Creates a JavaScript Polar Scatter Chart using SciChart.js, with the PolarXyScatterRenderableSeries and custom legend-markers.
drawExample.ts
index.html
vanilla.ts
theme.ts
1import {
2 PolarMouseWheelZoomModifier,
3 PolarZoomExtentsModifier,
4 PolarPanModifier,
5 XyDataSeries,
6 PolarNumericAxis,
7 SciChartPolarSurface,
8 EPolarAxisMode,
9 NumberRange,
10 EAxisAlignment,
11 EPolarLabelMode,
12 PolarXyScatterRenderableSeries,
13 SweepAnimation,
14 PolarLegendModifier,
15 ELegendOrientation,
16 TLegendItem,
17 EActionType,
18 EllipsePointMarker,
19 TrianglePointMarker,
20} from "scichart";
21import { appTheme } from "../../../theme";
22
23export const drawExample = async (rootElement: string | HTMLDivElement) => {
24 const { sciChartSurface, wasmContext } = await SciChartPolarSurface.create(rootElement, {
25 theme: appTheme.SciChartJsTheme,
26 });
27
28 const radialYAxis = new PolarNumericAxis(wasmContext, {
29 polarAxisMode: EPolarAxisMode.Radial,
30 axisAlignment: EAxisAlignment.Right,
31 visibleRange: new NumberRange(0, 1400),
32 zoomExtentsToInitialRange: true,
33
34 drawMinorTickLines: false,
35 drawMajorTickLines: false,
36 drawMinorGridLines: false,
37
38 startAngle: Math.PI / 2,
39 drawLabels: false, // no radial labels
40 });
41 sciChartSurface.yAxes.add(radialYAxis);
42
43 const polarXAxis = new PolarNumericAxis(wasmContext, {
44 polarAxisMode: EPolarAxisMode.Angular,
45 axisAlignment: EAxisAlignment.Top,
46 polarLabelMode: EPolarLabelMode.Parallel,
47 visibleRange: new NumberRange(0, 360),
48 startAngle: Math.PI / 2, // start at 12 o'clock
49 flippedCoordinates: true, // go clockwise
50 zoomExtentsToInitialRange: true,
51
52 autoTicks: false,
53 majorDelta: 30,
54
55 drawMinorTickLines: false,
56 drawMajorTickLines: false,
57 drawMinorGridLines: false,
58
59 useNativeText: true,
60 labelPrecision: 0,
61 labelPostfix: "°",
62 });
63 sciChartSurface.xAxes.add(polarXAxis);
64
65 const xValues = Array.from({ length: 540 }, (_, i) => i);
66 const SCATTER_DATA = [
67 {
68 yVals: xValues.map((x) => 2 * x + x * Math.random() * 0.5),
69 color: appTheme.VividOrange,
70 name: "Circle Series",
71 pointMarkerType: EllipsePointMarker,
72 },
73 {
74 yVals: xValues.map((x) => x + x * Math.random() * 0.5),
75 color: appTheme.VividSkyBlue,
76 name: "Triangular Series",
77 pointMarkerType: TrianglePointMarker,
78 },
79 ];
80
81 SCATTER_DATA.forEach(({ yVals, color, name, pointMarkerType }) => {
82 const polarScatter = new PolarXyScatterRenderableSeries(wasmContext, {
83 dataSeries: new XyDataSeries(wasmContext, {
84 xValues: xValues,
85 yValues: yVals,
86 dataSeriesName: name,
87 }),
88 opacity: 0.7,
89 stroke: color, // set stroke color for Legend modifier markers
90
91 pointMarker: new pointMarkerType(wasmContext, {
92 width: 10,
93 height: 10,
94 stroke: color,
95 strokeThickness: 1,
96 fill: color + "88",
97 }),
98 animation: new SweepAnimation({ duration: 800 }),
99 });
100 sciChartSurface.renderableSeries.add(polarScatter);
101 });
102
103 // Extra feature -> Custom legend marker with SVG shapes
104 const customMarkerLegendModifier = new PolarLegendModifier({
105 showCheckboxes: true,
106 showSeriesMarkers: true,
107 backgroundColor: "#66666633",
108 });
109 // override "getLegendItemHTML" to add custom SVG shapes
110 customMarkerLegendModifier.sciChartLegend.getLegendItemHTML = (
111 orientation: ELegendOrientation,
112 showCheckboxes: boolean,
113 showSeriesMarkers: boolean,
114 item: TLegendItem
115 ): string => {
116 const display = orientation === ELegendOrientation.Vertical ? "flex" : "inline-flex";
117 let str = `<span class="scichart__legend-item" style="display: ${display}; align-items: center; margin-right: 4px; padding: 0 4px 0 5px; white-space: nowrap; gap: 5px">`;
118
119 if (showCheckboxes) {
120 const checked = item.checked ? "checked" : "";
121 str += `<input ${checked} type="checkbox" id="${item.id}">`;
122 }
123
124 if (showSeriesMarkers) {
125 str += `<svg
126 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
127 for="${item.id}"
128 style="width: 15px; height: 15px;"
129 viewBox="0 0 24 24"
130 stroke-width="2"
131 >
132 ${(() => {
133 switch (item.name) {
134 case SCATTER_DATA[0].name: // Circle
135 return `<circle cx="12" cy="12" r="9" fill="${item.color + "88"}" stroke="${item.color}"/>`;
136
137 case SCATTER_DATA[1].name: // Triangle
138 return `<polygon points="12,2 22,22 2,22" fill="${item.color + "88"}" stroke="${
139 item.color
140 }"/>`;
141
142 default: // Others
143 return `<rect x="2" y="2" width="20" height="20" fill="${item.color + "88"}" stroke="${
144 item.color
145 }"/>`;
146 }
147 })()}
148 </svg>`;
149 }
150 str += `<label for="${item.id}">${item.name}</label>`;
151 str += `</span>`;
152 return str;
153 };
154
155 sciChartSurface.chartModifiers.add(
156 customMarkerLegendModifier,
157 new PolarPanModifier(),
158 new PolarZoomExtentsModifier(),
159 new PolarMouseWheelZoomModifier({
160 defaultActionType: EActionType.Zoom,
161 })
162 );
163
164 return { sciChartSurface, wasmContext };
165};
166This example demonstrates how to render a high-performance Polar Scatter Chart using SciChart.js. It creates a circular XY scatter by calling SciChartPolarSurface.create, configuring radial and angular axes, and plotting multiple series with custom point markers and animations.
The chart is initialized via the asynchronous SciChartPolarSurface.create API, which loads WebAssembly and returns a SciChartSurface and wasmContext. A Radial axis and an Angular axis are added using PolarNumericAxis, configured for start angle, visible range, and grid line styling. Data series are generated as arrays and rendered with PolarXyScatterRenderableSeries, each using a SweepAnimation for smooth startup.
The example showcases:
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