How to Change the Cursor to a Hand Pointer in a JavaScript Chart?

To change the mouse cursor to a hand pointer when hovering over the bars in a JavaScript Chart, you can use the chartMouseMove event. This event is triggered whenever the mouse moves over any part of the chart. Inside the event handler, the args.target property helps identify which chart element the mouse is currently over.

Bar elements in the chart typically have IDs that include the string “bar-container_Series_”. By checking if args.target includes this substring, you can detect when the mouse is hovering over a bar. Once identified, use document.getElementById(args.target) to access the DOM element and set its style.cursor property to ‘pointer’, which changes the cursor to a hand icon.

Code Example

var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
  ...
 chartMouseMove: function (args) {
   if (args.target.includes('bar-container_Series_')) {
     document.getElementById(args.target).style.cursor = 'pointer';
   }
 },
});
chart.appendTo('#bar-container'); 

Output

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Conclusion

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