Qt 5.8 | Qt Charts | Qt Charts Examples | LineChart Example

Qt 5.8.0 Reference Documentation

# LineChart Example

## Running the Example

To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.

## Creating Line Charts

To create a line chart, a QLineSeries instance is needed. Let's create one.

          QLineSeries *series = new QLineSeries();

Then we add data to the series. We can use the append() member function or use the stream operator.

          series->append(0, 6);
          series->append(2, 4);
          series->append(3, 8);
          series->append(7, 4);
          series->append(10, 5);
          *series << QPointF(11, 1) << QPointF(13, 3) << QPointF(17, 6) << QPointF(18, 3) << QPointF(20, 2);

To present the data on the chart we need a QChart instance. We add the series to it, create the default axes, and set the title of the chart.

          QChart *chart = new QChart();
          chart->legend()->hide();
          chart->addSeries(series);
          chart->createDefaultAxes();
          chart->setTitle("Simple line chart example");

Then we create a QChartView object with QChart as a parameter. This way we don't need to create a QGraphicsView scene ourselves. We also set the Antialiasing on to have the rendered lines look nicer.

          QChartView *chartView = new QChartView(chart);
          chartView->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);

The chart is ready to be shown.

          QMainWindow window;
          window.setCentralWidget(chartView);
          window.resize(400, 300);
          window.show();

Files:

- linechart/main.cpp
- linechart/linechart.pro