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Hi,
I am trying out SciChart, and so far I am impressed about the performance and capabilities.
For my application I need to have a cursor showing the X and Y values of the current data point. The RolloverModifier seems to be a good start, but at some points i need other behaviour:
The exapmle “Custom ChartModifiers – Part 2 – Custom ZoomPanModifier and Zooming on KeyPress” seems to be a good start, where the OnAttached() method of a SimpleZoomInOutModifier class, derived from ChartModifierBase, is overridden to get access to keypress events:
public override void OnAttached()
{
base.OnAttached();
var scichart = ((SciChartSurface)ParentSurface);
var mainWindow = FindLogicalParent(scichart);
mainWindow.PreviewKeyDown -= SciChart_PreviewKeyDown;
mainWindow.PreviewKeyDown += SciChart_PreviewKeyDown;
}
private T FindLogicalParent(SciChartSurface scichart) where T:class
{
var parent = (FrameworkElement)scichart.Parent;
while (parent != null)
{
var candidate = parent as T;
if (candidate != null) return candidate;
parent = (FrameworkElement)parent.Parent;
}
return null;
}
But the function FindLogicalParent() gives compiler errors, and in the downloaded code for this exaple application, this method isn’t even there… the method OnAttached() in the downloaded code is:
public override void OnAttached()
{
base.OnAttached();
var scichart = ((SciChartSurface)ParentSurface);
scichart.PreviewKeyDown -= SciChart_PreviewKeyDown;
scichart.PreviewKeyDown += SciChart_PreviewKeyDown;
}
But this code doesn’t work. The SciChart_PreviewKeyDown eventhandler is never called.
How to move forward?
Hi Niet,
It sounds to me like what you want is the VerticalSliceModifier:
Adding draggable RolloverModifier style lines with the VerticalSliceModifier
What does the VerticalSliceModifier do?
The VerticalSliceModifier allows showing one or more vertical lines on
the chart and a tooltip on data-points of all series under the line.
The VerticalSliceModifier is very similar in behaviour to the
RolloverModifier, but allows one or more lines to be positioned and
optionally dragged by the user.
Let me know if this helps!
Best regards,
Andrew
That’s great indeed. Thanks.
Still need to control the cursor using the keyboard… any hints?
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