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SelectedBar Example

The example shows how to use a selection feature for the bar chart.

The example shows changing the color and state of bars using the selection feature.

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Using setBarSelected()

We create the sets and fill them with the data. Then we create a series and append data to it.

setChicken = Utilities::createChickenSet()
setPork = Utilities::createPorkSet()
setTurkey = Utilities::createTurkeySet()
setHam = Utilities::createHamSet()
totalSum = setChicken.sum() + setPork.sum() + setTurkey.sum() + setHam.sum()
QList<QBarSet *> setList = QList<QBarSet *>{setChicken, setPork, setTurkey, setHam}
series = QBarSeries()
series.append(setList)

We create the chart and add series to it. Also, we add a title to the chart, set animation for the chart, and align the legend.

chart = QChart()
chart.addSeries(series)
chart.setTitle(QCoreApplication.tr("Meat consumption"))
chart.setAnimationOptions(QChart.SeriesAnimations)
chart.legend().setVisible(True)
chart.legend().setAlignment(Qt.AlignBottom)

Here we set the color for the selected bars.

for barSet in series.barSets():
    barSet.setSelectedColor(barSet.brush().color().darker())

Next step is adding axes: QBarCategoryAxis for years of measurements and QValueAxis for values range.

categories = Utilities::createYearCategories()
axisX = QBarCategoryAxis()
axisX.setCategories(categories)
chart.addAxis(axisX, Qt.AlignBottom)
series.attachAxis(axisX)
axisY = QValueAxis()
axisY.setRange(0, 20)
axisY.setTitleText(QCoreApplication.tr("Tons"))
axisY.setLabelsAngle(-90)
axisY.setTitleVisible(True)
chart.addAxis(axisY, Qt.AlignLeft)
series.attachAxis(axisY)

Then we add the chart view to put the chart in.

chartView = QChartView(chart)
chartView.setRenderHint(QPainter.Antialiasing)

Here we create a widget for labels of values of selected and unselected bars.

labelWidget = QWidget(mainWindow)
labelLayout = QHBoxLayout(labelWidget)
labelLayout.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
totalSumLabel = QLabel(QCoreApplication.tr("Total sum: %1 T").arg(totalSum))
labelLayout.addWidget(totalSumLabel)
totalSumLabel.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 54, 0)
selectedSumLabel = QLabel(QCoreApplication.tr("Selected sum: 0 T"))
labelLayout.addWidget(selectedSumLabel)
unselectedSumLabel = QLabel(QCoreApplication.tr("Unselected sum: %1 T").arg(totalSum))
labelLayout.addWidget(unselectedSumLabel)
unselectedSumLabel.setContentsMargins(54, 0, 0, 0)

We connect selecting of a specific bar with labels of values using a lambda. set->toggleSelection({index}) sets the bar selected.

series.clicked.connect(series, [=](int index, QBarSet *set) {
    set.toggleSelection({index})
    selectedSum = 0.
    for i in range(0, setList.size()):
        selectedIndices = setList.at(i).selectedBars()
        for k in range(0, selectedIndices.size()):
            selectedSum += setList.at(i).at(selectedIndices.at(k))

    selectedSumLabel.setText(QCoreApplication.tr("Selected sum: %1 T").arg(selectedSum))
    # Because of rounding errors, selectedSum can result in being bigger than total sum
    unselectedSum = totalSum - selectedSum < 0 if 0. else totalSum - selectedSum
    unselectedSumLabel.setText(
                                QCoreApplication.tr("Unselected sum: %1 T")
                                .arg(unselectedSum)
                               )
})

Finally, we create the main widget and add other layouts to it and run the application.

mainWidget = QWidget(mainWindow)
mainLayout = QVBoxLayout(mainWidget)
mainLayout.addWidget(chartView)
mainLayout.addWidget(labelWidget)
mainWindow.setCentralWidget(mainWidget)
mainWindow.resize(800, 600)
mainWindow.show()
return a.exec()

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