I have a Highcharts line graph that has dataLabels configured in the plotOptions. This is all working well and I have a nice label displayed over each point.
plotOptions: {
line: {
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
formatter: function() {
return '$' + Highcharts.numberFormat(Math.round(this.y),0,0,",");
}
}
}
}
However, is there a way to set an interval that determines how often the dataLabels appear over the points? I want to show every point in my graph, but due to space constraints, only show the dataLabel every 2 or 3 points.
Edit:
Difficulty level: My graph has multiple y-axes, uses datetime for the x-axis, and has irregular data.
http://jsfiddle.net/SQkMW/68/
Yes, you could just return a blank string if the point x mod 2 is 0, for every 2nd to show up, for example (http://jsfiddle.net/HzYtV/):
formatter: function() {
if(this.point.x % 2 == 0) return '';
return this.y +'mm';
}
For datetime axis you will have to create a variable and increment it manually http://jsfiddle.net/SQkMW/69/
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I'm just wondering can anyone tell me how I'd go about formatting my x-axis labels on my highchart?
I've set min:0 and max:300 but I want to trim the last digit on the min and max. i.e 280 would become 28.
The code I thought would work was:
labels: {
formatter: function () {
return this.value.substring(0, 3);
}
}
But that seems to crash the highchart. Any Ideas?
this.value is a number, not a string. You could convert to a string and then take a substring.
xAxis: {
labels: {
formatter: function () {
return this.value.toString().substring(0, 2);
}
}
},
But, it's not a very robust solution. If your numbers grow above 999, you'll still only get the first 2 digits. I think you'd be better off with something like this:
xAxis: {
labels: {
formatter: function () {
// return this.value.toString().substring(0, 2);
return Math.round(this.value/10);
}
}
},
Also, be aware that you will have to do this same transformation to tooltips and point labels. It might make more sense to transform your data, than to transform all the ways highcharts talks about your data.
http://jsfiddle.net/3y8dnh5u/2/
I have a line chart, with these bits of code:
tooltip: {
formatter: function() {
var tmp = '<b>'+this.series.name+'</b>';
return tmp;
}
}
and
states: {
hover: {
lineWidth: 8
}
}
}
And by and large, it works perfectly.
But if two lines share a point (they both pass through x = 0, y = 4, for example), and the mousecursor is closer to that point than the next ones along the lines, then the tooltip always returns the first series name, rather than that of whichever line is currently highlighted by hovering over it.
Is there a simple fix?
Replace the line type series with the scatter and declare lineWidth:2 param. Then set stickyTracking as false.
I'm eager to find out if its possible to place last value in series to yAxis in highcharts.
It supposed to be simple label with last point value shown on the right side of the charts, dinamically chanhing when we add points to the chart.
thanks!
There are probably several methods.
One that I would use can be seen in this example:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/zXLZA/
data: [7,12,16,32,{y:64,dataLabels:{enabled:true}}]
This makes use of the datalabels, which are enabled only for the last data point.
The downside to this is that you need to specify that in your data. Not hard to do, but may not fit your needs.
Another way would be to use a second y axis, and the tickPositions property:
http://jsfiddle.net/jlbriggs/zXLZA/4/
Another possible solution is to use tickPositioner with second yAxis. In such case with dynamic data, everything will be computed itself, see: http://jsfiddle.net/3c4tU/
tickPositioner: function(min,max){
var data = this.chart.yAxis[0].series[0].processedYData;
//last point
return [data[data.length-1]];
}
to get the highest value in any axis and series, use the function getExtreme(). It will find you the extreme value (highest or lowest depending of the argument you put behind). Select the chart, the axis and the series before.
here's an example: (whith your chart associated to the variable 'yourChart')
var highestValue = yourChart.yAxis[0].getExtremes().dataMax;
It will return the highest value of the first Y-axis' associated series.
While this below will return the lowest of the second X-axis' associated series:
var lowestValue = yourChart.xAxis[1].getExtremes().dataMin;
My recommended solution:
plotOptions: {
areaspline: {
fillOpacity: 0.2,
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
borderRadius: 5,
backgroundColor: 'rgba(252, 255, 197, 0.7)',
borderWidth: 1,
borderColor: '#AAA',
y: -6,
formatter: function() {
if (this.x == this.series.data[this.series.data.length-1].x) {
return this.series.name + ': '+this.y;
} else {
return null;
}
}
}
}
}
we can make use of formatter for this
here is an example to display the last value
http://jsfiddle.net/kgNy4/1/
here is an example to display maximum value
http://jsfiddle.net/kgNy4/
In the example I have put
dataLabels: {
enabled: true
}
so that formatter function will be executed
I hope this will be useful for you
I'm pretty clueless at this point, on some of my charts I am giving these options:
var plotOptions, yAxis;
plotOptions = {
series: {
compare: 'value'
}
};
yAxis = {
labels: {
formatter: function() {
return this.value;
}
},
plotLines: [
{
value: 0,
width: 2,
color: 'silver'
}
]
};
And the chart still displays percentages in the y-axis, just without the % sign. I did a console.log of 'this' in the formatter tag, and the value attribute is correct (that is, returning the value instead of a percentage, but it doesn't seem to be applying it to the chart. Any thoughts?
I actually just ended up using a spline chart instead. Basically what I was trying to say was that the y-axis was displaying the same values where I used "compare: 'percentage'" or "compare: 'value'", but the spline chart seems to be rendering the labels as the actual data points (4000 as opposed to 25%).
When styling a chart axis, a common style in publications is to include the unit or percentage sign only on the topmost label of the Y-axis. I am trying to figure out how to do this in Highcharts.
I know I can hard-code a number, like this:
yAxis: {
labels: {
formatter: function() {
if ( this.value == 12 ) {
return this.value + "%";
} else {
return this.value;
}
}
},
But this is not a very flexible solution.
Is there a way to test for the first (or nth) value displayed? Is there a way to get the index of a value within the formatter function?
2013 Update
This works in most circumstances:
if ( this.value == this.axis.getExtremes().max )
return this.value + '%';
else
return this.value;
However, it does not work if you have yAxis.endOnTick set to false—because in that case the maximum value of the axis is not the same as the highest label on the axis.
Is there a way to get that highest label from within the formatter function?
As far as I know, it isn't possible to find the 'nth' item on an axis, but first and last can be dome using the properties this.isFirst and this.isLast' in stead of checkingthis.value`
If you want to, you can also access the axis itself directly using this.axis, so you should be able to run whatever complex logic you want on the axis itself..
With 4.2.x version of highchart I have achieved it with following code
labels: {
formatter: function () {
if(this.isFirst)
return this.value + "%";
else
return this.value;
}
}
}
You could also add [%] to the name of the yAxis. Then you wouldn't have to tamper with the ticks.
You can draw at max value plotLine and after extremes are changed - remove and add new one). Then label for that plotLine you can set as '%' and move to the left side.
Another solution is to use axis title - set it to top and remove rotation.
The last solutions (or rather workaround) is to use second yAxis, and set there min and max(or tickPositions), and show only last label, and first hide.