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Horizontal Progress bar API reference

Example

A curved Horizontal Progress bar with tooltips
<script>
    new RGraph.HProgress({
        id: 'cvs',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 63,
        options: {
            tooltips: 'Results:%{key}',
            tooltipsFormattedKeyLabels: ['Richard'],
            colors: ['red','blue'],
            textSize: 16,
            corners: 'round',
            cornersRoundRadius: 50,
            tooltipsCss: {
                fontSize: '16pt',
                textAlign: 'left'
            }
        }
    }).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 above.

Margin properties

Name: marginLeft
Description: 
The left margin of the chart, (the margin is where the labels and title are)).
Default: 35
Name: marginRight
Description: 
The right margin of the chart, (the margin is where the labels and title are).
Default: 35
Name: marginTop
Description: 
The top margin of the chart, (the margin is where the labels and title are).
Default: 35
Name: marginBottom
Description: 
The bottom margin of the chart, (the margin is where the labels and title are).
Default: 35
Name: marginInner
Description: 
This is the margin that can be applied to the inside of the progress bar.
Default:  0

Tickmark properties

Name: tickmarksColor
Description: 
The color used for tickmarks.
Default: black
Name: tickmarksOuterCount
Description: 
How many outer tickmarks there are.
Default:  0
Name: tickmarksInnerCount
Description: 
How many inner tickmarks there are.
Default:  0

Color properties

Name: colors
Description: 
The colors of the bar(s). This can be a solid color or a gradient that you create.
Default: [#0c0]
Name: colorsStrokeInner
Description: 
This is the stroke color used for the inner part of the chart.
Default: #999
Name: colorsStrokeOuter
Description: 
This is the stroke color used for the outer part of the chart.
Default: #999
Name: backgroundColor
Description: 
The background color.
Default: #eee

Shadow properties

Name: shadow
Description: 
Whether the progress bar has a shadow.
Default: false
Name: shadowOffsetx
Description: 
The X offset of the progress bar shadow.
Default: 3
Name: shadowOffsety
Description: 
The Y offset of the progress bar shadow.
Default: 3
Name: shadowColor
Description: 
The color of the shadow.
Default: rgba(0,0,0,0.5)
Name: shadowBlur
Description: 
The blurring effect that is applied to the shadow.
Default: 3

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 labels.
Default: black
Name: textSize
Description: 
The size of the text (in points).
Default: 12
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: labelsPosition
Description: 
This determines whether the labels are placed on the top or the bottom of the progress bar.
Default: bottom
Name: labelsSpecific
Description: 
If you want to specify your own labels, which can be textual, you can use this. This can also be a string when using formatted labels.
Default: null
Name: labelsSpecificFormattedDecimals
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the number of decimals that are applied to the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default:  0
Name: labelsSpecificFormattedPoint
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the decimal point character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: .
Name: labelsSpecificFormattedThousand
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the thousand separator character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: ,
Name: labelsSpecificFormattedUnitsPre
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: labelsSpecificFormattedUnitsPost
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: labelsCount
Description: 
This controls how many labels are shown as part of the scale. If you don't want any labels at all you should use this code instead of setting this property to 0: obj.set('labelsSpecific', []);. This option is also used to determine how many labels there are when you use formatted labels.
Default: 10
Name: labelsOffsetx
Description: 
This can be used to move the labels in the X-direction.
Default:  0
Name: labelsOffsety
Description: 
This can be used to move the labels in the Y-direction.
Default:  0
Name: labelsFont
Description: 
The font used by the labels.
Default: null
Name: labelsSize
Description: 
The size of the labels.
Default: null
Name: labelsColor
Description: 
The color of the labels.
Default: null
Name: labelsBold
Description: 
Whether the labels are bold or not.
Default: null
Name: labelsItalic
Description: 
Whether the labels are italic or not.
Default: null
Name: labelsInner
Description: 
Whether a label is displayed just above the progress bar.
Default: false
Name: labelsInnerFont
Description: 
The font used by the inner label.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerSize
Description: 
The size of the inner label.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerColor
Description: 
The color of the inner label.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerBold
Description: 
Whether the inner label is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerItalic
Description: 
Whether the inner label is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerBackgroundFill
Description: 
This is used as the color of the background of the label.
Default: rgba(255,255,255,0.7)
Name: labelsInnerDecimals
Description: 
The number of decimals on the inner label.
Default:  0
Name: labelsInnerUnitsPre
Description: 
The units that are prepended to the inner label.
Default: [an empty string]
Name: labelsInnerUnitsPost
Description: 
The units that are appended to the inner label.
Default: [an empty string]
Name: labelsInnerPoint
Description: 
The decimal point separator for the inner label.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerThousand
Description: 
The thousand separator for the inner label.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerBorder
Description: 
Whether the inner labels have a border or not.
Default: true
Name: labelsInnerBorderColor
Description: 
The color of the inner border.
Default: #ccc
Name: labelsInnerBorderLinewidth
Description: 
The linewidth of the inner labels border.
Default: 1
Name: labelsInnerSpecific
Description: 
This can be a string that's used as the label instead of the value.
Default: null
Name: labelsInnerOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the horizontal direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: labelsInnerOffsety
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

Scale properties

Name: scaleUnitsPre
Description: 
The units that the scale is measured in (these are prepended to the number).
Default: none
Name: scaleUnitsPost
Description: 
The units that the scale is measured in (these are appended to the number).
Default: none
Name: scaleDecimals
Description: 
The number of decimal places to display for the scale.
Default:  0
Name: scalePoint
Description: 
The character that's used as the decimal point.
Default: .
Name: scaleThousand
Description: 
The character that's used as the thousand separator.
Default: ,

Title properties

Name: title
Description: 
The title of the chart, if any.
Default: null
Name: titleFont
Description: 
The font that the title is rendered in. If not specified the textFont setting is used (usually Arial).
Default: null
Name: titleSize
Description: 
The size of the title. If not specified the size is usually 4pt bigger than the textSize setting.
Default: null
Name: titleBold
Description: 
Whether the title is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: titleItalic
Description: 
Whether the title is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: titleColor
Description: 
The color of the title.
Default: null
Name: titleX
Description: 
To give the exact X coordinate for the title - use this. This can also be a string like this: "-5" - in which case it's converted to a number and added to the calculated coordinate - allowing you to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: titleY
Description: 
To give the exact Y coordinate for the title - use this. This can also be a string like this: "-5" - in which case it's converted to a number and added to the calculated coordinate - allowing you to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: titleHalign
Description: 
The horizontal alignment of the title.
Default: center (can change depending on other options)
Name: titleValign
Description: 
The vertical alignment of the title.
Default: center (can change depending on other options)
Name: titleOffsetx
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the title in the horizontal direction (positive values adjust the title to the right and negative values adjust it to the left).
Default:  0
Name: titleOffsety
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the title in the vertical direction (positive values adjust the title downwards and negative values adjust it upwards).
Default:  0
Name: titleSubtitle
Description: 
The subtitle of the chart. If a subtitle is specified the title is moved up to accommodate it. As such you might need to give a larger marginTop value.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleSize
Description: 
The size of the font used to render the subtitle.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleColor
Description: 
The color of the subtitle.
Default: #aaa
Name: titleSubtitleFont
Description: 
The font used to render the subtitle.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleBold
Description: 
Whether the subtitle is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleItalic
Description: 
Whether the subtitle is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleOffsetx
Description: 
Use this property to adjust the horizontal position of the subtitle.
Default:  0
Name: titleSubtitleOffsety
Description: 
Use this property to adjust the vertical position of the subtitle.
Default:  0

Interactive features properties

Name: tooltips
Description: 
An array, albeit one element only. This is shown when the progress bar is clicked on. This can contain html.
Default: An empty array
Name: tooltipsEffect
Description: 
The effect used for showing tooltips. Possible values are slide fade or none.
Default: slide
Name: tooltipsOverride
Description: 
If you wish to handle showing tooltips yourself, this should be a function object which does just that. There's more information on the tooltips documentation page.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsNohideonclear
Description: 
Not an option that you'll need particularly often if at all. Setting this to true means that when you call the RGraph.clear api function the tooltips do not get hidden.
Default: false
Name: tooltipsFormattedPoint
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings this is used as the point when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: .
Name: tooltipsFormattedThousand
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings this is used as the thousand separator when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: ,
Name: tooltipsFormattedDecimals
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings this specifies the number of decimals when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsFormattedUnitsPre
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings these units are prepended to the number when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: tooltipsFormattedUnitsPost
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings these units are appended to the number when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyColors
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings you can give specific colors for the %{key} option to use.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyColorsShape
Description: 
This is the shape that's used in the tooltip key. It can be square or circle
Default: square
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyColorsCss
Description: 
By using this property you can add css values to the key color shape that appears in the tooltip key. Note the property name is "color" and not "colors" like previous properties. It should be an object of css properties like this:
tooltipsFormattedKeyColorsCss : {
    border: "1px solid #ddd";
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyLabels
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings these are the labels that are displayed.
Default: [] (an empty array)
Name: tooltipsFormattedListType
Description: 
With this property you can switch between an unordered list (the default) and an ordered list. Possible values are ul and ol.
Default: ul
Name: tooltipsFormattedListItems
Description: 
This should be a two-dimension array of the list items that are to be shown for all of the tooltips. An example of this property is:
tooltipsFormattedListItems: [
    ['Bill','Jerry','Berty'], // First tooltip
    ['Gill','Carrie','Lucy'], // Second tooltip
    ['Pob','Nobby','Hilda']   // Third tooltip
]
You can use css to style this list - for example:
.RGraph_tooltip ul#rgraph_formatted_tooltips_list li {
    text-align: left;
    color: yellow;
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedTableHeaders
Description: 
When showing a table in the tooltips this can be an array of headers for the table. These are added to the tooltip using th tags.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedTableData
Description: 
This is the data that is added to the table. This is a 3-dimensional array so it's easy to make a mistake. See the example, copy the code from it and then modify it suit. You'll create fewer bugs this way.
Default: null)
Name: tooltipsPointer
Description: 
By default the tooltips have a small triangular pointer that points to the shape that was clicked on. You can turn this off with this property.
Default: true
Name: tooltipsPointerCss
Description: 
If you want any css values applied to the tooltips pointer (a css border, for example) then specify an object containing those values to this property. For example:
tooltipsPointerCss: {
    borderLeft: 'gray 2px solid',
    borderBottom: 'gray 2px solid'
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsPointerOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you to adjust the vertical position of the tooltips pointer.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsPointerOffsety
Description: 
This allows you to adjust the vertical position of the tooltips pointer (for example, if you add a border you may need to move it down slightly).
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsPositionStatic
Description: 
The new default (as of August 2020) is for tooltips to be positioned statically and not be dependent on the mouse position. If you don't want this for whatever reason, you can disable it with this setting. When you set it to false tooltips are positioned next to the mouse pointer.
Default: true
Name: tooltipsCss
Description: 
If you want to specify some css that gets applied to all of the tooltips, but don't want to use the RGraph.tooltips.style object (which gets applied to all of the tooltips on the page for every chart) you can use this property to give some per-object css for the tooltips. These are css styles that get applied to all of the tooltips for the specific object only. It should look like this:
tooltipsCss: {
    fontFamily: 'Verdana',
    fontSize: '20pt'
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsCssClass
Description: 
This is the name of the css class the tooltips use.
Default: RGraph_tooltip
Name: tooltipsOffsetx
Description: 
This property allows you to shift the tooltips left or right.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsOffsety
Description: 
This property allows you to shift the tooltips up or down.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsHotspotIgnore
Description: 
This can be a number of things and can be used to ignore certain tooltip hotspots - which can allow charts to the rear to be clickable. There's an example of this in the download archive called pie-tooltipshotspotignore.html. You can use the transparent color to allow the rear chart to be seen in such a case. It can be:
  • A single boolean value (ie true or false) to enable or disable all of the hotspots - true means the hotspot will be ignored
  • A single number (the zero-indexed number corresponding to the hotspot to ignore)
  • An array of numbers (the numbers are the indexes of hotspots to ignore)
  • An array of boolean true or false values - the position of these values correspond to the index(es) of the segments to ignore (for example [false, false, true, false, false] - true means the corresponding hotspot will be ignored)
Default: null
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 progress bar will be adjustable (click the bar and drag it).
Default: false

Key properties

The key properties are documented on the key documentation page.

Miscellaneous properties

Name: highlightStyle
Description: 
By default this is null but you can set it to a function if you wish so that function is called to do the chart highlighting. It's passed the shape object as an argument.
Default: null
Name: highlightStroke
Description: 
If you use tooltips, this controls the color of the highlight stroke.
Default: black
Name: highlightFill
Description: 
If you use tooltips, this controls the color of the highlight fill.
Default: rgba(255,255,255,0.5)
Name: highlightLinewidth
Description: 
This is the linewidth of the highlight stroke.
Default: 1
Name: borderInner
Description: 
This controls the inner border of the bar. If you're using a gradient you may wish to turn this off.
Default: true
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
Name: corners
Description: 
This can be square (the default) or round. When it's set to round the ends of the bars will have rounded corners. There's a demo in the download archive that demonstrates this called hprogress-rounded.html.
Default: square
Name: cornersRoundRadius
Description: 
This is the extent of the rounded corners. Bigger values mean rounder corners.
Default: 10

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.getShape(event)
This method makes it easy to get hold of which segment has been clicked on or hovered over. It returns an object which has the following indexes available:
object The chart object
x The X coordinate of the segment or bar
y The Y coordinate of the segment or bar
width The width of the segment or bar
height The height of the segment or bar
dataset For a Horizontal Progress bar there's only ever one dataset so this is always zero.
index This is the zero-indexed index of the relevant segment. If your progress bar only has one segment then this will be zero.
sequentialIndex As there's only ever one dataset on a progress bar this is exactly the same as the index value.
tooltip If a tooltip is associated with this segment this will be it.id: strings are expanded for you (where the tooltip text is retrieved from the html tag with the matching ID).
<script>
    hprogress.canvas.onclick = function (e)
    {
        RGraph.redraw();
    
        var canvas  = e.target,
            obj     = canvas.__object__,
            shape   = obj.getShape(e);

        if (shape) {
            var x      = shape.x,
                y      = shape.y,
                width  = shape.width,
                height = shape.height;
            
            obj.path(
                'b r % % % % s black f red',
                x, y, width, height
            );
        }
    }
</script>


obj.getValue(mixed)

This method can be used to get the value at a particular point or at the mouse coordinates, based on the scale that is in use. Not simply the coordinates of the mouse. The argument can either be an event object (for use in event listener functions) OR a two-element array consisting of the X and Y coordinates (ie when you're not necessarily in an event listener). It returns null if the mouse or coordinates are in the margin areas. An example:

obj.canvas.onclick = function (e)
{
    var obj   = e.target.__object__;
    var value = obj.getValue(e);
    
    // ...
}

obj.getXCoord(value)

This method can be used to get an appropriate X coordinate for a value when you're doing custom drawing on the chart. It returns null if the value is out of range.


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 your event code here
});

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.HProgress({
    id: 'cvs',
    min: 0,
    max: 100,
    value: 67,
    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.HProgress({
        id: 'cvs',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 56,
        options: {
            marginLeft: 35
        }
    }).grow({frames: 60}, myCallback)
</script>