show balloon over pie slice from outside
HTML
<script src="http://www.amcharts.com/lib/3/amcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://www.amcharts.com/lib/3/pie.js"></script>
<div id="chartdiv" style="width: 100%; height: 362px;"></div>
<input type="text" id="category" value="Ireland">
<input type="button" value="show" onclick="showBalloonAtCategory()">
JavaScript
var chart;
var legend;
var chartData = [
{
"country": "Lithuania",
"value": 260
},
{
"country": "Ireland",
"value": 201
},
{
"country": "Germany",
"value": 65
},
{
"country": "Australia",
"value": 39
},
{
"country": "UK",
"value": 19
},
{
"country": "Latvia",
"value": 10
}
];
AmCharts.ready(function () {
// PIE CHART
chart = new AmCharts.AmPieChart();
chart.dataProvider = chartData;
chart.titleField = "country";
chart.valueField = "value";
chart.outlineColor = "#FFFFFF";
chart.outlineAlpha = 0.8;
chart.outlineThickness = 1;
chart.balloonText = "[[title]]<br><span style='font-size:14px'><b>[[value]]</b> ([[percents]]%)</span>";
// this makes the chart 3D
chart.depth3D = 15;
chart.angle = 30;
// WRITE
chart.write("chartdiv");
});
function showBalloonAtCategory(){
var cat = document.getElementById("category").value;
// get index of category
var index;
for(var i = 0; i < chartData.length; i++){
if(chartData[i].country == cat){
index = i;
}
}
if(!isNaN(index)){
chart.rollOverSlice(index);
}
}