Get the Color of Data Point on Click - CanvasJS JavaScript Charts

Get the Color of Data Point on Click - CanvasJS JavaScript Charts

by canvasjs

HTML

<script src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/canvasjs.min.js"></script>
<br/><!-- Just so that JSFiddle's Result label doesn't overlap the Chart -->
<div id="chartContainer" style="height: 360px; width: 100%;"></div>

JavaScript

var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart("chartContainer", {
		title:{
			text: "Click to Highlight the dataPoint"
		},
		data: [
		{
			type: "pie",
			click: highlightDataPoint,
			dataPoints: [
				{ y: 4181563, indexLabel: "PlayStation 3" },
				{ y: 2175498, indexLabel: "Wii" },
				{ y: 3125844, indexLabel: "Xbox 360" },
				{ y: 1176121, indexLabel: "Nintendo DS"},
				{ y: 1727161, indexLabel: "PSP" },
				{ y: 4303364, indexLabel: "Nintendo 3DS"},
				{ y: 1717786, indexLabel: "PS Vita"}
			]
		}
		]
	});
	chart.render();
  
function highlightDataPoint(e) {
	var color = e.dataPoint.color ? e.dataPoint.color : e.chart.data[0]._colorSet[e.dataPointIndex % e.chart.data[0]._colorSet.length];
	console.log( "Color of current Datapoint: " + color );
}