Scrollable Charts

View model

using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Linq;
using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.Defaults;
using LiveChartsCore.Kernel.Events;
using LiveChartsCore.Kernel.Sketches;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Drawing;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting;
using SkiaSharp;

namespace ViewModelsSamples.General.Scrollable;

public partial class ViewModel
{
    private bool _isDown = false;
    private readonly ObservableCollection<ObservablePoint> _values = new();

    public ViewModel()
    {
        var trend = 1000;
        var r = new Random();

        for (var i = 0; i < 500; i++)
        {
            _values.Add(new ObservablePoint(i, trend += r.Next(-20, 20)));
        }

        Series = new ISeries[]
        {
            new LineSeries<ObservablePoint>
            {
                Values = _values,
                GeometryStroke = null,
                GeometryFill = null,
                DataPadding = new(0, 1)
            }
        };

        ScrollbarSeries = new ISeries[]
        {
            new LineSeries<ObservablePoint>
            {
                Values = _values,
                GeometryStroke = null,
                GeometryFill = null,
                DataPadding = new(0, 1)
            }
        };

        ScrollableAxes = new[] { new Axis() };

        Thumbs = new[]
        {
            new RectangularSection
            {
                Fill = new SolidColorPaint(new SKColor(255, 205, 210, 100))
            }
        };

        InvisibleX = new[] { new Axis { IsVisible = false } };
        InvisibleY = new[] { new Axis { IsVisible = false } };

        // force the left margin to be 100 and the right margin 50 in both charts, this will
        // align the start and end point of the "draw margin",
        // no matter the size of the labels in the Y axis of both chart.
        var auto = LiveChartsCore.Measure.Margin.Auto;
        Margin = new(100, auto, 50, auto);
    }

    public ISeries[] Series { get; set; }
    public Axis[] ScrollableAxes { get; set; }
    public ISeries[] ScrollbarSeries { get; set; }
    public Axis[] InvisibleX { get; set; }
    public Axis[] InvisibleY { get; set; }
    public LiveChartsCore.Measure.Margin Margin { get; set; }
    public RectangularSection[] Thumbs { get; set; }

    [RelayCommand]
    public void ChartUpdated(ChartCommandArgs args)
    {
        var cartesianChart = (ICartesianChartView<SkiaSharpDrawingContext>)args.Chart;

        var x = cartesianChart.XAxes.First();

        // update the scroll bar thumb when the chart is updated (zoom/pan)
        // this will let the user know the current visible range
        var thumb = Thumbs[0];

        thumb.Xi = x.MinLimit;
        thumb.Xj = x.MaxLimit;
    }

    [RelayCommand]
    public void PointerDown(PointerCommandArgs args)
    {
        _isDown = true;
    }

    [RelayCommand]
    public void PointerMove(PointerCommandArgs args)
    {
        if (!_isDown) return;

        var chart = (ICartesianChartView<SkiaSharpDrawingContext>)args.Chart;
        var positionInData = chart.ScalePixelsToData(args.PointerPosition);

        var thumb = Thumbs[0];
        var currentRange = thumb.Xj - thumb.Xi;

        // update the scroll bar thumb when the user is dragging the chart
        thumb.Xi = positionInData.X - currentRange / 2;
        thumb.Xj = positionInData.X + currentRange / 2;

        // update the chart visible range
        ScrollableAxes[0].MinLimit = thumb.Xi;
        ScrollableAxes[0].MaxLimit = thumb.Xj;
    }

    [RelayCommand]
    public void PointerUp(PointerCommandArgs args)
    {
        _isDown = false;
    }
}

HTML

@page "/General/Scrollable"
@using LiveChartsCore.Kernel.Sketches;
@using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Blazor
@using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Drawing;
@using ViewModelsSamples.General.Scrollable

<div class="bg-primary text-white p-3">
    This is an experimental feature, it is not ready for production in Blazor, it seems that
    the chart is updating multiple times resulting in a poor performance.
</div>

<CartesianChart
    @ref="_mainChart"
	Series="ViewModel.Series"
    XAxes="ViewModel.ScrollableAxes"
    ZoomMode="LiveChartsCore.Measure.ZoomAndPanMode.X"
    DrawMargin="ViewModel.Margin">
</CartesianChart>

<div style="height: 100px">
    <CartesianChart
        @ref="_scrollableChart"
        Series="ViewModel.ScrollbarSeries"
        DrawMargin="ViewModel.Margin"
        Sections="ViewModel.Thumbs"
        XAxes="ViewModel.InvisibleX"
        YAxes="ViewModel.InvisibleY"
        OnPointerDownCallback="OnPointeDown"
        OnPointerUpCallback="OnPointeUp"
        OnPointerMoveCallback="OnPointeMove"
        TooltipPosition="LiveChartsCore.Measure.TooltipPosition.Hidden">
    </CartesianChart>
</div>

@code {
    // NOTE: // mark
    // BECAUSE THIS VIEWMODEL IS SHARED WITH OTHER VIEWS // mark
    // THE ViewModel.ChartUpdated, ViewModel.PointerDown and ViewModel.PointerUp METHODS // mark
    // are repeated, please ignore the viewmodel RelayCommands and use the events instead. // mark

    private bool _isDown;

    public CartesianChart _mainChart = null!;
    public CartesianChart _scrollableChart = null!;
    public ViewModel ViewModel { get; set; } = new();

    protected override void OnAfterRender(bool firstRender)
    {
        base.OnAfterRender(firstRender);

        _mainChart.UpdateStarted += OnChart_Updated;
    }

    private void OnChart_Updated(IChartView<SkiaSharpDrawingContext> chart)
    {
        var vm = ViewModel;
        var cartesianChart = (CartesianChart)chart;

        var x = cartesianChart.XAxes.First();

        // update the scroll bar thumb when the chart is updated (zoom/pan)
        // this will let the user know the current visible range
        var thumb = vm.Thumbs[0];

        thumb.Xi = x.MinLimit;
        thumb.Xj = x.MaxLimit;
    }

    private void OnPointeDown(PointerEventArgs e)
    {
        _isDown = true;
    }

    private void OnPointeMove(PointerEventArgs e)
    {
        if (!_isDown) return;

        var vm = ViewModel;
        var scrollBarChart = _scrollableChart;

        var positionInData = scrollBarChart.ScalePixelsToData(new(e.OffsetX, e.OffsetY));

        var thumb = vm.Thumbs[0];
        var currentRange = thumb.Xj - thumb.Xi;

        // update the scroll bar thumb when the user is dragging the chart
        thumb.Xi = positionInData.X - currentRange / 2;
        thumb.Xj = positionInData.X + currentRange / 2;

        // update the chart visible range
        vm.ScrollableAxes[0].MinLimit = thumb.Xi;
        vm.ScrollableAxes[0].MaxLimit = thumb.Xj;
    }

    private void OnPointeUp(PointerEventArgs e)
    {
        _isDown = false;
    }
}

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