Series for visualizing a Polar Heatmap with a static sector and annuli count. Has API for fast modification of cell values.

PolarHeatmapSeries is optimized for high resolution data. For example, 1 degree precision or less along Radial Axis, and up to more than 2000 samples along Amplitude Axis. There is no hard cap on how much data you can put into a polar heatmap, the limit is the running device's GPU memory. Generally several million data points are no problem.

Created with addHeatmapSeries.

Frequently used API:

Hierarchy

Properties

scale: RadialScale

Scale of the series

Accessors

  • get draggable(): boolean
  • Returns boolean

  • set draggable(state: boolean): void
  • Parameters

    • state: boolean

    Returns void

Methods

  • Add callback function to be triggered when specified event is fired.

     // Example syntax
    object.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
    console.log(event)
    })

    Some classes also report extra information about the interacted object with the second parameter:

     // Most series share information about interacted data point
    series.addEventListener('click', (event, info) => {
    console.log(info)
    })

    Optional third parameter allows registering event handlers that will automatically remove themselves after first trigger:

     // Example this listener will only fire once
    object.addEventListener('click', (event) => {})

    Each class has its own list of supported events. Some events are from HTML standard (click, pointerdown, etc.), while others are own events from LightningChart JS (dispose, resize, etc.)

    To find what events are available, you can try following:

    • If your development environment has TypeScript enabled, just write addEventListener and see what possible event types the IDE suggests. These APIs are strongly typed, and even the callback event will be correctly typed.
    • Otherwise, open the class section in API documentation and check out which interface K type parameter extends.

    Type Parameters

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Attach object to an legendBox entry

    Returns

    Series itself for fluent interface

    Parameters

    • entry: LegendBoxEntry<UIBackground>

      Object which has to be attached

    • toggleVisibilityOnClick: boolean = true

      Flag that indicates whether the Attachable should be hidden or not, when its respective Entry is clicked.

    • matchStyleExactly: boolean = false

      By default, entries are assigned a smooth looking gradient based on the component color. If this flag is true, then this is skipped, and exact component solid fill is used instead.

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Permanently destroy the component.

    To fully allow Garbage-Collection to free the resources used by the component, make sure to remove any references to the component and its children in application code.

    let chart = ...ChartXY()
    let axisX = chart.getDefaultAxisX()
    // Dispose Chart, and remove all references so that they can be garbage-collected.
    chart.dispose()
    chart = undefined
    axisX = undefined

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Get max amplitude value of PolarSeries' data points.

    Returns

    number or undefined if no data is set.

    Returns undefined | number

  • Get min amplitude value of PolarSeries' data points.

    Returns

    number or undefined if no data is set.

    Returns undefined | number

  • Get component highlight animations enabled or not.

    Returns

    Animation enabled?

    Returns boolean

  • Get whether series is taken into account with automatic scrolling and fitting of attached axes.

    By default, this is true for all series.

    Returns

    true default, axes will take series into account in scrolling and fitting operations. false, axes will ignore series boundaries.

    Returns boolean

  • Get theme effect enabled on component or disabled.

    A theme can specify an Effect to add extra visual oomph to chart applications, like Glow effects around data or other components. Whether this effect is drawn above a particular component can be configured using the setEffect method.

     // Example, disable theme effect from a particular component.
    Component.setEffect(false)

    For the most part, theme effects are enabled by default on most components.

    Theme effect is configured with effect property.

    Returns

    Boolean that describes whether drawing the theme effect is enabled around the component or not.

    Returns boolean

  • Get state of component highlighting.

    In case highlight animations are enabled, this method returns the unanimated highlight value.

    Returns

    Number between 0 and 1, where 1 is fully highlighted.

    Returns number

  • Get boolean flag for whether object should highlight on mouse hover

    Returns

    Boolean for if object should highlight on mouse hover or not.

    Returns boolean

  • Beta

    Set icon of the chart component. This is displayed in legends and by default cursor formatters.

    Returns

    Icon object or undefined. Released as beta feature in v5.2.0 feature may still change according to user feedback and experiences.

    Returns undefined | Icon

  • Get the name of the Component.

    Returns

    The name of the Component.

    Returns string

  • Get boolean flag that is true when a Pointer device is over the chart component. In order for this method to work, the components pointer event tracking must be enabled (getPointerEvents)

    Returns

    Boolean

    Returns boolean

  • Get whether element can be target of pointer events or not.

    Returns

    Pointer events state

    Returns boolean

  • Get element visibility.

    Returns

    true when element is set to be visible and false otherwise.

    Returns boolean

  • Invalidate range of heatmap intensity values starting from first sector and annulus, updating coloring if a Color look up table (LUT) has been attached to the series (see setFillStyle).

     // Example, 3x3 grid full invalidation.
    const heatmapSeries = PolarChart.addHeatmapSeries({
    sectors: 3,
    annuli: 3
    })

    heatmapSeries.invalidateIntensityValues([
    // Annulus 0 intensity values.
    [0, 0, 0],
    // Annulus 1 intensity values.
    [1, 1, 1],
    // Annulus 2 intensity values.
    [0, 2, 0],
    ])

    Data interpretation basis is defined by dataOrder property from when the series was created.

    invalidateIntensityValues can trigger warnings when used controversially. In production applications, these can be controlled with warnings.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • value: number[][]

      Matrix containing intensity values for each data slot of the grid.

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Invalidate a partial range of heatmap intensity values, updating coloring if a Color look up table (LUT) has been attached to the series (see setFillStyle).

     // Example, 100x10 grid invalidate partial section of grid.

    const heatmapSeries = PolarChart.addHeatmapSeries({
    sectors: 100,
    annuli: 10
    })

    heatmapSeries.invalidateIntensityValues({
    // Index of first invalidated annulus.
    iAnnulus: 5,
    // Index of first invalidated sector.
    iSector: 10,
    // Intensity values matrix. It's dimensions imply the amount of invalidated sectors and annuli.
    values: [
    // 1st invalidated annuli intensity values.
    [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
    // 2nd invalidated annuli intensity values.
    [2, 2, 2, 2, 2],
    // 3rd invalidated annuli intensity values.
    [1, 0, 0, 0, 1],
    // 4th invalidated annuli intensity values.
    [0, 1, 0, 1, 0],
    // 5th invalidated annuli intensity values.
    [0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
    ],
    })

    invalidateIntensityValues can trigger warnings when used controversially. In production applications, these can be controlled with warnings.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • value: {
          iAnnulus: number;
          iSector: number;
          values: number[][];
      }

      Partial invalidation information, where values is an intensity value matrix, iSector the first affected sector and iAnnulus the first affected annulus.

      • iAnnulus: number
      • iSector: number
      • values: number[][]

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Check whether the object is disposed. Disposed objects should not be used!

    Returns

    true if object is disposed.

    Returns boolean

  • Remove event listener added using addEventListener. The expected argument should be the exact same callback function that was supplied using addEventListener:

     // Basic example syntax
    const listener = () => {}
    obj.addEventListener('click', listener)
    obj.removeEventListener('click', listener)
     // Basic boilerplate of custom interaction when user drags on an object
    obj.addEventListener('pointerdown', (eventDown) => {
    let prevCoord = eventDown
    const handlePointerMove: LCJSInteractionEventListener<'pointermove'> = (eventMove) => {
    const delta = { x: eventMove.clientX - prevCoord.clientX, y: eventMove.clientY - prevCoord.clientY }
    prevCoord = eventMove
    console.log(delta, eventMove.clientX, eventMove.clientY)
    }
    const handlePointerUp: LCJSInteractionEventListener<'pointerup'> = (eventUp) => {
    window.removeEventListener('pointermove', handlePointerMove)
    window.removeEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp)
    }
    window.addEventListener('pointermove', handlePointerMove)
    window.addEventListener('pointerup', handlePointerUp)
    })

    Type Parameters

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Set component highlight animations enabled or not. For most components this is enabled by default.

     // Example usage, disable highlight animations.
    component.setAnimationHighlight(false)

    Returns

    Object itself

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      Animation enabled?

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Set whether series is taken into account with automatic scrolling and fitting of attached axes.

    By default, this is true for all series.

    By setting this to false, any series can be removed from axis scrolling/fitting.

     // Example syntax, remove series from automatic scrolling / fitting.
    LineSeries.setAutoScrollingEnabled(false)

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      true default, axes will take series into account in scrolling and fitting operations. false, axes will ignore series boundaries.

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Configure whether cursors should pick on this particular series or not.

     // Example, prevent chart auto cursor from snapping to a series.
    LineSeries.setCursorEnabled(false)

    Related API:

    • setCursorMode | configure behavior when auto cursor is visible.

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Beta

    Set override behavior for when this series is formatted to be displayed by a cursor. This can be used to alter and expand on cursor formatting done for a specific series, either by the library's default cursor formatters or even the users own cursor formatters defined on chart level.

     // Example syntax, add extra row to display a custom data property
    series.setCursorFormattingOverride((hit, before) => {
    if (!isHitSampleXY(hit)) return before
    const customPropertyValue = data[hit.iSample].customProperty
    return [...before, ['ASD', '', customPropertyValue.toFixed(3)]]
    })

    To use this with users own cursor formatters, you can use useCursorFormatterSeriesOverride:

     // Example syntax, define custom cursor formatting with support for series overrides
    chart.setCursorFormatting((_, __, hits) => {
    return [
    [hits[0].axisX.formatValue(hits[0].x)],
    ...hits.map((hit) => useCursorFormatterSeriesOverride(hit, [['Y:', '', hit.axisY.formatValue(hit.y)]])).flat(),
    ]
    })

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Introduced in v6.0.0, the state and definition of this API is not finalized. It may change in future versions without regard to backwards compatibility if there is significant cause from user feedback.
    

    Parameters

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Set theme effect enabled on component or disabled.

    A theme can specify an Effect to add extra visual oomph to chart applications, like Glow effects around data or other components. Whether this effect is drawn above a particular component can be configured using the setEffect method.

     // Example, disable theme effect from a particular component.
    Component.setEffect(false)

    For the most part, theme effects are enabled by default on most components.

    Theme effect is configured with effect property.

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Parameters

    • enabled: boolean

      Theme effect enabled

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Set fill style of heatmap series.

    Supported fill styles:

    PalettedFill:

    Colors heatmap fill by looking color up from LUT based on heatmap intensity values.

     // Example, color look up by intensity values.
    heatmapSeries.setFillStyle(
    new PalettedFill({
    lut: new LUT({
    steps: [
    { value: 0, color: ColorCSS('red') },
    { value: 20, color: ColorCSS('blue') },
    ],
    interpolate: true,
    }),
    }),
    )

    Assign intensity values with invalidateIntensityValues.

    SolidFill:

    Solid color for all heatmap cells. Supported for debugging purposes mainly.

    emptyFill:

    Disables heatmap fill.

     // Example, hide heatmap fill.
    heatmapSeries
    .setFillStyle(emptyFill)

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Set state of component highlighting.

     // Example usage

    component.setHighlight(true)

    component.setHighlight(0.5)

    If highlight animations are enabled (which is true by default), the transition will be animated. As long as the component is highlighted, the active highlight intensity will be animated continuously between 0 and the configured value. Highlight animations can be disabled with setAnimationHighlight

    Returns

    Object itself

    Parameters

    • highlight: number | boolean

      Boolean or number between 0 and 1, where 1 is fully highlighted.

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Set highlight on mouse hover enabled or disabled.

    Mouse interactions have to be enabled on the component for this to function as expected. See setPointerEvents for more information.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

      True if highlighting on mouse hover, false if no highlight on mouse hover

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Beta

    Set icon of the chart component. This is displayed in legends and by default cursor formatters.

     const image = new Image()
    image.src = 'image.png'
    const icon = chart.engine.addCustomIcon(image)
    ChartComponent.setIcon(icon)

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Released as beta feature in v5.2.0 feature may still change according to user feedback and experiences.
    

    Parameters

    • icon: undefined | Icon

      Icon

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Set heatmap intensity interpolation mode.

    'disabled' or undefined: Interpolation disabled; draw data exactly as it is.

    'bilinear': Each PIXEL is colored based on an Bi-linearly interpolated intensity value based on the 4 closest real intensity values.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Set whether element can be target of pointer events or not.

    Disabling pointer events means that the objects below this component can be interacted through it.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

      Specifies state of mouse interactions

    Returns PolarHeatmapSeries

  • Method for solving the nearest data point to a given coordinate on screen.

     // Example syntax
    chart.onSeriesBackgroundMouseClick((_, event) => {
    const nearest = series.solveNearest(event, 'show-nearest')
    console.log(nearest)
    })

    Returns

    SolveResult object or undefined.

    Parameters

    • from: CoordinateClient

      Reference coordinate on web page as client coordinates. This can for example be directly an Event object.

    • solveMode: SolveNearestMode = 'show-nearest'

      Optional control for solve nearest behavior

    Returns undefined | SolveResultPolarHeatmap

  • Match legend entry style to reflect components own style.

    Parameters

    • entry: LegendBoxEntry<UIBackground>
    • matchStyleExactly: boolean = false

      By default, entries are assigned a smooth looking gradient based on the component color. If this flag is true, then this is skipped, and exact component solid fill is used instead.

    Returns void