How to Display the Hovered Tooltip Values From Chart.js in a Div in HTML

How to display the hovered tooltip values from Chart.js in a div in HTML

In this video we will explore how to display the hovered tooltip values from Chart.js in a div in HTML. Chart.js has the tooltip which shows and hides nicely the information of the data. However sometimes you might want to display parts of it in a div or elsewhere.

Sadly, Chart.js does not really show you a easy way to do it but we are able to figure out a workaround. This video will create 3 different function to get it working. The biggest challenge will be extracting the data and getting the mouse position. We will cover it all step by step!

Let's explore this right now!

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Creating charts in javascript is very rewarding but extremely challenging. The Chart JS library made it easier to render charts. However the chart js documentation is hard to understand for many. It requires a lot of different moving parts to work along. The canvas tag, javascript, arrays and Chart JS all need to be combined to draw an eye catching bar chart or line chart.

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