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HTML
<script src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/canvasjs.min.js"></script>
<div id="chartContainer" style="height: 275px; width: 100%;"></div>
JavaScript
window.onload = function () {
var crossHairPositionY = null, crossHairPositionX = null;
var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart("chartContainer", {
title: {
text: "Retaining Crosshair Value after render"
},
axisX: {
crosshair: {
enabled: true,
hidden: function(e) {
crossHairPositionX = null;
}
}
},
axisY: {
crosshair: {
enabled: true,
hidden: function(e) {
crossHairPositionY = null;
}
}
},
data: [{
type: "column",
dataPoints: [
{ x: 10, y: 710 },
{ x: 20, y: 550 },
{ x: 30, y: 500 },
{ x: 40, y: 650 },
{ x: 50, y: 950 },
{ x: 60, y: 680 },
{ x: 70, y: 280 },
{ x: 80, y: 340 },
{ x: 90, y: 140 }
]
}]
});
chart.render();
setInterval(() => {
chart.render();
//Check if crosshair positions is within plot area
if( chart.axisX[0].bounds.x1 <= crossHairPositionX && chart.axisX[0].bounds.x2 >= crossHairPositionX && chart.axisY[0].bounds.y1 <= crossHairPositionY && chart.axisY[0].bounds.y2 >= crossHairPositionY) {
if(crossHairPositionX != null && crossHairPositionY != null) {
chart.axisX[0].crosshair.showAt(chart.axisX[0].convertPixelToValue(crossHairPositionX));
chart.axisY[0].crosshair.showAt(chart.axisY[0].convertPixelToValue(crossHairPositionY));
}
}
}, 1000);
$(".canvasjs-chart-canvas").last().on("mousemove", function(e) {
var parentOffset = $(this).parent().offset();
var relX = e.pageX - parentOffset.left;
crossHairPositionX = relX;
var relY = e.pageY - parentOffset.top;
crossHairPositionY = relY;
});
}