Scales
8 Jan 201813 minutes to read
Scales are the basic functional block of the Circular Gauge. By customizing the scales, the appearance of the Gauge can be improved. The functional blocks of Circular Gauge are
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Pointers
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Labels
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CustomLabels
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Indicators
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Ticks
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Ranges
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Sub gauges.
Adding Scale Collection
Scale collection is directly added to the Gauge object. Refer the following code example to add scale collection in Gauge control. You customize the scale radius using radius property.
<div id="CircularGauge1"></div>$(function () {
//For circular gauge rendering
$("#CircularGauge1").ejCircularGauge({
scales: [{
radius:150
}]
})
});Execute the above code to render the following output.
Scale Customization
Colors and Border
The Scale border is modified with the object called border. It has two border property namely color and width which are used to customize the border color of the scale and border width of the scale. Setting the background color improves the look and feel of the Circular Gauge. You can customize the background color of the scale using backgroundColor. The scale bar of circular gauge can be enabled by setting showScaleBar property as true.
<div id="CircularGauge1"></div>$(function () {
//For circular gauge rendering
$("#CircularGauge1").ejCircularGauge({
scales: [{
showScaleBar: true,
radius: 150,
backgroundColor: "Red",
border: {
//For scale border color
color: "Blue",
//For scale border width
width: 3
},
pointers: [{ length: 100 }]
}]
})
});Execute the above code to render the following output.
Pointer Cap
Pointer cap is a circular shape element that is located at the center of the Circular Gauge. The pointer cap is one of the cynosure of the Circular Gauge. By customizing the pointer cap, Gauge style is improved. The pointer cap is modified with the object pointerCap. It contains radius, borderColor, borderWidth, interiorGradient and backgroundColor properties. The property radius is used to set the radius for the pointer cap.
<div id="CircularGauge1"></div>$(function () {
// For Circular Gauge rendering
$("#CircularGauge1").ejCircularGauge({
scales: [{ pointerCap: {
// For setting pointer cap radius
radius:10,
// For setting pointer cap border width
borderWidth: 4,
// For setting pointer cap border color
borderColor: "Blue",
// For setting pointer cap background color
backgroundColor: "Red"
}}]
})
});Execute the above code to render the following output.
Appearance
Circular Gauge contains two types of scale direction such as clockwise and counter clockwise. You can set them by enumerable property called direction. And you can set the minimum and maximum values for the scale with the properties minimum and maximum*. The two properties minorIntervalValue and majorIntervalValue are the values used to set interval value for the ticks and labels. The radius property is used to set the radius value for the circular scale and the size property is used to set the scale bar width. You can also adjust the Opacity of the scale with the property opacity. The value for opacity lies between 0 and 1. You can also give some shadow effects for the scale by using the property shadowOffset.
<div id="CircularGauge1"></div>$(function () {
// For Circular Gauge rendering
$("#CircularGauge1").ejCircularGauge({
scales: [{
// For setting scale bar size
size: 30,
// For setting scale radius
scaleRadius: 130,
// For setting scale minimum value
minimum: 20,
// For setting scale maximum value
maximum: 120,
// For setting scale major interval value
majorIntervalValue: 20,
// For setting scale minor interval
minorIntervalValue: 5,
// For setting scale direction
direction:ej.datavisualization.CircularGauge.Directions.CounterClockwise,
// For setting scale background color
backgroundColor:"red",
// For setting scale bar opacity
opacity:0.5,
// For setting scale bar shadow offset
shadowOffset: 20
}]
});
});Execute the above code to render the following output.
Circular Gauge Scale Angles
The property startAngle is used to set starting position of the scale at certain angle and sweepAngle is used to shrink or expand the scale to certain angle.
<div id="CircularGauge1"></div>$(function () {
// For Circular Gauge rendering
$("#CircularGauge1").ejCircularGauge({
scales: [{
startAngle: 90,
sweepAngle: 200
}]
});
});Enable/Disable properties
You can enable / disable properties in Circular Gauge using some properties in scale collection. The showIndicators property is used to enable/disable the indicators. showLabels, showTicks, showRanges, showPointers and showScaleBar are used to enable/ disable labels, ticks, ranges, pointers and scale bar respectively.
Multiple Scales
You can set Multiple scales for a single Circular Gauge control by using an array of scale objects. Each scale object is independent of each other. The following code example refers to two scale objects in a Gauge.
<div id="CircularGauge1"></div>$(function () {
// For Circular Gauge rendering
$("#CircularGauge1").ejCircularGauge({
scales: [
// For setting scale1
{
size: 10,
showScaleBar:true,
scaleRadius: 150,
minimum: 20,
maximum: 120,
majorIntervalValue: 20,
minorIntervalValue: 5,
direction:ej.datavisualization.CircularGauge.Directions.Clockwise,
shadowOffset: 20,
pointers:[{value:50,length:120}]
},
// For setting second scale
{
size: 10,
showScaleBar:false,
scaleRadius: 80,
majorIntervalValue: 10,
direction:ej.datavisualization.CircularGauge.Directions.CounterClockwise,
opacity:0.5,
shadowOffset: 5,
pointers:[{value:40,length:50}],
ticks:[{color:"red",distanceFromScale:80}],
labels:[{ distanceFromScale:40,color:"red"}]
}]
});
});Execute the above code to render the following output.
