I have a Webapp using Angular v4.0.1 and ngx-charts (uses d3) v5.1.2 creating a line-chart where the x-axis has date-values.
My Problem is that the x-axis does not show the german time-format. So I found out how I can set locale formatting for d3:
import * as d3 from "d3";
import * as formatDE from "d3-format/locale/de-DE.json";
import * as timeFormatDE from "d3-time-format/locale/de-DE.json";
@NgModule({
declarations: [
AppComponent
],
imports: [
BrowserModule,
FormsModule,
HttpModule,
BrowserAnimationsModule
],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {
constructor() {
var formatBefore = d3.timeFormat("%A");
console.log('Before: '+formatBefore(new Date));
// output: Thursday -> OK
d3.formatDefaultLocale(formatDE);
d3.timeFormatDefaultLocale(timeFormatDE);
var formatAfter = d3.timeFormat("%A");
console.log('After: '+formatAfter(new Date));
// output: Donnerstag -> YES, nice
}
}
But this has now effect for the x-axis! The date and time-value are still in english format.
Although ngx-charts wraps d3 not all d3 tricks work with it. Most ngx-charts components have an xAxisTickFormatting
input that you connect to your own formatting function, e.g.:
<!-- some-component.html -->
<ngx-charts-line-chart ... [xAxisTickFormatting]="dateTickFormatting" ...>
</ngx-charts-line-chart>
// some-component.ts
function dateTickFormatting(val: any): string {
if (val instanceof Date) {
return (<Date>val).toLocaleString('de-DE');
}
}
[Updated 2018-11-03 with a more detailed example]
Pay attention to the Date.toLocaleString() reference:
- the first parameter is a locale string representing the culture you wish to format for (e.g.: 'en-US', 'de-DE', 'fr-FR')
- the second parameter is an options object that allows you to change the format of different date/time parts.
Starting a new Angular project from scratch to demo this fully...
$ npm -g install generator-ngx-rocket@1.3.3
$ mkdir charts-demo; cd charts-demo; ngx new charts-demo
> Web app
> Progressive: Yes
> Bootstrap
> Authentication: No
> Lazy loading: No
> Analytics: No
> Prettier: Yes
$ npm i @swimlane/ngx-charts@10.0.0
In app.module.ts:
import {NgxChartsModule} from '@swimlane/ngx-charts'; //<<-- Add this
@NgModule({
imports: [
...
NgbModule,
NgxChartsModule, //<<-- Add this
CoreModule,
...
],
declarations: [AppComponent],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {}
In app.component.html:
<router-outlet>
</router-outlet>
<!-- Add this... -->
<ngx-charts-line-chart
[legend]="true"
[results]="chartData"
[view]="[1100,320]"
[xAxis]="true"
[xAxisTickFormatting]="this.dateTickFormatting">
</ngx-charts-line-chart>
Finally, in app.component.ts:
// ...
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
// Add this...
// Note the Date objects for the names (X Axis values)...
chartData: any[] = [
{
name: 'Series 1',
series: [
{ name: new Date("2017-12-01"), value: 0 },
{ name: new Date("2018-01-01"), value: 1 },
{ name: new Date("2018-02-01"), value: 1 },
{ name: new Date("2018-03-01"), value: 2 },
{ name: new Date("2018-04-01"), value: 3 },
{ name: new Date("2018-05-01"), value: 5 },
{ name: new Date("2018-06-01"), value: 8 },
{ name: new Date("2018-07-01"), value: 13 },
{ name: new Date("2018-08-01"), value: 21 },
{ name: new Date("2018-09-01"), value: 34 },
{ name: new Date("2018-10-01"), value: 55 },
{ name: new Date("2018-11-01"), value: 89 },
{ name: new Date("2018-12-01"), value: 144 }
]
}
];
constructor(
// ...
// in ngOnInit()...
.subscribe(event => {
const title = event['title'];
if (title) {
this.titleService.setTitle(this.translateService.instant(title));
}
//Add this: Record the new language...
environment.defaultLanguage = this.translateService.currentLang;
//Add this: Refresh the ngx-chart...
this.chartData = [... this.chartData];
});
// ...
// new method, dateTickFormatting...
dateTickFormatting(val: any): String {
if (val instanceof Date) {
var options = { month: 'long' };
//return (<Date>val).toLocaleString('de-DE', options);
return (<Date>val).toLocaleString(environment.defaultLanguage, options);
}
}
}
What we've done so far enables you to switch between the out-of-the-box languages for an ngx-rocket application, en-US and fr-FR:
.
.
You can add some basic plumbing and translations to enable switching to de-DE as well:
.
Hope this helps!