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Hello,
How can I animate an update of a candle or a bar in an OHLC type charts? I use realtime stock chart like this example.
When i update candle it redraws immediately with new values. But i want it to be updated with animation.

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Hi Vita!

As you’ve already found the JavaScript Realtime Stock Charts example I will use this as a reference.

In this example we have a block of code where we update the DataSeries which the candlestick chart is bound to.

const fillPriceDataSeries = (requestUpdate: boolean, initialDataset: boolean) => {
    const generatedData = genPricesData(requestUpdate);
    const { xValue, openValue, highValue, lowValue, closeValue, volume } = generatedData;
    if (requestUpdate) {
        const length = priceDataSeries.count();
        priceDataSeries.update(length - 1, openValue, highValue, lowValue, closeValue);
        volumeDataSeries.update(length - 1, volume);
        const nativeCloseValues = priceDataSeries.getNativeCloseValues();
        movingAverage20DataSeries.update(length - 1, calcAverageForDoubleVector(nativeCloseValues, MOVING_AVR_20));
        movingAverage50DataSeries.update(length - 1, calcAverageForDoubleVector(nativeCloseValues, MOVING_AVR_50));
    } else {
        priceDataSeries.append(xValue, openValue, highValue, lowValue, closeValue);
        const volume2 = initialDataset ? volume * 2 : volume;
        volumeDataSeries.append(xValue, volume2);
        const nativeCloseValues = priceDataSeries.getNativeCloseValues();
        movingAverage20DataSeries.append(length - 1, calcAverageForDoubleVector(nativeCloseValues, MOVING_AVR_20));
        movingAverage50DataSeries.append(length - 1, calcAverageForDoubleVector(nativeCloseValues, MOVING_AVR_50));
    }
};

Notice that what we do is decide if this is a new price bar (based on index, or date) and then call DataSeries.append() for new data, or DataSeries.update() to update existing data.

– Read more about the SciChart.js DataSeries API here
– Read more about Realtime JavaScript Charts in our tutorial here.

The update() function on DataSeries causes an immediate redraw, there is no way to animate an update or to animate to a new value. However, you can add this in using the Animator functions in the scichart library.

Try this code. To update a DataSeries animated, substitute this line in the example:

priceDataSeries.update(length - 1, openValue, highValue, lowValue, closeValue);

for this

// import {DoubleAnimator} from "scichart/Core/Animations/DoubleAnimator";
// import { easing } from "scichart/Core/Animations/EasingFunctions";
const animateUpdate= (dataSeries: OhlcDataSeries, open: number, high: number, low: number, close: number) => {
    const length = priceDataSeries.count();
    const currentCloseValue = dataSeries.getNativeCloseValues().get(dataSeries.count() - 1);

    DoubleAnimator.animate(currentCloseValue, close, 500, (animatedCloseValue) => {
        priceDataSeries.update(length - 1, open, high, low, animatedCloseValue);
    }, () => {},
        easing.outExpo)
};
animateUpdate(priceDataSeries, openValue, highValue, lowValue, closeValue);

I’ve tried this out in the JavaScript Realtime Candlestick Charts example with a slightly slower setTimeout of 1000ms for the simulated updates and this is the result.

Animated candlesticks!

Animated Realtime JavaScript Candlestick Chart

Let me know if this helps,

Best regards,
Andrew

  • Albert Albert
    Actually, we need to make an animated transition of a point from one XY coordinates to another (update of both axes coordinates simultaneously)
  • Andrew Burnett-Thompson
    You want to update the X-value of a candle? That would move the candle, is that the desired result? Perhaps you can share the desired result in a video or similar so we can advise.
  • Albert Albert
    I’m about line types of the chart (line and mountain) Here’s a reference of the desired behavior https://www.notion.so/Line-chart-update-reference-385cf2f3c5804e9ba9a51766bdb341a0
  • Andrew Burnett-Thompson
    Hi Albert, it looks like the same principle. At the moment there are no animations in the SciChart.js API, but you can use our DoubleAnimator function to animate an update to the X,Y values in a dataseries, which will give you the desired effect. Best regards, Andrew
  • Albert Albert
    Yes, but we can’t find how to update X-value. xyDataSeries.update allows to update only Y-value.
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Hi Albert and Vita

We have more info on animating an Xy point in a SciChart.js JavaScript Chart as well as a code sample here.

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Let us know if this helps answer the question

Best regards,
Andrew

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