Draw chart with mouse click

[assassin]

Hello

I want to draw a chart (Cartesian, line series) with mouse click but i don't know how can I get location of mouse click in chart axes,

Also how to allow for add new point only in horizontal and vertical stripes lines intersect

Thanks

[Dimitar]

Hi Sebastiaan,

You can use the following code to calculate the value on the chart surface. I am adding an invisible series to define the range. Here is the code:

public RadForm1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    radChartView1.MouseDown += RadChartView1_MouseDown;
    ScatterSeries scatterSeries = new ScatterSeries();
    scatterSeries.Name = "";
    scatterSeries.DataPoints.Add(new ScatterDataPoint(0, 0));
    scatterSeries.DataPoints.Add(new ScatterDataPoint(200,200));
    scatterSeries.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
    this.radChartView1.Series.Add(scatterSeries);
}

private void RadChartView1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    object hValue = this.GetVerticalAxisValueFromMouse(e);
    object vValue = this.GetHorizontalAxisValueFromMouse(e);

    Console.WriteLine(hValue);
    Console.WriteLine(vValue);
    Console.WriteLine();
}

private object GetVerticalAxisValueFromMouse(MouseEventArgs e)
{
    LinearAxis axis = radChartView1.Axes[1] as LinearAxis;
    double delta = axis.ActualRange.Maximum - axis.ActualRange.Minimum;
    double totalHeight = axis.Model.LayoutSlot.Height;
    double ratio = 1 - (e.Location.Y - this.radChartView1.Area.View.Viewport.Y - axis.Model.LayoutSlot.Y) / totalHeight;
    double value = axis.ActualRange.Minimum + delta * ratio;

    return value;
}

private object GetHorizontalAxisValueFromMouse(MouseEventArgs e)
{
    LinearAxis axis = radChartView1.Axes[0] as LinearAxis;
    double delta = axis.ActualRange.Maximum - axis.ActualRange.Minimum;
    double totalWidth = axis.Model.LayoutSlot.Width;
    double ratio = (e.Location.X - this.radChartView1.Area.View.Viewport.X - axis.Model.LayoutSlot.X) / totalWidth;
    double value = axis.ActualRange.Minimum + delta * ratio;

    return value;
}

If you want to use specific values only can pick the closest value after the user clicks on the surface. 

I hope this will be useful. 

Regards,
Dimitar
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