Demonstrates how to use Images as Labels using SciChart.js, High Performance JavaScript Charts
drawExample.ts
index.tsx
theme.ts
1import {
2 XyDataSeries,
3 TTextStyle,
4 NumericAxis,
5 FastColumnRenderableSeries,
6 SciChartSurface,
7 TextureManager,
8 EAutoRange,
9 ENumericFormat,
10 createImagesArrayAsync,
11 EFillPaletteMode,
12 EStrokePaletteMode,
13 IFillPaletteProvider,
14 IStrokePaletteProvider,
15 parseColorToUIntArgb,
16 IRenderableSeries,
17 IPointMetadata,
18 PaletteFactory,
19 GradientParams,
20 Point,
21 WaveAnimation,
22 NumberRange,
23 TextAnnotation,
24 EHorizontalAnchorPoint,
25 ECoordinateMode,
26} from "scichart";
27import { appTheme } from "../../../theme";
28
29export const drawExample = (emojiUrls: string[]) => async (rootElement: string | HTMLDivElement) => {
30 // Dataset = 'percentage market share of phones, 2022'
31 const dataset = [
32 { name: "Apple", percent: 28.41 },
33 { name: "Samsung", percent: 28.21 },
34 { name: "Xiaomi", percent: 12.73 },
35 { name: "Huawei", percent: 5.27 },
36 { name: "Oppo", percent: 5.53 },
37 { name: "Vivo", percent: 4.31 },
38 { name: "Realme", percent: 3.16 },
39 { name: "Motorola", percent: 2.33 },
40 { name: "Unknown", percent: 2.19 },
41 { name: "LG", percent: 0.85 },
42 { name: "OnePlus", percent: 1.11 },
43 { name: "Tecno", percent: 1.09 },
44 { name: "Infinix", percent: 0.96 },
45 { name: "Google", percent: 0.77 },
46 { name: "Nokia", percent: 0.45 },
47 ];
48 // Create the SciChartSurface with theme
49 const { sciChartSurface, wasmContext } = await SciChartSurface.create(rootElement, {
50 theme: appTheme.SciChartJsTheme,
51 });
52
53 const xAxis = new NumericAxis(wasmContext, {
54 // Ensure there can be 1 label per item in the dataset.
55 // Also see major/minor delta in the docs
56 maxAutoTicks: 15,
57 axisTitle: "Mobile phone manufacturer",
58 growBy: new NumberRange(0.02, 0.02),
59 // required for image labels
60 useNativeText: false,
61 });
62 // We need the data value as plain text
63 xAxis.labelProvider.numericFormat = ENumericFormat.NoFormat;
64
65 // SciChart utility function to create HtmlImage elements from urls
66 const emojies = await createImagesArrayAsync(emojiUrls);
67
68 // Override labelProvider.getLabelTexture() to return animage
69 const getLabelTexture = (labelText: string, textureManager: TextureManager, labelStyle: TTextStyle) => {
70 const index = parseInt(labelText);
71 if (!isNaN(index)) {
72 const emoji = emojies[index];
73 if (emoji) {
74 return textureManager.createTextureFromImage(emoji, 40, 40);
75 }
76 }
77 return textureManager.createTextTexture([labelText], labelStyle);
78 };
79 xAxis.labelProvider.getLabelTexture = getLabelTexture;;
80
81 // Disable shared cache for this provider, otherwise other axes might pick up the emoji textures
82 xAxis.labelProvider.useSharedCache = false;
83
84 sciChartSurface.xAxes.add(xAxis);
85
86 // Create a Y-Axis with standard properties
87 sciChartSurface.yAxes.add(
88 new NumericAxis(wasmContext, {
89 autoRange: EAutoRange.Always,
90 axisTitle: "Market Share (%)",
91 growBy: new NumberRange(0, 0.1),
92 labelPostfix: " %",
93 })
94 );
95
96 // Add a column series.
97 sciChartSurface.renderableSeries.add(
98 new FastColumnRenderableSeries(wasmContext, {
99 // Name index to xvalue for category axis
100 // Map percentage to yvalue
101 // store the manufacturer name in the metadata (used to generate colors)
102 dataSeries: new XyDataSeries(wasmContext, {
103 xValues: dataset.map((row, index) => index),
104 yValues: dataset.map((row) => row.percent),
105 }),
106 strokeThickness: 0,
107 // // Optional datalabels on series. To enable set a style and position
108 // dataLabels: {
109 // horizontalTextPosition: EHorizontalTextPosition.Center,
110 // verticalTextPosition: EVerticalTextPosition.Top,
111 // style: { fontFamily: "Arial", fontSize: 16, padding: new Thickness(0,0,20,0) },
112 // color: appTheme.ForegroundColor,
113 // },
114 // each column occupies 50% of available space
115 dataPointWidth: 0.5,
116 // add a gradient fill in X (why not?)
117 paletteProvider: PaletteFactory.createGradient(
118 wasmContext,
119 new GradientParams(new Point(0, 0), new Point(1, 1), [
120 { offset: 0, color: appTheme.VividPink },
121 { offset: 0.2, color: appTheme.VividOrange },
122 { offset: 0.3, color: appTheme.MutedRed },
123 { offset: 0.5, color: appTheme.VividGreen },
124 { offset: 0.7, color: appTheme.VividSkyBlue },
125 { offset: 0.9, color: appTheme.Indigo },
126 { offset: 1, color: appTheme.DarkIndigo },
127 ]),
128 { enableFill: true, enableStroke: true }
129 ),
130 // Bit more eye candy ;)
131 animation: new WaveAnimation({ duration: 1000 }),
132 })
133 );
134
135 // Add title annotation
136 sciChartSurface.annotations.add(
137 new TextAnnotation({
138 text: "Mobile Phone manufacturer market share (2022)",
139 fontSize: 20,
140 textColor: appTheme.ForegroundColor,
141 x1: 0.5,
142 y1: 0,
143 opacity: 0.77,
144 horizontalAnchorPoint: EHorizontalAnchorPoint.Center,
145 xCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
146 yCoordinateMode: ECoordinateMode.Relative,
147 })
148 );
149
150 sciChartSurface.zoomExtents();
151 return { sciChartSurface, wasmContext };
152};
153
154export class EmojiPaletteProvider implements IStrokePaletteProvider, IFillPaletteProvider {
155 public readonly strokePaletteMode = EStrokePaletteMode.SOLID;
156 public readonly fillPaletteMode = EFillPaletteMode.SOLID;
157 private readonly pfYellow = parseColorToUIntArgb("FFCC4D");
158 private readonly pfBlue = parseColorToUIntArgb("5DADEC");
159 private readonly pfOrange = parseColorToUIntArgb("F58E01");
160 private readonly pfRed = parseColorToUIntArgb("DE2A43");
161 private readonly pfPink = parseColorToUIntArgb("FE7891");
162
163 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
164 public onAttached(parentSeries: IRenderableSeries): void {}
165
166 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
167 public onDetached(): void {}
168
169 public overrideFillArgb(xValue: number, yValue: number, index: number): number {
170 if (xValue === 0 || xValue === 4 || xValue === 8) {
171 return this.pfYellow;
172 } else if (xValue === 1 || xValue === 7) {
173 return this.pfBlue;
174 } else if (xValue === 2 || xValue === 5) {
175 return this.pfOrange;
176 } else if (xValue === 3 || xValue === 6) {
177 return this.pfRed;
178 } else if (xValue === 9) {
179 return this.pfPink;
180 } else {
181 return undefined;
182 }
183 }
184
185 public overrideStrokeArgb(
186 xValue: number,
187 yValue: number,
188 index: number,
189 opacity?: number,
190 metadata?: IPointMetadata
191 ): number {
192 return undefined;
193 }
194}
195This example demonstrates how to use images as axis labels within a SciChart.js chart embedded in a React application. Instead of traditional text labels, images representing mobile phone manufacturers are used to provide a more engaging visualization of market share data.
The integration leverages the SciChartReact component to initialize a high performance chart in React. A custom asynchronous function initializes the SciChartSurface, sets up Numeric axes, and adds a column series with gradient fills and animations. The example uses the asynchronous helper function createImagesArrayAsync to load images dynamically, a process that is key to efficient resource management as described in Image Labels. Customization is achieved by overriding the axis label provider’s LabelProvider.getLabelTexture and getLabelTextureAsync methods, allowing image textures to be generated for each label based on corresponding index values.
The chart features a real-time animated column series enhanced by a gradient fill, implemented using a gradient palette provider created by PaletteFactory and a WaveAnimation. Text annotations and dynamic scaling using sciChartSurface.zoomExtents() further enhance the visualization by providing contextual information. The method of directly configuring the chart through a React component ensures a clear separation of concerns and maintains optimal performance.
This example follows best practices for React integration by encapsulating the SciChartSurface creation inside a functional component, ensuring seamless lifecycle management and asynchronous operation handling. Developers interested in advanced customization can refer to the Tutorial on setting up a project with scichart-react and learn more about custom label providers to override default behaviors for enhanced chart aesthetics. The example purposefully avoids using the builder API, opting instead for direct procedural configuration to provide clear control over the chart’s customization and performance optimizations.

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