Animation speed

[Massimiliano]

I couldn't seem to find a configurable option for animation speed on those nice chart.
I think since much of their "power" as compared to regular Chart control comes from animation and interactivity, an animation speed parameter would be a nice addon (and maybe even simple to add).
Also I think that Kendo charts still looks better, in particular the PIE chart on Kendo is awesome, both the animation (kind of bouncing) and the graphic. The suggestion is to render it similar.

Thanks for your great support as always.

[Danail Vasilev]

Hi Massimiliano,
 
Thank you for sharing with us your suggestions and feedback. We appreciate the opinion of our customers.

Actually you are right that in the current version of RadControls there is no such property that sets the speed of the animation of RadHtmlChart. Therefore, I have logged you suggestion as a feature request in our PITS here, so that you can monitor, vote and comment on it.

At the moment I can not guarantee any time bounds about its implementation but if it gets enough votes and then approval from our management you can expect it in our future releases.

All the best,
Danail Vasilev
the Telerik team

[Massimiliano]

I've seen this has not been implemented in the latest Q1 2013 update, by the way setting animation speed (and also animation type like bounce, square, etc.) shouldn't be that complex if it's based on jquery and could bring a big plus to this control.
The most impacting difference with the old chart is the animation, but if the developer has no control over it, it's really missing one of it's biggest focus.

[Danail Vasilev]

Hi Massimiliano,

The process of implementation of a particular feature request initially steps through gaining enough votes and then a review by our management. The PITS item related to the ability to change the animation duration in RadHtmlChart, however, has less votes than other PITS items, so that they have a higher priority over it.

In Q12013 we have implemented a lot of new functionalities, requested by our clients. For example:

• Ability to change the color of a particular SeriesItem in other Series and not only in PieSeries.
• Ability to control the visual appearance of titles and labels.
• Ability to change the datasource of the RadHtmlChart on the client-side.
• Two brand new chart types - Bubble and Donut charts.

More information about the new features of RadHtmlChart in Q1 2013 is available in this blog post. As you can see, we try to satisfy the needs of our clients, by developing new features in RadControls. However, we need to prioritize the multiple feature requests, in order to fulfill the quality assurance of these features as well as to fit in the time constraints of the particular Q.

We have also an idea to implement in the upcoming Q2 2013 the following features:

• Candlestick Chart Type
• DateTime Support
• Zooming & Scrolling
• More Customization Options for Appearance and Fonts

You can find more information about the road map for RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX in this article.

If you have any other questions or feedback related to Telerik products, do not hesitate to contact us again.

Regards,
Danail Vasilev
the Telerik team