ngcc tag is not specified while installing the package, the Ivy Library Package will be installed and this package will throw a warning.

Add RangeNavigator component

Modify the template in app.component.ts file to render the ej2-angular-charts component [src/app/app.component.ts].

import { ChartModule, RangeNavigatorModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts';
import { Component,ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
  ChartModule, RangeNavigatorModule
],
standalone: true,
selector: 'app-root',
// specifies the template string for the RangeNavigator component
template: `<ejs-rangenavigator id="rn-container"></ejs-rangenavigator>`,
encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None
})
export class AppComponent { }

Now use the app-container in the index.html instead of default one.

<app-container></app-container>
  • Now run the application in the browser using the below command.
npm start

Module Injection

To create range navigator with additional features, inject the required modules. The following modules are used to extend rangenavigator’s basic functionality.

  • AreaSeriesService - Inject this module to use area series.
  • DateTimeService - Inject this module to use date time axis.
  • RangeTooltipService - Inject this module to show the tooltip.

These modules should be injected to the provider section as follows,

    import { Component } from '@angular/core';
    import { ChartModule, RangeNavigatorModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts';
    import { AreaSeriesService, DateTimeService, RangeTooltipService } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts';

    @Component({
        imports: [
            ChartModule,
            RangeNavigatorModule
        ],
        standalone: true,
        providers: [ AreaSeriesService, DateTimeService, RangeTooltipService ]
    })

Populate Range Navigator with Data

Now, we are going to provide data to the range navigator. Add a series object to the range navigator by using series property. Now map the field names x and y in the JSON data to the xName and yName properties of the series, then set the JSON data to dataSource property.
Since the JSON contains Datetime data, set the valueType as DateTime. By default, the axis valueType is Numeric.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule, RangeNavigatorModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { AreaSeriesService, DateTimeService} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'




import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { datasrc } from './datasource'

@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule, RangeNavigatorModule
    ],

providers: [ AreaSeriesService, DateTimeService ],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<ejs-rangenavigator id="rn-container" valueType='DateTime' [value]='value'>
            <e-rangenavigator-series-collection>
                <e-rangenavigator-series [dataSource]='chartData' type='Area' xName='x' yName='y' width=2>
                </e-rangenavigator-series>
            </e-rangenavigator-series-collection>
        </ejs-rangenavigator>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public value?: Object[];
    public chartData?: Object[];
    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.value = [new Date('2017-09-01'), new Date('2018-02-01')];
        this.chartData = datasrc;
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Note: Get data from here.

The sample should look like our default, don’t worry about the gradient color, let it takes the default color.

Enable Tooltip

The tooltip is useful to show the selected data. You can enable tooltip by setting the enable property as true in tooltip object and by injecting RangeTooltipService module into the @NgModule.providers.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { ChartModule, RangeNavigatorModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'
import { AreaSeriesService, DateTimeService, RangeTooltipService} from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-charts'




import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { datasrc } from './data'

@Component({
imports: [
         ChartModule, RangeNavigatorModule
    ],

providers: [ AreaSeriesService, DateTimeService, RangeTooltipService ],
standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-container',
    template: `<ejs-rangenavigator id="rn-container" valueType='DateTime' [value]='value' [tooltip]='tooltip'>
            <e-rangenavigator-series-collection>
                <e-rangenavigator-series [dataSource]='chartData' type='Area' xName='x' yName='y' width=2>
                </e-rangenavigator-series>
            </e-rangenavigator-series-collection>
        </ejs-rangenavigator>`
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public value?: Object[];
    public chartData?: Object[];
    public tooltip?: Object;
    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.value = [new Date('2017-09-01'), new Date('2018-02-01')];
        this.chartData = datasrc;
        this.tooltip = { enable: true, displayMode: 'Always' };
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));