ChartEvent

Package	mx.charts.events
Class	public class ChartEvent
Inheritance	ChartEvent MouseEvent Event Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The ChartEvent class represents events that are specific to the chart control, such as when a chart is clicked. This event is only triggered if there are no ChartItem objects underneath the mouse.

Learn more

Handling user interactions with charts
About chart events

Related API Elements

mx.charts.events.ChartItemEvent

Public Properties

	Property		Defined By
		altKey : Boolean Indicates whether the Alt key is active (true) or inactive (false).	MouseEvent
		bubbles : Boolean [read-only] Indicates whether an event is a bubbling event.	Event
		buttonDown : Boolean Indicates whether the primary mouse button is pressed (true) or not (false).	MouseEvent
		cancelable : Boolean [read-only] Indicates whether the behavior associated with the event can be prevented.	Event
		clickCount : int [read-only] Indicates whether or not the mouse down event is part of a multi-click sequence.	MouseEvent
		commandKey : Boolean Indicates whether the command key is activated (Mac only.) The value of property commandKey will have the same value as property ctrlKey on the Mac.	MouseEvent
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object
		controlKey : Boolean Indicates whether the Control key is activated on Mac and whether the Ctrl key is activated on Windows or Linux.	MouseEvent
		ctrlKey : Boolean On Windows or Linux, indicates whether the Ctrl key is active (true) or inactive (false).	MouseEvent
		currentTarget : Object [read-only] The object that is actively processing the Event object with an event listener.	Event
		delta : int Indicates how many lines should be scrolled for each unit the user rotates the mouse wheel.	MouseEvent
		eventPhase : uint [read-only] The current phase in the event flow.	Event
		isRelatedObjectInaccessible : Boolean If true, the relatedObject property is set to null for reasons related to security sandboxes.	MouseEvent
		localX : Number When mouse locking is disabled, the horizontal coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the containing sprite.	MouseEvent
		localY : Number When mouse locking is disabled, the vertical coordinate at which the event occurred relative to the containing sprite.	MouseEvent
		movementX : Number When mouse locking is enabled, the change in mouse position in the X direction since the last mouse event.	MouseEvent
		movementY : Number When mouse locking is enabled, the change in mouse position in the Y direction since the last mouse event.	MouseEvent
		relatedObject : InteractiveObject A reference to a display list object that is related to the event.	MouseEvent
		shiftKey : Boolean Indicates whether the Shift key is active (true) or inactive (false).	MouseEvent
		stageX : Number [read-only] The horizontal coordinate at which the event occurred in global Stage coordinates.	MouseEvent
		stageY : Number [read-only] The vertical coordinate at which the event occurred in global Stage coordinates.	MouseEvent
		target : Object [read-only] The event target.	Event
		type : String [read-only] The type of event.	Event

Public Methods

	Method		Defined By
		ChartEvent(type:String, triggerEvent:MouseEvent = null, target:ChartBase = null) Constructor.	ChartEvent
		clone():Event [override] Creates a copy of the MouseEvent object and sets the value of each property to match that of the original.	MouseEvent
		formatToString(className:String, ... arguments):String A utility function for implementing the toString() method in custom ActionScript 3.0 Event classes.	Event
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isDefaultPrevented():Boolean Checks whether the preventDefault() method has been called on the event.	Event
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		preventDefault():void Cancels an event's default behavior if that behavior can be canceled.	Event
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		stopImmediatePropagation():void Prevents processing of any event listeners in the current node and any subsequent nodes in the event flow.	Event
		stopPropagation():void Prevents processing of any event listeners in nodes subsequent to the current node in the event flow.	Event
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String [override] Returns a string that contains all the properties of the MouseEvent object.	MouseEvent
		updateAfterEvent():void Instructs Flash Player or Adobe AIR to render after processing of this event completes, if the display list has been modified.	MouseEvent
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object

Public Constants

	Constant		Defined By
		CHART_CLICK : String = "chartClick" [static] Indicates that the user clicked the mouse button over a chart control but not on a chart item.	ChartEvent
		CHART_DOUBLE_CLICK : String = "chartDoubleClick" [static] Indicates that the user double-clicked the mouse button over a chart control but not on a chart item.	ChartEvent

Constructor Detail

ChartEvent

()

Constructor

public function ChartEvent(type:String, triggerEvent:MouseEvent = null, target:ChartBase = null)

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Constructor.

Parameters

	`type:String` — The type of the event.

	`triggerEvent:MouseEvent` (default = `null`) — The MouseEvent that triggered this ChartEvent.

	`target:ChartBase` (default = `null`) — The chart on which the event was triggered.

Constant Detail

CHART_CLICK

Constant

public static const CHART_CLICK:String = "chartClick"

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Indicates that the user clicked the mouse button over a chart control but not on a chart item.

CHART_DOUBLE_CLICK

Constant

public static const CHART_DOUBLE_CLICK:String = "chartDoubleClick"

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Product Version:

Flex 3

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Indicates that the user double-clicked the mouse button over a chart control but not on a chart item.

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