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Demonstrates how to use the different chart types by using qml.

Screenshot showing the number of NHL All-Star Team Players from three different countries displayed as an area chart, the green area being Swedish, the blue area being Russian, and the orange area being Finnish. On the left side are different options to change the chart to different chart types

Running the Example

To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, see Qt Creator: Tutorial: Build and run.

This is a Qt Quick application, the files for each chart type are located in the qml directory of the example folder and are loaded arranged into a ListView by main.qml, located in this examples directory.

This documentation won't focus on the top level layout or loading, but rather on the use of the Qt Charts QML API.

Including dependencies

All .qml files start with:

import QtQuick
import QtCharts

Creating charts with QML

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

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

Screenshot showing the top five car brand shares in Finland displayed as a pie chart

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

    property variant othersSlice: 0

    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;
    }
}

You can create a chart with a line series:

Screenshot showing a line chart example

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

    LineSeries {
        name: "Line"
        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 a spline series:

Screenshot showing a spline chart example

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

    SplineSeries {
        name: "Spline"
        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 }
    }
}

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

Screenshot showing the number of NHL All-Star Team Players from three different countries displayed as an area chart, the green area being Swedish, the blue area being Russian, and the orange area being Finnish

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:

Screenshot showing two scatter series stacked in a chart and with scatter1 having blue dots and scatter2 having green dots

ChartView {
    title: "Scatter Chart"
    anchors.fill: parent
    antialiasing: true

    ScatterSeries {
        id: scatter1
        name: "Scatter A"
        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: "Scatter B"
        XYPoint { x: 2.0; y: 2.0 }
        XYPoint { x: 2.0; y: 2.1 }
        XYPoint { x: 2.07; y: 2.05 }
        XYPoint { x: 2.2; y: 2.9 }
        XYPoint { x: 2.4; y: 2.7 }
        XYPoint { x: 2.67; y: 2.65 }
    }
}
    ...

And a few different bar series:

Screenshot showing contributions from three different people as a bar series, with Bob being the blue bar, Susan being green and James being orange

ChartView {
    title: "Bar Chart"
    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] }
    }
}

Screenshot showing the contributions from the same people but as a stacked bar series

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

    StackedBarSeries {
        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] }
    }
}

Screenshot showing the contributions from the same people, but as a percent bar series

ChartView {
    title: "Percent Bar Chart"
    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] }
    }
}

Screenshot showing the contributions from the same people but as a horizontal bar series

ChartView {
    title: "Horizontal Bar Chart"
    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] }
    }
}

Screenshot showing the contributions from the same people, but as a horizontal stacked bar series

ChartView {
    title: "Horizontal Stacked Bar Chart"
    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] }
    }
}

Screenshot showing the contributions from the same people, but as a horizontal percent bar series

ChartView {
    title: "Horizontal Percent Bar Chart"
    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] }
    }
}

This demonstrates how to create a donut chart with two pie series:

Screenshot showing production costs displayed as a donut chart with the main tops having subtopics

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, anti-aliasing is set with the qml property in Qt Quick 2.

More charts

See the following links for walk-through of the remaining charts in this example app.

Customizing Chart Views with QML

Shows you how to customize different visual properties of a ChartView and a series.

Customizing Legends

Shows you how to create your own custom legend.

Using Axes with QML

Demonstrates how to use axes in your QML application.

Using List Models as Data Sources in QML

Implements an F1 Legends Chart to demonstrate List Models as Data Sources.

Using Polar Charts with QML

Shows how to make a few different polar chart in your QML application.

Example project @ code.qt.io

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