Click events on Pie Charts in Chart.js
I've got a question regard Chart.js.
I've drawn multiple piecharts using the documentation provided. I was wondering if on click of a certain slice of one of the charts, I can make an ajax call depending on the value of that slice?
For example, if this is my data
var data = [
{
value: 300,
color:"#F7464A",
highlight: "#FF5A5E",
label: "Red"
},
{
value: 50,
color: "#46BFBD",
highlight: "#5AD3D1",
label: "Green"
},
{
value: 100,
color: "#FDB45C",
highlight: "#FFC870",
label: "Yellow"
}
],
is it possible for me to click on the Red labelled slice and call a url of the following form:
example.com?label=red&value=300? If yes, how do I go about this?
Answer
Update: As @Soham Shetty comments, getSegmentsAtEvent(event) only works for 1.x and for 2.x getElementsAtEvent should be used.
.getElementsAtEvent(e)
Looks for the element under the event point, then returns all elements at the same data index. This is used internally for 'label' mode highlighting.
Calling
getElementsAtEvent(event)on your Chart instance passing an argument of an event, or jQuery event, will return the point elements that are at that the same position of that event.canvas.onclick = function(evt){ var activePoints = myLineChart.getElementsAtEvent(evt); // => activePoints is an array of points on the canvas that are at the same position as the click event. };
Example: https://jsfiddle.net/u1szh96g/208/
Original answer (valid for Chart.js 1.x version):
You can achieve this using getSegmentsAtEvent(event)
Calling
getSegmentsAtEvent(event)on your Chart instance passing an argument of an event, or jQuery event, will return the segment elements that are at that the same position of that event.
From: Prototype Methods
So you can do:
$("#myChart").click(
function(evt){
var activePoints = myNewChart.getSegmentsAtEvent(evt);
/* do something */
}
);
Here is a full working example:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="Chart.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var data = [
{
value: 300,
color:"#F7464A",
highlight: "#FF5A5E",
label: "Red"
},
{
value: 50,
color: "#46BFBD",
highlight: "#5AD3D1",
label: "Green"
},
{
value: 100,
color: "#FDB45C",
highlight: "#FFC870",
label: "Yellow"
}
];
$(document).ready(
function () {
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext("2d");
var myNewChart = new Chart(ctx).Pie(data);
$("#myChart").click(
function(evt){
var activePoints = myNewChart.getSegmentsAtEvent(evt);
var url = "http://example.com/?label=" + activePoints[0].label + "&value=" + activePoints[0].value;
alert(url);
}
);
}
);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
</body>
</html>