Interface for a stand-alone UIElement.

Adds ability for:

  • Setting position
  • Specifying draggability

Hierarchy

Accessors

  • get draggable(): boolean
  • Reference to HTML draggable attribute

    Essentially part of convenience functionality which allows you to specify specific LCJS elements as "draggable", this information is automatically passed on to the LCJS charts container DIV when that element is pointed (since LCJS elements are not HTML elements, the DIV is the only actual HTML element).

    Returns boolean

  • set draggable(state: boolean): void
  • Reference to HTML draggable attribute

    Essentially part of convenience functionality which allows you to specify specific LCJS elements as "draggable", this information is automatically passed on to the LCJS charts container DIV when that element is pointed (since LCJS elements are not HTML elements, the DIV is the only actual HTML element).

    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

  • 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

  • Returns the position origin of this UiElement.

    Returns

    Relative position vector (-1 to 1, where 0 is center of the object).

    Returns Point

  • Returns

    Mouse interactions state

    Returns boolean

  • Returns the position of this UiElement at given location relative to elements size.

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent itself

    Parameters

    • Optional relativePosition: Point

      Relative position vector (-1 to 1 which specifies position of origin, 0 is center of the object)

    • Optional spaceOfInterest: UISpace

      Parameter to disregard parts of object when calculating the asked position. Defaults to Margin.

    Returns Point

  • Returns the size of the UiElements in pixels including any Margins or Paddings

    Returns

    Object size in pixels

    Parameters

    • Optional spaceOfInterest: UISpace

      Parameter to disregard parts of object when calculating the position. Defaults to Margin, which includes everything. Should only ever be necessary for sub-classes

    Returns Point

  • Get element visibility.

    Returns

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

    Returns boolean

  • 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 auto dispose behavior for this UI element.

    Can be used to set a condition, where the UI element is automatically disposed, removing it from view.

     // Example, remove UI element when it is larger than 20% of viewport.
    UIElement.setAutoDispose({
    type: 'max-width',
    maxWidth: 0.20,
    })

    Returns

    Object itself for fluent interface.

    Parameters

    Returns UIElement

  • 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 UIElement

  • Set margin around object in pixels.

    Returns

    Object itself

    Parameters

    • margin: number | Partial<MMargin>

      Number with pixel margins for all sides or datastructure with individual pixel margins for each side. Any side can be omitted, only passed values will be overridden.

    Returns UIElement

  • Sets the position origin of this UiElement.

    Parameters

    • origin: Point

      Relative position vector (-1 to 1, where 0 is center of the object). UIOrigins, enum-like object can be used for easy selection of common values

    Returns UIElement

  • Set mouse interactions enabled. Implementations should update the mouse-interactions of any Shapes they may contain here.

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

    Returns UIElement

  • Sets the position of this UiElement relative to its origin

    Parameters

    • position: Point

      Position

    Returns UIElement

  • Set element visibility.

    Returns

    Object itself.

    Parameters

    • state: boolean

      true when element should be visible and false when element should be hidden.

    Returns UIElement