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Activity meter API reference

Example

<script>
    new RGraph.SVG.Activity({
        id: 'chart-container',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: [24,32,45],
        options: {
            names: ['Richard','John','Frank'],
            width: 40,
            tooltips: '%{property:names[%{index}]}: %{value}%',
            tooltipsCss: {
                fontSize: '20pt'
            }
        }
    }).grow();
</script>

Properties

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

Chart configuration properties

Name: centerx
Description: 
If required, you can position the Activity 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 Activity 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 Activity 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: radius: '+25' or this: radius: '-40' which is then used to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: width
Description: 
The width of each bar on the meter.
Default: null
Name: ends
Description: 
This determines whether the bars on the chart have rounded or straight edges. The possible values for the property are round or straight
Default: round

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
Name: marginInner
Description: 
The margin in between the circular bars on the chart.
Default: 1

Background properties

Name: backgroundGrid
Description: 
Whether the background grid is drawn or not.
Default: false
Name: backgroundGridColor
Description: 
If it's enabled then the background grid will be drawn in this color.
Default: #ddd
Name: backgroundGridRadials
Description: 
Whether the straight lines that emanate from the center outwards are drawn or not.
Default: true
Name: backgroundGridRadialsCount
Description: 
How many of the background grid radial lines there are.
Default: 8

Color properties

Name: colors
Description: 
The colors to be used for the meter.
Default: ['#F45B5B', '#90EE7E', '#2B908F', 'red', 'green', 'blue', 'yellow', 'pink']
Name: backgroundColor
Description: 
The color of the background.
Default: black

Labels and text properties

Name: textFont
Description: 
The font used to render the text.
Default: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif
Name: textSize
Description: 
The size of the text.
Default: 12
Name: textColor
Description: 
The color of the labels.
Default: #aaa
Name: textItalic
Description: 
Whether the labels are italic or not.
Default: false
Name: textBold
Description: 
Whether the labels are bold or not.
Default: false
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
Name: labelsCenter
Description: 
Whether to show the center label.
Default: false
Name: labelsCenterIndex
Description: 
If you have multiple values being shown on your meter this is the index of the value which will be shown as the center label.
Default:  0
Name: labelsCenterFont
Description: 
The font used to render the center label.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterSize
Description: 
The size of the center label.
Default: 40
Name: labelsCenterColor
Description: 
The color of the center label.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterItalic
Description: 
Whether the center label is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterBold
Description: 
Whether the center label is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterUnitsPre
Description: 
Units that are prepended to the center label.
Default: [an empty string]
Name: labelsCenterUnitsPost
Description: 
Units that are appended to the center label.
Default: [an empty string]
Name: labelsCenterPoint
Description: 
The character that's used as the decimal point for the center label.
Default: .
Name: labelsCenterThousand
Description: 
The character that's used as the thousand separator for the center label.
Default: ,
Name: labelsCenterDecimals
Description: 
The number of decimals to apply to the center label.
Default:  0
Name: labelsCenterSpecific
Description: 
The specific text to use as the center label.
Default: null
Name: labelsCenterHalign
Description: 
The horizontal alignment of the center label.
Default: center
Name: labelsCenterValign
Description: 
The vertical alignment of the center label.
Default: center
Name: labelsCenterOffsetx
Description: 
An offset to add to the horizontal position of the center label.
Default:  0
Name: labelsCenterOffsety
Description: 
An offset to add to the vertical position of the center label.
Default:  0
Name: labels
Description: 
An array of labels to use on the chart.
Default: [] (an empty array)
Name: labelsColor
Description: 
The color of the labels.
Default: null
Name: labelsFont
Description: 
The font that's used to render the labels.
Default: null
Name: labelsSize
Description: 
The size 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: labelsBackgroundFill
Description: 
The color used as the background fill color of the labels.
Default: transparent
Name: labelsBackgroundStroke
Description: 
The color used as the background stroke color of the labels.
Default: transparent
Name: labelsHalign
Description: 
The horizontal alignment of the chart.
Default: right
Name: labelsValign
Description: 
The vertical alignment of the chart.
Default: center
Name: labelsOffsetx
Description: 
A horizontal offset for the labels.
Default:  0
Name: labelsOffsety
Description: 
A vertical offset for the labels.
Default:  0
Name: labelsFormattedDecimals
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the number of decimals that are applied to the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default:  0
Name: labelsFormattedPoint
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the decimal point character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: .
Name: labelsFormattedThousand
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the thousand separator character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: ,
Name: labelsFormattedUnitsPre
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: labelsFormattedUnitsPost
Description: 
When using formatted labels these are the units that are appended to the number with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: (an empty string)

Tooltips properties

Name: tooltips
Description: 
An array of tooltips for the chart. You can also check the canvas tooltips documentation for more information.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsOverride
Description: 
If required this can be a function that handles the tooltip showing instead of the default RGraph tooltips. It should look like this:
tooltipsOverride: function (obj, opt)
{
    // Show tooltip
}
The opt is an argument that contains these items:
  • object The chart object.
  • index The index of the element (that triggered the tooltip).
  • sequentialIndex The sequential index of the element that was clicked.
  • text The text to be used as the tooltip. Remember that this may contain html (or whatever else you may have specified).
  • event The event object (either a click or mousemove event).
Default: null
Name: tooltipsEvent
Description: 
The event used for tooltips (either click or mousemove.
Default: click
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: tooltipsFormattedKeyLabels
Description: 
The labels that are used in the formatted tooltip key.
Default: [] (an empty array)
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyColors
Description: 
The colors that are used in the formatted tooltip key. Normally these are automatically taken from the colors on the chart but can be specified differently using this property.
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: 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 in the canvas documentation, 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:
tooltips: {
    borderLeft: 'gray 2px solid',
    borderBottom: 'gray 2px solid'
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsPointerOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you to adjust the horizontal position of the tooltips pointer.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsPointerOffsety
Description: 
This allows you to adjust the vertical position of the tooltips pointer.
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.SVG.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: 
The css class that's applied to the tooltip div.
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: highlightStroke
Description: 
The stroke color that's used when highlighting the chart.
Default: rgba(0,0,0,0)
Name: highlightFill
Description: 
The fill color that's used when highlighting the chart.
Default: rgba(255,255,255,0.7)
Name: highlightLinewidth
Description: 
The linewidth that's used when highlighting the chart.
Default: 1

Other properties

Name: adjustable
Description: 
If true then the meter will be adjustable. Click on the meter to alter the values of the bars.
Default: false
Name: icons
Description: 
This should be an array of file paths of images that appear at the start of the bars.
Default: null
Name: iconsWidth
Description: 
If you want you can specify the width of the image with this property.
Default: null
Name: iconsHeight
Description: 
If you want you can specify the height of the image with this property.
Default: null
Name: iconsOffsetx
Description: 
With this property you can adjust the image position in the horizontal direction.
Default:  0
Name: iconsOffsety
Description: 
With this property you can adjust the image position in the vertical direction.
Default:  0
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)

This can be used to get properties if necessary. It's normally used after the chart is drawn if you need to get parameters (if you're doing custom coding for example).

obj.set(name, value)

This can be used to set properties if necessary. It's normally used after the chart is drawn if you need to set additional parameters or change them.

obj.on(event, handler)

This function adds an event listener (such as beforedraw draw or tooltip) to the chart object. For example:

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

This function can be used to execute a function (immediately). It's not event-based (ie it doesn't run when something happens) - it just runs immediately - and only once. You might use it when you need to get something from the chart when it's drawn and then call the redraw function. Because this function only runs once the RGraph.SVG.redraw function would not cause a loop - which would happen if you used the draw event.

obj.exec(function (obj)
{
    // Put your code 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.

The responsive function is documented on its own page here in the canvas section of the website (though the information applies equally to svg charts).

obj.getAngle(event or value)

When you click on the chart this method can be used to get the corresponding angle. Angles are measured in radians and go from (approximately) -(Math.PI / 2) (middle top) to 1.5 * Math.PI. Example usage is:

<script>
    activity = new RGraph.SVG.Activity({
        id: 'chart-container',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 63,
        options: {
            width: 60,
            labelsCenterDecimals: 1
        }
    }).draw();
    
    activity.container.onclick = function (e)
    {
        var angle = activity.getAngle(e);
        // var angle = activity.getAngle(51); // You can also pass the function a value too
        
        alert(angle);
    };
</script>
obj.getValue(event or angle)

When you click on the chart this method can be used to get the corresponding value. The value is based on the minimum and maximum values. Example usage is:

<script>
    activity = new RGraph.SVG.Activity({
        id: 'chart-container',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 63,
        options: {
            width: 60,
            labelsCenterDecimals: 1
        }
    }).draw();
    
    activity.container.onclick = function (e)
    {
        var value = activity.getValue(e);
        // var value = activity.getValue(angle); // You can also pass the function an angle too
        
        alert(value);
    };
</script>
obj.getRadius(event)

When you click on the chart this method can be used to get the corresponding radius of the click starting from the center of the chart. Example usage is:

<script>
    activity = new RGraph.SVG.Activity({
        id: 'chart-container',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 63,
        options: {
            width: 60,
            labelsCenterDecimals: 1
        }
    }).draw();
    
    activity.container.onclick = function (e)
    {
        var radius = activity.getRadius(e);
        
        alert(radius);
    };
</script>

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.SVG.Activity({
    id: 'chart-container',
    min: 0,
    max: 100,
    value: [23,35,45],
    options: {
        adjustable: true
    }
}).draw().on('adjustbegin', function (obj)
{
    console.log('Adjusting has started');

}).on('adjust', function (obj)
{
    console.log('Adjusting is in progress...');

}).on('adjustend', function (obj)
{
    alert('Adjusting has finished. New values are: ' + obj.value);
});

Effects

These effects are available and can be used instead of the draw function.
<script>
    //
    // Optional callback function that's called when the effect is complete
    //
    function myCallback (obj)
    {
        // ...
    }


    new RGraph.SVG.Activity({
        id: 'chart-container',
        min: 0,
        max: 100,
        value: 63,
        options: {
            width: 60,
            labelsCenterDecimals: 1
        }
    }).grow({frames: 60, callback: myCallback});
</script>