Cross hair in React Stock chart component

20 Jan 202321 minutes to read

Crosshair has a vertical and horizontal line to view the value of the axis at mouse or touch position.

Crosshair lines can be enabled by using enable property in the crosshair.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { StockChartComponent, StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective, StockChartSeriesDirective, Inject, DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator, Export } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { chartData } from 'datasource.ts';
function App() {
    const primaryxAxis = {
        valueType: 'DateTime',
        majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
        majorTickLines: { color: 'transparent' }
    };
    const primaryyAxis = {
        labelFormat: 'n0',
        majorTickLines: { width: 0 }
    };
    const crosshair = { enable: true };
    return <StockChartComponent id='stockcharts' primaryXAxis={primaryxAxis} primaryYAxis={primaryyAxis} crosshair={crosshair} height='350' title='AAPL Stock Price'>
                     <Inject services={[DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines, EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, Export, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator]}/>
                      <StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                            <StockChartSeriesDirective dataSource={chartData} type='Candle' animation={{ enable: true }}>
                            </StockChartSeriesDirective>
                        </StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                  </StockChartComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { AxisModel, CrosshairSettingsModel,FontModel }
from'@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { StockChartComponent, StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective, StockChartSeriesDirective, Inject, DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator, Export } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { chartData } from 'datasource.ts';

function App() {

    const primaryxAxis: AxisModel= {
            valueType: 'DateTime',
            majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
            majorTickLines: { color: 'transparent' }
    };
    const primaryyAxis: AxisModel= {
            labelFormat: 'n0',
            majorTickLines: { width: 0 }
    };
    const crosshair: CrosshairSettingsModel ={ enable: true } ;

            return <StockChartComponent id='stockcharts'
                    primaryXAxis={ primaryxAxis }
                    primaryYAxis={ primaryyAxis }
                    crosshair={crosshair}
                    height='350'
                    title='AAPL Stock Price'>
                     <Inject services={[DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines,EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, Export,       AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator]}/>
                      <StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                            <StockChartSeriesDirective dataSource={chartData}  type='Candle' animation={{ enable: true }}>
                            </StockChartSeriesDirective>
                        </StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                  </StockChartComponent>

};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Tooltip for axis

Tooltip label for an axis can be enabled by using enableproperty of crosshairTooltip in the corresponding axis.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { StockChartComponent, StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective, StockChartSeriesDirective, Inject, DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator, Export } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { chartData } from 'datasource.ts';
function App() {
    const primaryxAxis = {
        valueType: 'DateTime',
        majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
        majorTickLines: { color: 'transparent' },
        crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const primaryyAxis = {
        majorTickLines: { width: 0 },
        crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const crosshair = { enable: true };
    return <StockChartComponent id='stockcharts' primaryXAxis={primaryxAxis} primaryYAxis={primaryyAxis} crosshair={crosshair} height='350' title='AAPL Stock Price'>
                     <Inject services={[DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines, EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, Export, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator]}/>
                      <StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                            <StockChartSeriesDirective dataSource={chartData} type='Candle' animation={{ enable: true }}>
                            </StockChartSeriesDirective>
                        </StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                  </StockChartComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { AxisModel, CrosshairSettingsModel,FontModel }
from'@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { StockChartComponent, StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective, StockChartSeriesDirective, Inject, DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator, Export } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { chartData } from 'datasource.ts';

function App() {

    const primaryxAxis: AxisModel= {
            valueType: 'DateTime',
            majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
            majorTickLines: { color: 'transparent' },
            crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const primaryyAxis: AxisModel= {
            majorTickLines: { width: 0 },
            crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const crosshair: CrosshairSettingsModel ={ enable: true } ;

            return <StockChartComponent id='stockcharts'
                    primaryXAxis={ primaryxAxis }
                    primaryYAxis={ primaryyAxis }
                    crosshair={crosshair}
                    height='350'
                    title='AAPL Stock Price'>
                     <Inject services={[DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines,EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, Export,       AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator]}/>
                      <StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                            <StockChartSeriesDirective dataSource={chartData}  type='Candle' animation={{ enable: true }}>
                            </StockChartSeriesDirective>
                        </StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                  </StockChartComponent>

};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Customization

The fill and textStyleproperty of the crosshairTooltip is used to customize the background color and font style of the crosshair label respectively. Color and width of the crosshair line can be customized by using the line property in the crosshair.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { StockChartComponent, StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective, StockChartSeriesDirective, Inject, DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator, Export } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { chartData } from 'datasource.ts';
function App() {
    const primaryxAxis = {
        valueType: 'DateTime',
        majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
        majorTickLines: { color: 'transparent' },
        crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const primaryyAxis = {
        labelFormat: 'n0',
        majorTickLines: { width: 0 },
        crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const crosshair = { enable: true, line: { width: 2, color: 'green' } };
    return <StockChartComponent id='stockcharts' primaryXAxis={primaryxAxis} primaryYAxis={primaryyAxis} crosshair={crosshair} height='350' title='AAPL Stock Price'>
                     <Inject services={[DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines, EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, Export, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator]}/>
                      <StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                            <StockChartSeriesDirective dataSource={chartData} type='Candle' animation={{ enable: true }}>
                            </StockChartSeriesDirective>
                        </StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                  </StockChartComponent>;
}
;
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import { AxisModel, CrosshairSettingsModel,FontModel }
from'@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { StockChartComponent, StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective, StockChartSeriesDirective, Inject, DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator, Export } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-charts';
import { chartData } from 'datasource.ts';

function App() {

    const primaryxAxis: AxisModel= {
            valueType: 'DateTime',
            majorGridLines: { width: 0 },
            majorTickLines: { color: 'transparent' },
            crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const primaryyAxis: AxisModel= {
            labelFormat: 'n0',
            majorTickLines: { width: 0 },
            crosshairTooltip: { enable: true }
    };
    const crosshair: CrosshairSettingsModel ={ enable: true, line: { width: 2, color: 'green' } };

            return <StockChartComponent id='stockcharts'
                    primaryXAxis={ primaryxAxis }
                    primaryYAxis={ primaryyAxis }
                    crosshair={crosshair}
                    height='350'
                    title='AAPL Stock Price'>
                     <Inject services={[DateTime, Tooltip, RangeTooltip, Crosshair, LineSeries, SplineSeries, CandleSeries, HiloOpenCloseSeries, HiloSeries, RangeAreaSeries, Trendlines,EmaIndicator, RsiIndicator, BollingerBands, TmaIndicator, MomentumIndicator, SmaIndicator, AtrIndicator, Export,       AccumulationDistributionIndicator, MacdIndicator, StochasticIndicator]}/>
                      <StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                            <StockChartSeriesDirective dataSource={chartData}  type='Candle' animation={{ enable: true }}>
                            </StockChartSeriesDirective>
                        </StockChartSeriesCollectionDirective>
                  </StockChartComponent>

};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("charts"));

Note: To use crosshair feature, we need to inject Crosshair module <Inject services={[Crosshair]}> method.