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This page describes how to animate modifications made to a chart, instead of applying them instantly.
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Overview
Google charts can animate smoothly in one of two ways, either on startup when you first draw the chart, or when you redraw a chart after making a change in data or options.
To animate on startup:
- Set your chart data and options. Be sure to set an animation duration and easing type.
- Set
animation: {'startup': true}
— setting this in your options will cause your chart to start with series values drawn at the baseline, and animate out to their final state. - Call
chart.draw()
, passing in your data and options.
To animate a transition:
- Start with an already rendered chart.
- Modify the data table or options. Different chart types support different modifications; see Supported Modifications to learn what modifications are supported for what chart types.
- Specify the transition behavior using the animation option.
- Call
chart.draw()
on your chart to transition to the new values.
Here is a simple example which changes the single value presented in a bar chart upon each click on a button:
Supported Modifications
Support for different types of transitions differs from one chart to another. The different types of transitions are:
- Changes to data table values only. The number of rows and columns is the same, and the columns maintain their original types and roles.
- Addition or removal of columns (series).
- Addition or removal of rows (categories).
- Changes to chart options. Currently, options that will animate on change include:
- the view window (
vAxis.viewWindow.min
,vAxis.viewWindow.max
,hAxis.viewWindow.min
,hAxis.viewWindow.max
) — Changing the view window is useful for achieving 'zoom' and continuous 'drift' effects (see examples below) vAxis.ticks
andhAxis.ticks
valuesvAxis.gridlines.count
andhAxis.gridlines.count
vAxis.direction
andhAxis.direction
vAxis.baseline
andhAxis.baseline
vAxis.logScale
andhAxis.logScale
- chart size (
height
andwidth
) - chart area (
chartArea.height
,chartArea.width
,chartArea.top
,chartArea.left
)
- the view window (
Modification Type | Valid Chart Types |
---|---|
Value changes | ScatterChart, LineChart, AreaChart, BarChart, BubbleChart, ColumnChart, CandlestickChart, SteppedAreaChart, ComboChart, Gauge |
Adding/removing rows | ScatterChart, LineChart, AreaChart, BubbleChart, ComboChart (with line/area series only) |
Adding/removing columns | ScatterChart, LineChart, AreaChart, BarChart, BubbleChart, ColumnChart, CandlestickChart, SteppedAreaChart, ComboChart |
Modifying chart options | ScatterChart, LineChart, AreaChart, BarChart, BubbleChart, ColumnChart, CandlestickChart, SteppedAreaChart, ComboChart |
Transition behavior
Name | |
---|---|
animation.duration | The duration of the animation, in milliseconds. For details, see the animation documentation. Default: 0 |
animation.easing | The easing function applied to the animation. The following options are available:
Default: 'linear' |
animation.startup | Determines if the chart will animate on the initial draw. If Default false |
Events
When drawing a chart, a 'ready' event is fired once the chart is ready for external method calls.The chart will fire theanimationfinish
event when the transition is complete. Name | |
---|---|
animationfinish | Fired when transition animation is complete. |