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I've got a question regard Chart.js.
I've drawn multiple piecharts using the documentation provided. I was wondering if on click of a certain slice of one of the charts, I can make an ajax call depending on the value of that slice?
For example, if this is my data
var data = [
{
value: 300,
color:"#F7464A",
highlight: "#FF5A5E",
label: "Red"
},
{
value: 50,
color: "#46BFBD",
highlight: "#5AD3D1",
label: "Green"
},
{
value: 100,
color: "#FDB45C",
highlight: "#FFC870",
label: "Yellow"
}
],
is it possible for me to click on the Red labelled slice and call a url of the following form:
example.com?label=red&value=300? If yes, how do I go about this?
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Update: As @Soham Shetty comments, getSegmentsAtEvent(event) only works for 1.x and for 2.x getElementsAtEvent should be used.
.getElementsAtEvent(e)
Looks for the element under the event point, then returns all elements at the same data index. This is used internally for 'label' mode highlighting.
Calling
getElementsAtEvent(event)on your Chart instance passing an argument of an event, or jQuery event, will return the point elements that are at that the same position of that event.canvas.onclick = function(evt){ var activePoints = myLineChart.getElementsAtEvent(evt); // => activePoints is an array of points on the canvas that are at the same position as the click event. };
Example: https://jsfiddle.net/u1szh96g/208/
Original answer (valid for Chart.js 1.x version):
You can achieve this using getSegmentsAtEvent(event)
Calling
getSegmentsAtEvent(event)on your Chart instance passing an argument of an event, or jQuery event, will return the segment elements that are at that the same position of that event.
From: Prototype Methods
So you can do:
$("#myChart").click(
function(evt){
var activePoints = myNewChart.getSegmentsAtEvent(evt);
/* do something */
}
);
Here is a full working example:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="Chart.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var data = [
{
value: 300,
color:"#F7464A",
highlight: "#FF5A5E",
label: "Red"
},
{
value: 50,
color: "#46BFBD",
highlight: "#5AD3D1",
label: "Green"
},
{
value: 100,
color: "#FDB45C",
highlight: "#FFC870",
label: "Yellow"
}
];
$(document).ready(
function () {
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext("2d");
var myNewChart = new Chart(ctx).Pie(data);
$("#myChart").click(
function(evt){
var activePoints = myNewChart.getSegmentsAtEvent(evt);
var url = "http://example.com/?label=" + activePoints[0].label + "&value=" + activePoints[0].value;
alert(url);
}
);
}
);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
</body>
</html>
Using Chart.JS version 2.1.3, answers older than this one aren't valid anymore. Using getSegmentsAtEvent(event) method will output on console this message:
getSegmentsAtEvent is not a function
So i think it must be removed. I didn't read any changelog to be honest. To resolve that, just use getElementsAtEvent(event) method, as it can be found on the Docs.
Below it can be found the script to obtain effectively clicked slice label and value. Note that also retrieving label and value is slightly different.
var ctx = document.getElementById("chart-area").getContext("2d");
var chart = new Chart(ctx, config);
document.getElementById("chart-area").onclick = function(evt)
{
var activePoints = chart.getElementsAtEvent(evt);
if(activePoints.length > 0)
{
//get the internal index of slice in pie chart
var clickedElementindex = activePoints[0]["_index"];
//get specific label by index
var label = chart.data.labels[clickedElementindex];
//get value by index
var value = chart.data.datasets[0].data[clickedElementindex];
/* other stuff that requires slice's label and value */
}
}
Hope it helps.
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Chart.js 2.0 has made this even easier.
You can find it under common chart configuration in the documentation. Should work on more then pie graphs.
options:{
onClick: graphClickEvent
}
function graphClickEvent(event, array){
if(array[0]){
foo.bar;
}
}
It triggers on the entire chart, but if you click on a pie the model of that pie including index which can be used to get the value.
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