Qml Charts Example

This basic demonstration shows how to use the different chart types by using qml.

Running the Example

To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.

Creating Charts Using QML

Creating each chart type begins with the creation of a ChartView.

To create a pie, we use the PieSeries API together with a few PieSlices:

 ChartView {
     id: chart
     title: "Top-5 car brand shares in Finland"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.alignment: Qt.AlignBottom
     antialiasing: true

     PieSeries {
         id: pieSeries
         PieSlice { label: "Volkswagen"; value: 13.5 }
         PieSlice { label: "Toyota"; value: 10.9 }
         PieSlice { label: "Ford"; value: 8.6 }
         PieSlice { label: "Skoda"; value: 8.2 }
         PieSlice { label: "Volvo"; value: 6.8 }
     }
 }

 Component.onCompleted: {
     // You can also manipulate slices dynamically, like append a slice or set a slice exploded
     othersSlice = pieSeries.append("Others", 52.0);
     pieSeries.find("Volkswagen").exploded = true;
 }

To create a chart with a line series:

 ChartView {
     title: "Line"
     anchors.fill: parent
     antialiasing: true

     LineSeries {
         name: "LineSeries"
         XYPoint { x: 0; y: 0 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.1; y: 2.1 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.9; y: 3.3 }
         XYPoint { x: 2.1; y: 2.1 }
         XYPoint { x: 2.9; y: 4.9 }
         XYPoint { x: 3.4; y: 3.0 }
         XYPoint { x: 4.1; y: 3.3 }
     }
 }

And spline series:

 ChartView {
     title: "Spline"
     anchors.fill: parent
     antialiasing: true

     SplineSeries {
         name: "SplineSeries"
         XYPoint { x: 0; y: 0.0 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.1; y: 3.2 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.9; y: 2.4 }
         XYPoint { x: 2.1; y: 2.1 }
         XYPoint { x: 2.9; y: 2.6 }
         XYPoint { x: 3.4; y: 2.3 }
         XYPoint { x: 4.1; y: 3.1 }
     }
 }

Then we create a chart that illustrates the NHL All-Star player selections by using three area series:

 ChartView {
     title: "NHL All-Star Team Players"
     anchors.fill: parent
     antialiasing: true

     // Define x-axis to be used with the series instead of default one
     ValueAxis {
         id: valueAxis
         min: 2000
         max: 2011
         tickCount: 12
         labelFormat: "%.0f"
     }

     AreaSeries {
         name: "Russian"
         axisX: valueAxis
         upperSeries: LineSeries {
             XYPoint { x: 2000; y: 1 }
             XYPoint { x: 2001; y: 1 }
             XYPoint { x: 2002; y: 1 }
             XYPoint { x: 2003; y: 1 }
             XYPoint { x: 2004; y: 1 }
             XYPoint { x: 2005; y: 0 }
             XYPoint { x: 2006; y: 1 }
             XYPoint { x: 2007; y: 1 }
             XYPoint { x: 2008; y: 4 }
             XYPoint { x: 2009; y: 3 }
             XYPoint { x: 2010; y: 2 }
             XYPoint { x: 2011; y: 1 }
         }
     }
     ...

Then a couple of scatter series:

 ChartView {
     title: "Scatters"
     anchors.fill: parent
     antialiasing: true

     ScatterSeries {
         id: scatter1
         name: "Scatter1"
         XYPoint { x: 1.5; y: 1.5 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.5; y: 1.6 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.57; y: 1.55 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.8; y: 1.8 }
         XYPoint { x: 1.9; y: 1.6 }
         XYPoint { x: 2.1; y: 1.3 }
         XYPoint { x: 2.5; y: 2.1 }
     }

     ScatterSeries {
         name: "Scatter2"
     ...

And a few different bar series:

 ChartView {
     title: "Bar series"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.alignment: Qt.AlignBottom
     antialiasing: true

     BarSeries {
         id: mySeries
         axisX: BarCategoryAxis { categories: ["2007", "2008", "2009", "2010", "2011", "2012" ] }
         BarSet { label: "Bob"; values: [2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }
         BarSet { label: "Susan"; values: [5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7] }
         BarSet { label: "James"; values: [3, 5, 8, 13, 5, 8] }
     }
 }

 ChartView {
     title: "Stacked Bar series"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.alignment: Qt.AlignBottom
     antialiasing: true

     StackedBarSeries {
         id: mySeries
         axisX: BarCategoryAxis { categories: ["2007", "2008", "2009", "2010", "2011", "2012" ] }
         BarSet { label: "Bob"; values: [2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }
         BarSet { label: "Susan"; values: [5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7] }
         BarSet { label: "James"; values: [3, 5, 8, 13, 5, 8] }
     }
 }

 ChartView {
     title: "Percent Bar series"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.alignment: Qt.AlignBottom
     antialiasing: true

     PercentBarSeries {
         axisX: BarCategoryAxis { categories: ["2007", "2008", "2009", "2010", "2011", "2012" ] }
         BarSet { label: "Bob"; values: [2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }
         BarSet { label: "Susan"; values: [5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7] }
         BarSet { label: "James"; values: [3, 5, 8, 13, 5, 8] }
     }
 }

 ChartView {
     title: "Horizontal Bar series"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.alignment: Qt.AlignBottom
     antialiasing: true

     HorizontalBarSeries {
         axisY: BarCategoryAxis { categories: ["2007", "2008", "2009", "2010", "2011", "2012" ] }
         BarSet { label: "Bob"; values: [2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }
         BarSet { label: "Susan"; values: [5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7] }
         BarSet { label: "James"; values: [3, 5, 8, 13, 5, 8] }
     }
 }

 ChartView {
     title: "Horizontal Stacked Bar series"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.alignment: Qt.AlignBottom
     antialiasing: true

     HorizontalStackedBarSeries {
         axisY: BarCategoryAxis { categories: ["2007", "2008", "2009", "2010", "2011", "2012" ] }
         BarSet { label: "Bob"; values: [2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }
         BarSet { label: "Susan"; values: [5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7] }
         BarSet { label: "James"; values: [3, 5, 8, 13, 5, 8] }
     }
 }

 ChartView {
     title: "Horizontal Percent Bar series"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.alignment: Qt.AlignBottom
     antialiasing: true

     HorizontalPercentBarSeries {
         axisY: BarCategoryAxis { categories: ["2007", "2008", "2009", "2010", "2011", "2012" ] }
         BarSet { label: "Bob"; values: [2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }
         BarSet { label: "Susan"; values: [5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 7] }
         BarSet { label: "James"; values: [3, 5, 8, 13, 5, 8] }
     }
 }

And finally an example demonstrating how to create a donut chart with two pie series:

 ChartView {
     id: chart
     title: "Production costs"
     anchors.fill: parent
     legend.visible: false
     antialiasing: true

     PieSeries {
         id: pieOuter
         size: 0.96
         holeSize: 0.7
         PieSlice { id: slice; label: "Alpha"; value: 19511; color: "#99CA53" }
         PieSlice { label: "Epsilon"; value: 11105; color: "#209FDF" }
         PieSlice { label: "Psi"; value: 9352; color: "#F6A625" }
     }

     PieSeries {
         size: 0.7
         id: pieInner
         holeSize: 0.25

         PieSlice { label: "Materials"; value: 10334; color: "#B9DB8A" }
         PieSlice { label: "Employee"; value: 3066; color: "#DCEDC4" }
         PieSlice { label: "Logistics"; value: 6111; color: "#F3F9EB" }

         PieSlice { label: "Materials"; value: 7371; color: "#63BCE9" }
         PieSlice { label: "Employee"; value: 2443; color: "#A6D9F2" }
         PieSlice { label: "Logistics"; value: 1291; color: "#E9F5FC" }

         PieSlice { label: "Materials"; value: 4022; color: "#F9C36C" }
         PieSlice { label: "Employee"; value: 3998; color: "#FCE1B6" }
         PieSlice { label: "Logistics"; value: 1332; color: "#FEF5E7" }
     }
 }

 Component.onCompleted: {
     // Set the common slice properties dynamically for convenience
     for (var i = 0; i < pieOuter.count; i++) {
         pieOuter.at(i).labelPosition = PieSlice.LabelOutside;
         pieOuter.at(i).labelVisible = true;
         pieOuter.at(i).borderWidth = 3;
     }
     for (var i = 0; i < pieInner.count; i++) {
         pieInner.at(i).labelPosition = PieSlice.LabelInsideNormal;
         pieInner.at(i).labelVisible = true;
         pieInner.at(i).borderWidth = 2;
     }
 }

Additionally, antialiasing is set with the qml property in Qt Quick 2.

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