Creates a React Gantt Chart using SciChart.js, using the new FastRectangleSeries to draw horizontal bars, with rounded corners and data labels coming from metadata
drawExample.ts
index.tsx
theme.ts
1import {
2 ZoomPanModifier,
3 ZoomExtentsModifier,
4 SciChartSurface,
5 ENumericFormat,
6 EAxisAlignment,
7 FastRectangleRenderableSeries,
8 XyxyDataSeries,
9 EColumnYMode,
10 EColumnMode,
11 EDataPointWidthMode,
12 NumberRange,
13 EHorizontalTextPosition,
14 EVerticalTextPosition,
15 SeriesInfo,
16 EXyDirection,
17 DateTimeNumericAxis,
18 CategoryAxis,
19 ELabelAlignment,
20 CursorModifier,
21 TCursorTooltipDataTemplate,
22} from "scichart";
23import { appTheme } from "../../../theme";
24
25const PROJECT_STAGES = [
26 "Project Planning",
27 "Requirements",
28 "System Design",
29 "Database Design",
30 "Front-end dev",
31 "Back-end dev",
32 "Integration",
33 "Unit Testing",
34 "System Testing",
35 "Deployment",
36];
37
38const PROJECT_TASKS = [
39 {
40 name: PROJECT_STAGES[0],
41 startDate: new Date(2025, 0, 1),
42 endDate: new Date(2025, 0, 15),
43 percentComplete: 100,
44 },
45 {
46 name: PROJECT_STAGES[1],
47 startDate: new Date(2025, 0, 10),
48 endDate: new Date(2025, 0, 25),
49 percentComplete: 100,
50 },
51 {
52 name: PROJECT_STAGES[2],
53 startDate: new Date(2025, 0, 20),
54 endDate: new Date(2025, 1, 15),
55 percentComplete: 90,
56 },
57 {
58 name: PROJECT_STAGES[3],
59 startDate: new Date(2025, 1, 5),
60 endDate: new Date(2025, 1, 20),
61 percentComplete: 85,
62 },
63 {
64 name: PROJECT_STAGES[4],
65 startDate: new Date(2025, 1, 15),
66 endDate: new Date(2025, 2, 25),
67 percentComplete: 70,
68 },
69 {
70 name: PROJECT_STAGES[5],
71 startDate: new Date(2025, 1, 15),
72 endDate: new Date(2025, 3, 5),
73 percentComplete: 60,
74 },
75 {
76 name: PROJECT_STAGES[6],
77 startDate: new Date(2025, 2, 25),
78 endDate: new Date(2025, 3, 15),
79 percentComplete: 30,
80 },
81 {
82 name: PROJECT_STAGES[7],
83 startDate: new Date(2025, 3, 1),
84 endDate: new Date(2025, 3, 20),
85 percentComplete: 20,
86 },
87 {
88 name: PROJECT_STAGES[8],
89 startDate: new Date(2025, 3, 15),
90 endDate: new Date(2025, 4, 5),
91 percentComplete: 0,
92 },
93 {
94 name: PROJECT_STAGES[9],
95 startDate: new Date(2025, 4, 1),
96 endDate: new Date(2025, 4, 15),
97 percentComplete: 0,
98 },
99];
100
101function prepareGanttData() {
102 // Prepare data for rect series
103 const xValues: number[] = []; // Start dates
104 const yValues: number[] = []; // Task positions (rows)
105 const x1Values: number[] = []; // End dates
106 const y1Values: number[] = []; // Task heights
107
108 // Task metadata for coloring and labels
109 const metaData: { name: string; percentComplete: number; isSelected: boolean; startDate: Date; endDate: Date }[] =
110 [];
111
112 // Convert Date objects to timestamps for rendering
113 PROJECT_TASKS.forEach((task, index) => {
114 const rowPosition = PROJECT_TASKS.length - index - 1; // Reverse order for display
115 const rowHeight = 0.8; // Height of each task bar
116
117 xValues.push(task.startDate.getTime() / 1000);
118 yValues.push(rowPosition);
119 x1Values.push(task.endDate.getTime() / 1000);
120 y1Values.push(rowPosition + rowHeight);
121
122 metaData.push({
123 name: task.name,
124 percentComplete: task.percentComplete,
125 isSelected: false,
126 startDate: task.startDate,
127 endDate: task.endDate,
128 });
129 });
130
131 return { xValues, yValues, x1Values, y1Values, metaData, taskCount: PROJECT_TASKS.length };
132}
133
134export const drawExample = async (rootElement: string | HTMLDivElement) => {
135 // Create a SciChartSurface
136 const { sciChartSurface, wasmContext } = await SciChartSurface.create(rootElement, {
137 theme: appTheme.SciChartJsTheme,
138 });
139
140 const yAxis = new CategoryAxis(wasmContext, {
141 axisAlignment: EAxisAlignment.Left,
142 drawMajorBands: false,
143 drawLabels: true,
144 drawMinorGridLines: false,
145 drawMajorGridLines: false,
146 drawMinorTickLines: false,
147 drawMajorTickLines: false,
148 keepLabelsWithinAxis: false,
149 autoTicks: false,
150 majorDelta: 1,
151 growBy: new NumberRange(0.02, 0.02),
152 labels: PROJECT_STAGES.reverse(),
153 labelStyle: {
154 fontSize: 14,
155 fontWeight: "bold",
156 color: appTheme.MutedOrange,
157 alignment: ELabelAlignment.Right,
158 padding: { top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 40, left: 0 },
159 },
160 });
161
162 const xAxis = new DateTimeNumericAxis(wasmContext, {
163 axisAlignment: EAxisAlignment.Bottom,
164 drawMinorGridLines: false,
165 growBy: new NumberRange(0.02, 0.02),
166 // axisTitleStyle: {
167 // fontSize: 14,
168 // fontFamily: "Arial",
169 // color: appTheme.MutedOrange,
170 // // fontStyle: "italic",
171 // },
172 labelFormat: ENumericFormat.Date_DDMM,
173 });
174
175 sciChartSurface.xAxes.add(xAxis);
176 sciChartSurface.yAxes.add(yAxis);
177
178 sciChartSurface.yAxes.get(0).axisRenderer.hideOverlappingLabels = false;
179
180 const { xValues, yValues, x1Values, y1Values, metaData, taskCount } = prepareGanttData();
181
182 const rectangleGanttSeries = new FastRectangleRenderableSeries(wasmContext, {
183 dataSeries: new XyxyDataSeries(wasmContext, {
184 xValues,
185 yValues,
186 y1Values,
187 x1Values,
188 dataSeriesName: "Project Tasks",
189 metadata: metaData,
190 }),
191 columnXMode: EColumnMode.StartEnd,
192 columnYMode: EColumnYMode.TopBottom,
193 dataPointWidthMode: EDataPointWidthMode.Range,
194 stroke: appTheme.MutedRed,
195 strokeThickness: 2,
196 fill: appTheme.MutedBlue,
197 dataPointWidth: 0.9,
198 topCornerRadius: 4,
199 opacity: 0.5,
200 bottomCornerRadius: 4,
201 dataLabels: {
202 color: appTheme.ForegroundColor,
203 style: {
204 fontSize: 14,
205 },
206 numericFormat: ENumericFormat.Engineering,
207 verticalTextPosition: EVerticalTextPosition.Center,
208 horizontalTextPosition: EHorizontalTextPosition.Center,
209 metaDataSelector: (md) => {
210 const metadata = md as { name: string; percentComplete: number; isSelected: boolean };
211 return `${metadata.percentComplete.toString()} %`;
212 },
213 },
214 });
215
216 sciChartSurface.renderableSeries.add(rectangleGanttSeries);
217
218 const tooltipDataTemplate: TCursorTooltipDataTemplate = (seriesInfos: SeriesInfo[]) => {
219 const valuesWithLabels: string[] = [];
220
221 seriesInfos.forEach((si) => {
222 const xySI = si;
223 if (xySI.isWithinDataBounds) {
224 if (!isNaN(xySI.yValue) && xySI.isHit) {
225 valuesWithLabels.push(
226 `Start: ${new Date(
227 (xySI.pointMetadata as { startDate: number }).startDate
228 ).toLocaleDateString()}, End: ${new Date(
229 (xySI.pointMetadata as { endDate: number }).endDate
230 ).toLocaleDateString()}`
231 );
232 }
233 }
234 });
235 return valuesWithLabels;
236 };
237
238 // Add interactivity modifiers
239 sciChartSurface.chartModifiers.add(
240 new ZoomPanModifier({
241 enableZoom: true,
242 xyDirection: EXyDirection.XDirection, // Only zoom horizontally
243 }),
244 new ZoomExtentsModifier(),
245 new CursorModifier({
246 showTooltip: true,
247 tooltipDataTemplate,
248 showXLine: false,
249 showYLine: false,
250 tooltipContainerBackground: appTheme.MutedRed + 55,
251 })
252 );
253
254 return {
255 sciChartSurface,
256 wasmContext,
257 };
258};
259This React implementation showcases a Gantt Chart using SciChart.js through the SciChart React Charts component. It visualizes project timelines with task completion percentages in a performant WebGL-rendered chart.
The chart is initialized via the initChart prop which creates a SciChartSurface with configured axes and series. Task data is processed into XyxyDataSeries format for the FastRectangleRenderableSeries. The implementation uses React's component lifecycle for efficient resource management.
The component features interactive zooming (constrained to horizontal direction), task completion labels, and custom tooltips. The CursorModifier displays detailed task information on hover, while the reversed CategoryAxis ensures natural task ordering.
The example demonstrates proper React integration by encapsulating chart logic in a separate module. Developers can easily extend this by connecting to state management or adding dynamic updates while benefiting from SciChart's optimized rendering.

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