datatipfunction in a linechart

To customize the datatip in a linechart in flex you need to use the datatipfunction property that refers to a function. This function must return a string and take a parameter of type HitData. To get the current VALUE of the line point you're mousing over you need to use LineSeriesItem(hitData.chartItem).yValue - I found this difficult to find out at first.

Here's an example:

private function lcDataTipFunction(hitData:HitData):String
{
var s:String;
s = LineSeries(hitData.element).displayName + "\n";
s += LineSeriesItem(hitData.chartItem).yValue + "\n";
s += hitData.item.Day + " at " + hitData.item.Time;
return s;
}

Comments

tomgutz said…
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Mohito said…
you are my Man Friday.. thanks for the tip.. i have been struggling long on the dataTipFunction.

Thanks
Anonymous said…
Dear Angel

Thank you for your very nice code about datatipfunction in linechart and friendly you are very cute.

BR
Farid Valipour
ltlombardi said…
Thank you very much.
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Anonymous said…
Very helpful post, thank you.

Just to add, following imports are needed

import mx.charts.HitData;
import mx.charts.series.items.LineSeriesItem;

Also to note, dataTipFunction is declared under the Chart, not the line series.

- James S

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