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This github issue is about how to always show tooltips in chart js V2.
https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/issues/1861
You need to create a plugin for your chart. For more complete answer I just copy the code from the jsfiddle in the above link. Considering you have your chart in your html:
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
Then you make the data and also plugin for you chart:
var ctx = document.getElementById("canvas").getContext("2d");
var data = {
labels: [
"Red",
"Green",
"Yellow"
],
datasets: [
{
data: [300, 50, 100],
backgroundColor: [
"#FF6384",
"#36A2EB",
"#FFCE56"
],
hoverBackgroundColor: [
"#FF6384",
"#36A2EB",
"#FFCE56"
]
}]
};
Chart.pluginService.register({
beforeRender: function (chart) {
if (chart.config.options.showAllTooltips) {
// create an array of tooltips
// we can't use the chart tooltip because there is only one tooltip per chart
chart.pluginTooltips = [];
chart.config.data.datasets.forEach(function (dataset, i) {
chart.getDatasetMeta(i).data.forEach(function (sector, j) {
chart.pluginTooltips.push(new Chart.Tooltip({
_chart: chart.chart,
_chartInstance: chart,
_data: chart.data,
_options: chart.options.tooltips,
_active: [sector]
}, chart));
});
});
// turn off normal tooltips
chart.options.tooltips.enabled = false;
}
},
afterDraw: function (chart, easing) {
if (chart.config.options.showAllTooltips) {
// we don't want the permanent tooltips to animate, so don't do anything till the animation runs atleast once
if (!chart.allTooltipsOnce) {
if (easing !== 1)
return;
chart.allTooltipsOnce = true;
}
// turn on tooltips
chart.options.tooltips.enabled = true;
Chart.helpers.each(chart.pluginTooltips, function (tooltip) {
tooltip.initialize();
tooltip.update();
// we don't actually need this since we are not animating tooltips
tooltip.pivot();
tooltip.transition(easing).draw();
});
chart.options.tooltips.enabled = false;
}
}
})
var myPieChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'pie',
data: data,
options: {
showAllTooltips: true
}
});
If you like to know more about how to create chart js plugins I found these links very helpful:
https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/developers/plugins.html
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-to-write-your-own-chartjs-plugin-e46199ae5734
https://blog.larapulse.com/javascript/creating-chart-js-plugins
Source:stackexchange.com