Rendering Methods in JavaScript Chart control

Chart uses following two rendering methods.

• SVG
• Canvas

SVG

SVG is used to render Chart by default for all browsers expect IE8 and old versions.

Canvas

You can switch between SVG and Canvas rendering by using the enableCanvas option. The canvas mode rendering is used in the following scenarios,

• Plotting large number of data points.
• Performing high frequency live updates.

Limitations

• Animation is not supported.