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class anychart.scales.OrdinalTicks Improve this Doc

Extends: anychart.core.Base

Scale ticks settings.

Methods Overview

Specific settings
get()Returns an array of ticks. Each tick can be:
interval()Ticks interval.
names()Tick names settings.
set()Setups ticks as an explicit array of fixed ticks.
Events
listen()Adds an event listener.
listenOnce()Adds a single time event listener.
removeAllListeners()Removes all listeners.
unlisten()Removes the listener.
unlistenByKey()Removes the listener by the key.

Methods Description

get

Returns an array of ticks. Each tick can be:
  1. A value in terms of data, to make a tick on.
  2. An array of two values to make the tick from the first one to the second one.
Note: returns correct values only after anychart.scales.Base#finishAutoCalc or after chart.draw().

Returns:

Array - Array of ticks.

interval

Getter for ticks interval value.

Returns:

number - Current interval value.
See listing
var currentTicks = scale.ticks();
currentTicks.interval();
Setter for ticks interval value. Passed value as rounded and defaults to 1 in case of incorrect settings.

Params:

NameTypeDefaultDescription
valuenumber
1
Value to set.

Returns:

anychart.scales.OrdinalTicks - Self instance for method chaining.

listen

Adds an event listener to an implementing object.

Params:

NameTypeDefaultDescription
typestring
The event type id.
listenerfunction
Callback method. Function that looks like function(event){ // event.actualTarget - actual event target // event.currentTarget - current event target // event.iterator - event iterator // event.originalEvent - original event // event.point - event point // event.pointIndex - event point index }.
useCaptureboolean
false
Whether to fire in capture phase. Learn more about capturing https://javascript.info/bubbling-and-capturing
listenerScopeObject
Object in whose scope to call the listener.

Returns:

Object - Unique key for the listener.

listenOnce

Adds an event listener to an implementing object.

Params:

NameTypeDefaultDescription
typestring
The event type id.
listenerfunction
Callback method.
useCaptureboolean
false
Whether to fire in capture phase. Learn more about capturing https://javascript.info/bubbling-and-capturing
listenerScopeObject
Object in whose scope to call the listener.

Returns:

Object - Unique key for the listener.

names

Getter for tick names.

Returns:

Array - Current ticks names.
Setter for tick names.

Params:

NameTypeDescription
valuesArrayAn array of tick aliases.

Returns:

anychart.scales.OrdinalTicks - Self instance for method chaining.

removeAllListeners

Removes all listeners from an object. You can also optionally remove listeners of some particular type.

Params:

NameTypeDescription
typestringType of event to remove, default is to remove all types.

Returns:

number - Number of listeners removed.

set

Setups ticks as an explicit array of fixed ticks.

Params:

NameTypeDescription
ticksArrayExplicit tick indexes array.

Returns:

anychart.scales.OrdinalTicks - Returns itself for chaining.

unlisten

Removes a listener added using listen() or listenOnce() methods.

Params:

NameTypeDefaultDescription
typestring
The event type id.
listenerfunction
Callback method.
useCaptureboolean
false
Whether to fire in capture phase. Learn more about capturing https://javascript.info/bubbling-and-capturing
listenerScopeObject
Object in whose scope to call the listener.

Returns:

boolean - Whether any listener was removed.

unlistenByKey

Removes an event listener which was added with listen() by the key returned by listen() or listenOnce().

Params:

NameTypeDescription
keyObjectThe key returned by listen() or listenOnce().

Returns:

boolean - Whether any listener was removed.