<html>
	<head>
		<title>Using Simple HTML Tooltips for Event Markers</title>
		<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
		<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="./../js/AnyChartStock.js?v=1.9.0r9317"></script>
		<!--- 
			This sample uses jquery library to work with DOM  
		-->
		<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="./js/jquery.min.js"></script>
		<style type="text/css">
			/* chart size */
			#chartContainer {
				width: 800px;
				height: 400px;
			}
			
			/* tooltip and other elements style */
			
			html,body {
			    padding: 0;
			    margin: 0;
			}
			
			div#tooltip {
			  background-color: #FFFFFF;

			  border-style: solid;
			  border-width: 1px;
			  border-color: rgb(175,175,175);

			  padding: 0px;

			  width: 215px;
			  height: auto;

			  position: absolute;
			  display: none;

			  font-family: Arial;
			}

			#tooltipHead {
			  background-color: #949494;
			  color: #FFFFFF;
			  font-weight: bold;
			  width: auto;
			  height: auto;
			  font-size: 11px;
			  line-height: 12px;
			  padding-left: 10px;
			  padding-top: 4px;
			  padding-right: 3px;
			  padding-bottom: 5px;
			}

			#tooltipContent {
			  color: rgb(20,20,20);
			  font-size: 11px;
			  height: auto;
			  padding: 5px;
			  padding-left: 15px;
			}

			#tooltipContent span {
			  font-size: 9px;
			  color: rgb(150, 150, 150);
			}
			
			table.settings {
				border-style: solid;
				border-width: 1px;
				border-color: #D0CDC9;
			}

			table.settings tr th {
				font:normal 60% Verdana;
				background-color: #DCD9D5;
				font-weight:bold;
				padding-bottom:5px;
				padding-top:5px;
				padding-left:10px;
				text-align:left;
			}
			table.settings tr td {
				background-color: #F8F4F0;
				font:normal 70% Verdana;
				padding-bottom:2px;
				padding-top:2px;
				padding-left:10px;
				text-align:left;	
			}
		</style>
		<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
			// Creating new chart object. 
			var chart = new AnyChartStock("./../swf/AnyChartStock.swf?v=1.9.0r9317", "./../swf/Preloader.swf?v=1.9.0r9317");
			// Setting XML config file.
			chart.setXMLFile("config.xml");
			// wmode is set to opaque to show HTML tooltip above the chart
			chart.wMode = "opaque";
			// Writing the flash object into the page DOM.
			chart.write("chartContainer");
			
			//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			//		Date time formatting
			//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			
			var monthNames = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
			
			// format datetime. Mask is %dd %MMMM %yyyy. e.g. 22 January 1987
			function formatDateTime(date) {
				return date.getUTCDate() + " " + monthNames[date.getUTCMonth()] + " " + date.getUTCFullYear();
			}
			
			//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			//		Tooltip
			//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			
			function showTooltip(eventMarker) {
				// link to <div id="tooltip" />
				var tooltip = $("#tooltip");
				
				// tooltip header content
				$("#tooltipHead").html("Analyst Opinion Change<br />"+formatDateTime(eventMarker.date));

				// tooltip content
				var content = "<b><font color=\"";
				switch (eventMarker.customAttributes.action) { // color text depending on the action type (set in custom attributes)
					case "init": content += "Black\">Initiated"; break;
					case "up": content += "Green\">Upgrade"; break;
					case "down": content += "Red\">Downgrade";break;
				}
				content += "</font></b> by "+eventMarker.customAttributes.researchFirm; // get researchFirm  from custom attributes
				if (eventMarker.customAttributes.action == "up" || eventMarker.customAttributes.action == "down") { // if action is up or down - add from and to from custom attributes
					content += "<br />";
					content += "from "+eventMarker.customAttributes.from+" to "+eventMarker.customAttributes.to;
				}
				$("#tooltipContent").html(content);
			
				// tooltip position
				var offset = $(chart.target).offset(); // componenet offset
				// component offset added to event marker position
				var x = eventMarker.bounds.x + eventMarker.bounds.width + offset.left + 10; 
				var y = eventMarker.bounds.y + offset.top; 
				
				// set tooltip position 
				tooltip.css("left",x+"px");
				tooltip.css("top",y+"px");
				
				// and make it visible
				tooltip.css("display","block");
			}
			
			// hide tooltip
			function hideTooltip() {
				$("#tooltip").css("display","none");
			}
			
			//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			//		Events handling
			//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			
			// eventMarkerMouseOver handler
			chart.onEventMarkerMouseOver = function(eventMarker) {
				showTooltip(eventMarker);
			};
			
			// eventMarkerMoseOut handler
			chart.onEventMarkerMouseOut = function() {
				hideTooltip();
			};
           
		</script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<table class="settings">
			<tr><th>Hover the event marker to see the details</th></tr>
			<tr><td id="chartContainer"><!-- Chart Container --></td></tr>
		</table>
		<!-- 
			HTML tooltip container goes below.
			It is added at the very bottom of the page to avoid Z-index issues.
		-->
		<div id="tooltip">
			<div id="tooltipHead">Head</div>
			<div id="tooltipContent">content</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

Sample Description

How to use this sample?

Hover any event marker to see custom HTML tooltip with event information. All event information comes from config.xml. Click on merged event markers stack to expand it and see tooltip for each event marker.

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How it works

Besides defining internal event marker tooltips, you can create HTML-based tooltips using mouse events and some special AnyStock functions.

In this sample HTML-based tooltips are created and two event marker events are handled: onEventMarkerMouseOver and onEventMarkerMouseOut - the first one triggers creation of custom HTML tooltip and the second one hides it.

HTML tooltip itself is just a simple div element, that is dynamically populated with data, that is obtained from eventMarker object, that comes from onEventMarkerMouseOver event.

You can read more about custom event marker tooltips at: HTML Tooltips for Event Markers article.

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AnyChartStock JavaScript API

This sample uses the following methods, properties and events from AnyChartStock JavaScript API:

Item Type Description
target Property (DOM Object) Link to a chart container DOM object.
wMode Property (String) Sets the Window Mode property of the Flash movie for transparency, layering, and positioning in the browser.
setXMLFile Method Sets chart XML configuration file path.
write Method Adds the chart to HTML DOM as a child of the specified container.
onEventMarkerMouseOut Event This event is dispatched when the mouse leaves an event marker.
onEventMarkerMouseOver Event This event is dispatched when an event marker is hovered by the mouse.

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Prerequisites

This section lists all configuration, data and auxiliary files required for this sample.

Configuration file

CSV files

SWF files

  • AnyChartStock.swf - AnyChart Stock component.
  • Preloader.swf - AnyChart Stock helper component that loads the main component (AnyChartStock.swf) and displays loading progress.

JavaScript Libraries

  • jquery.min.js - A JavaScript jQuery library. Learn more at jQuery official site.
  • AnyChartStock.js - A JavaScript library that is shipped with AnyChart Stock component. It is used to embed the component into HTML DOM and to comunicate with the Flash part.

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