Tool tip in EJ2 JavaScript Stock chart control
23 Jun 202316 minutes to read
StockChart will display details about the points through tooltip, when the mouse is moved over the point.
Default tooltip
By default, tooltip is not visible. Enable the tooltip by setting enable property to true and by injecting Tooltip module using StockChart.Inject(Tooltip).
var stockChart = new ej.charts.StockChart({
primaryXAxis: {
valueType: 'DateTime'
},
series: [
{
type: 'Candle',
dataSource: chartData
}],
title: 'Unemployment Rates 1975-2010',
//Default tooltip for StockChart
tooltip: {enable: true}
});
stockChart.appendTo('#element');<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Animation</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="./index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>Format the tooltip
By default, tooltip shows information of x and y value in points. In addition to that, you can show more information in tooltip. For example the format ${series.name} ${point.x} shows series name and point x value.
var stockChart = new ej.charts.StockChart({
primaryXAxis: {
valueType: 'DateTime'
},
series: [
{
type: 'Candle',
dataSource: chartData
}],
title: 'Unemployment Rates 1975-2010',
tooltip: {
enable: true,
//tooltip format for StockChart
header: 'Unemployment',
format: '<b>${point.x} : ${point.y}</b>'
}
});
stockChart.appendTo('#element');<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Animation</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="./index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>Position the tooltip
By default, the tooltip is positioned at the left side of the stock chart. You can move the tooltip along with the mouse by setting Nearest to the position property.
var stockChart = new ej.charts.StockChart({
primaryXAxis: {
valueType: 'DateTime'
},
series: [
{
type: 'Candle',
dataSource: chartData
}],
title: 'Unemployment Rates 1975-2010',
tooltip: {
enable: true,
shared: true,
position: 'Nearest'
}
});
stockChart.appendTo('#element');<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Animation</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="./index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>Customize the appearance of the tooltip
The fill and border properties are used to customize the background color and border of the tooltip respectively. The textStyle property in the tooltip is used to customize the font of the tooltip text.
var chartData = [
{ x: new Date(1975, 0, 1), y: 16, y1: 10, y2: 4.5 },
{ x: new Date(1980, 0, 1), y: 12.5, y1: 7.5, y2: 5 },
{ x: new Date(1985, 0, 1), y: 19, y1: 11, y2: 6.5 },
{ x: new Date(1990, 0, 1), y: 14.4, y1: 7, y2: 4.4 },
{ x: new Date(1995, 0, 1), y: 11.5, y1: 8, y2: 5 },
{ x: new Date(2000, 0, 1), y: 14, y1: 6, y2: 1.5 },
{ x: new Date(2005, 0, 1), y: 10, y1: 3.5, y2: 2.5 },
{ x: new Date(2010, 0, 1), y: 16, y1: 7, y2: 3.7 }
];
var stockChart = new ej.charts.StockChart({
primaryXAxis: {
title: 'Years',
lineStyle: { width: 0 },
labelFormat: 'y',
intervalType: 'Years',
valueType: 'DateTime',
edgeLabelPlacement: 'Shift'
},
primaryYAxis:
{
title: 'Percentage (%)',
minimum: 0, maximum: 20, interval: 2,
labelFormat: '{value}%'
},
series: [
{
type: 'StepLine',
dataSource: chartData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
width: 2, name: 'China',
marker: {
visible: true, width: 10, height: 10
},
},
{
type: 'StepLine',
dataSource: chartData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y1',
width: 2, name: 'Australia',
marker: {
visible: true, width: 10, height: 10
},
},
{
type: 'StepLine',
dataSource: chartData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y2',
width: 2, name: 'Japan',
marker: {
visible: true, width: 10, height: 10
},
},
],
title: 'Unemployment Rates 1975-2010',
tooltip: {
enable: true,
format: '${series.name} ${point.x} : ${point.y}',
//fill for tooltip
fill: '#7bb4eb',
//border for tooltip
border: {
width: 2,
color: 'grey'
}
}
});
stockChart.appendTo('#element');<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
<title>EJ2 Animation</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
<link href="./index.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="http://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="element"></div>
</div>
<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}
</script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>