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Horseshoe meter API reference

Example

An adjustable Horseshoe meter with a large label
<script>
    new RGraph.Horseshoe({
        id: 'cvs',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 63,
        options: {
            labelsCenterSize: 85,
            labelsCenterUnitsPost: '%',
            adjustable: true
        }
    }).draw();
</script>

Properties

You can use these properties to control how the chart appears. You can set them by including them in the options section of the configuration as shown above.

Chart configuration properties

Name: centerx
Description: 
If required, you can position the Horseshoe meter using this instead of the margins. As well as a number, that gives the exact coordinate of the center position of the meter, this can also be a string like this: centerx: '+25' or this: centerx: '-40' which is then used to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: centery
Description: 
If required, you can position the Horseshoe meter using this instead of the margins. As well as a number, that gives the exact coordinate of the center position of the meter, this can also be a string like this: centery: '+25' or this: centery: '-40' which is then used to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: radius
Description: 
If required, you can size the Horseshoe meter using this instead of the margins. As well as a number, that gives the exact size of the meter, this can also be a string like this: radius: '+25' or this: radius: '-40' which is then used to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: width
Description: 
This is the width of the circular bar that makes up the chart.
Default: 10

Margin properties

Name: marginLeft
Description: 
The left margin of the chart.
Default: 15
Name: marginRight
Description: 
The right margin of the chart.
Default: 15
Name: marginTop
Description: 
The top margin of the chart.
Default: 15
Name: marginBottom
Description: 
The bottom margin of the chart.
Default: 15

Color properties

Name: colors
Description: 
The color of the indicator bars (foreground and background). These can be solid colors or gradients that you create.
Default: ['black','#eee']
Name: backgroundColor
Description: 
The background color of the whole canvas.
Default: null (ie no color)

Labels and text properties

Name: textAccessible
Description: 
A new feature in 2016 that allows you to use dom text in place of canvas text. It makes for much higher quality text that you can also select if desired (for copy/paste operations). It won't fit all situations and you can read more about the DOM text feature here. A good way to control borders/margins/padding etc is not to set them on the canvas but to wrap the canvas in a div and set them on that like this:
<div style="margin-left: 50px; display: inline-block">
    <canvas id="cvs" width="650" height="250"></canvas>
</div>
Default: false
Name: textAccessibleOverflow
Description: 
This can be visible or hidden and it controls whether the text is clipped to the edges of the canvas. It defaults to be visible and means you can set small margins if you wish.
Default: visible
Name: textAccessiblePointerevents
Description: 
This controls whether the dom text responds to mouse-based events or not (it sets the pointer-events css property to none).
Default: true
Name: textFont
Description: 
The font used to render the text.
Default: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif
Name: textColor
Description: 
The color of the label.
Default: black
Name: textSize
Description: 
The size of the text (in points).
Default: 70
Name: textBold
Description: 
Whether the text on the chart is bold or not.
Default: false
Name: textItalic
Description: 
Whether the text on the chart is italic or not.
Default: false
Name: labelsCenter
Description: 
Whether the center label is displayed or not.
Default: true
Name: labelsCenterFont
Description: 
The font used by the labels. Because there's only one label you might as well use the textFont property.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterSize
Description: 
The size of the labels. Because there's only one label you might as well use the textSize property.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterColor
Description: 
The color of the labels. Because there's only one label you might as well use the textColor property.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterBold
Description: 
Whether the labels are bold or not. Because there's only one label you might as well use the textBold property.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterItalic
Description: 
Whether the labels are italic or not. Because there's only one label you might as well use the textItalic property.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterDecimals
Description: 
The number of decimals that are shown on the label.
Default:  0
Name: labelsCenterUnitsPre
Description: 
These units are prepended to the number.
Default: [an empty string]
Name: labelsCenterUnitsPost
Description: 
These units are appended to the number.
Default: [an empty string]
Name: labelsCenterPoint
Description: 
The character that's used as the decimal point.
Default: .
Name: labelsCenterThousand
Description: 
The character that's used as the thousand separator.
Default: ,
Name: labelsCenterSpecific
Description: 
If you want to specify your own label, which can be textual, you can use this property. You can also use formatted labels.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterSpecificFormattedDecimals
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the number of decimals that are applied to the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default:  0
Name: labelsCenterSpecificFormattedPoint
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the decimal point character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: .
Name: labelsCenterSpecificFormattedThousand
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the thousand separator character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: ,
Name: labelsCenterSpecificFormattedUnitsPre
Description: 
When using formatted labels these are the units that are prepended to the number with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: labelsCenterSpecificFormattedUnitsPost
Description: 
When using formatted labels these are the units that are appended to the number with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: labelsCenterOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the horizontal direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: labelsCenterOffsety
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the vertical direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: text
Description: 
This allows you to add custom text to your chart if you want to. There's a dedicated page that describes this option here.
Default: null

Interactive features properties

Name: contextmenu
Description: 
An array of context menu items. More information about context menus is here.
Default: An empty array
Name: annotatable
Description: 
Whether annotations are enabled for the chart (ie you can draw on the chart interactively.
Default: false
Name: annotatableColor
Description: 
If you do not allow the use of the palette, then this will be the only color allowed for annotations.
Default: black
Name: annotatableLinewidth
Description: 
This is the linewidth of the annotations.
Default: 1
Name: adjustable
Description: 
Defaulting to false, this determines whether your meter will be adjustable (click the bar and drag it).
Default: false

Miscellaneous properties

Name: endsRadius
Description: 
Use this property to specify the radius of the ends of the chart.
Default: null
Name: endsColor
Description: 
If you want to specify the color of the ends of the meter then you can use this property. Otherwise, they default to be the same color as the meter.
Default: null
Name: clearto
Description: 
This is used in animations and effects as the default color to use when clearing the canvas.
Default: null
Name: responsive
Description: 
This option is new to the July 2023 release (v6.13) and allows you to inline the responsive configuration instead of appending it on to the end of the object it as a function. The documentation and demo pages have been updated to use this new option. You can read more about the responsive feature by reading the responsive configuration page.
Default: null

Methods

obj.get(name)
An accessor that you can use to retrieve the values of properties.

obj.set(name, value)
An accessor that you can use to set the values of properties.

obj.getValue(event or angle)

This method can be used to get the value at a particular point when you click on the chart (or you can provide an angle, measured in radians). An example:

obj.canvas.onclick = function (e)
{
    var obj   = e.target.__object__;
    var value = obj.getValue(e);
    // var value = obj.getValue(3.14); // You can also provide an angle
    
    // ...
}

obj.getAngle(event or value)
This method will return you an appropriate angle for the given value (or you can provide an event object).

obj.on(event, function)

This method can be used to set an event listener on an object. It operates similarly to the jquery on function. The first argument is the event that you wish to attach to and the second is the handler function. For example:

obj.on('draw', function (obj)
{
    // Put event code here
});

The function is useful if you use method chaining when creating your charts:

var obj = new RGraph.Horseshoe({
    id: 'cvs',
    min: 0,
    max: 100,
    value: 56,
    options: {
    }
}).on('draw', function (e, shape)
{
    // Put the draw event code here
})
.on('click', function (e, shape)
{
    // Handle the click event
}).draw();
obj.exec(function)

The exec function is documented here.


obj.responsive(configuration)

The responsive function helps your charts respond to different browser window sizes and screen resolutions. For example, for smaller screens, you might want to have angled labels or show shorter versions of them completely.

Update: There is now the responsive configuration option available to you and this is now the preferred method of configuration.

The responsive function and configuration option are documented on their own page here.

Events

RGraph supports custom events that allow you to easily add interactivity to your charts if required. The following events are available:

For example:
new RGraph.Horseshoe({
    id: 'cvs',
    min: 0,
    max: 100,
    value: 56,
    options: {
    }
}).on('draw', function (obj)
{
    console.log('The draw event has fired');
    
}).draw();

Effects

These effects are available and can be used instead of the draw function. There are also generic effects available which you can see here: Generic effects and transitions
<script>
    //
    // Optional callback function that's called when the effect is complete
    //
    function myCallback (obj)
    {
        // ...
    }

    obj = new RGraph.Horseshoe({
        id: 'cvs',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 56,
        options: {
            marginLeft: 35
        }
    }).grow({frames: 60}, myCallback)
</script>