
Interactive pointer tooltip dynamically tracking spatial mouse cursor position.
components/tanstack-charts/tooltip/pointer-tooltip.tsx
import { type ChartPoint, defineChart, dot, lineY } from "@tanstack/charts";
import { motion } from "@tanstack/charts/motion";
import { tooltip } from "@tanstack/charts/tooltip";
import { Chart } from "@tanstack/react-charts/core";
import { useMemo } from "react";
import { scaleLinear, scaleUtc } from "d3-scale";
import { MousePointer } from "lucide-react";
import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardFooter, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
interface PointerDatum {
Date: Date;
Close: number;
}
const motionRenderer = motion({
initial: "always",
transition: { type: "spring", stiffness: 170, damping: 18, mass: 1 },
});
function generateDemoData(): PointerDatum[] {
const baseDate = new Date(2025, 0, 1);
return Array.from({ length: 18 }, (_, i) => {
const d = new Date(baseDate);
d.setDate(baseDate.getDate() + i * 5);
return {
Date: d,
Close: 140 + Math.sin(i * 0.5) * 22 + i * 1.5,
};
});
}
function shadcnTooltipContent<TDatum>(points: readonly ChartPoint<TDatum>[]) {
if (points.length === 0) return { title: "", rows: [] };
const d = points[0].datum as PointerDatum;
if (!d || !d.Date) return { title: "", rows: [] };
const dateObj = d.Date instanceof Date ? d.Date : new Date(d.Date);
const dateStr = isNaN(dateObj.getTime())
? ""
: dateObj.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { month: "short", day: "numeric", year: "numeric" });
return {
title: dateStr,
rows: [
{
label: "Asset Close",
value: `$${d.Close.toFixed(2)}`,
color: points[0].color || "var(--chart-1)",
},
],
};
}
export function PointerTooltipChart() {
const data = useMemo(() => generateDemoData(), []);
const definition = useMemo(
() =>
defineChart(
{
renderer: motionRenderer,
marks: [
lineY(data, {
id: "pointer-line",
x: "Date",
y: "Close",
stroke: "var(--chart-1)",
strokeWidth: 2.25,
}),
dot(data, {
id: "apple-points",
x: "Date",
y: "Close",
fill: "var(--chart-1)",
r: 4,
}),
],
scales: {
x: {
scale: scaleUtc,
axis: {
line: false,
label: "Date",
ticks: {
size: 0,
padding: 10,
format: (d: any) => {
const dateObj = d instanceof Date ? d : new Date(d);
return isNaN(dateObj.getTime())
? ""
: dateObj.toLocaleDateString("en-US", { month: "short", day: "numeric" });
},
},
},
},
y: {
scale: scaleLinear().domain([120, 180]),
grid: true,
axis: {
line: false,
label: "Price ($)",
ticks: { size: 0 },
},
},
},
margin: { top: 24, right: 24, bottom: 32, left: 45 },
theme: {
foreground: "var(--muted-foreground)",
grid: "var(--border)",
background: "transparent",
},
},
{
focus: "group-x",
tooltip: {
use: tooltip,
className:
"font-sans shadow-none! rounded-md bg-popover text-popover-foreground border p-2 text-xs",
anchor: "point",
placement: "auto",
content: (points) => shadcnTooltipContent(points),
},
},
),
[data],
);
return (
<Card className="w-full max-w-xl">
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Interactive Pointer Tooltip</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Precision point-anchored tooltip following cursor positioning directly
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent>
<div className="h-[250px] w-full">
<Chart
definition={definition}
renderer={motionRenderer}
height={250}
ariaLabel="Interactive Pointer Tooltip Chart"
/>
</div>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="flex-col items-start gap-2 text-sm">
<div className="flex items-center gap-2 leading-none font-medium">
Point tooltip anchors smoothly over nearest focused datum node{" "}
<MousePointer className="h-4 w-4 text-blue-500" />
</div>
<div className="text-muted-foreground leading-none">
Point anchor mode binds popover positioning dynamically to spatial node coordinates
</div>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
);
}
export default PointerTooltipChart;