boost-options.js 4.71 KB
/* *
 *
 *  Copyright (c) 2019-2019 Highsoft AS
 *
 *  Boost module: stripped-down renderer for higher performance
 *
 *  License: highcharts.com/license
 *
 * */

/**
 * Set the series threshold for when the boost should kick in globally.
 *
 * Setting to e.g. 20 will cause the whole chart to enter boost mode
 * if there are 20 or more series active. When the chart is in boost mode,
 * every series in it will be rendered to a common canvas. This offers
 * a significant speed improvment in charts with a very high
 * amount of series.
 *
 * @type      {number|null}
 * @default   null
 * @apioption boost.seriesThreshold
 */

/**
 * Enable or disable boost on a chart.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   true
 * @apioption boost.enabled
 */

/**
 * Debugging options for boost.
 * Useful for benchmarking, and general timing.
 *
 * @apioption boost.debug
 */

/**
 * Time the series rendering.
 *
 * This outputs the time spent on actual rendering in the console when
 * set to true.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.debug.timeRendering
 */

/**
 * Time the series processing.
 *
 * This outputs the time spent on transforming the series data to
 * vertex buffers when set to true.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.debug.timeSeriesProcessing
 */

/**
 * Time the the WebGL setup.
 *
 * This outputs the time spent on setting up the WebGL context,
 * creating shaders, and textures.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.debug.timeSetup
 */

/**
 * Time the building of the k-d tree.
 *
 * This outputs the time spent building the k-d tree used for
 * markers etc.
 *
 * Note that the k-d tree is built async, and runs post-rendering.
 * Following, it does not affect the performance of the rendering itself.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.debug.timeKDTree
 */

/**
 * Show the number of points skipped through culling.
 *
 * When set to true, the number of points skipped in series processing
 * is outputted. Points are skipped if they are closer than 1 pixel from
 * each other.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.debug.showSkipSummary
 */

/**
 * Time the WebGL to SVG buffer copy
 *
 * After rendering, the result is copied to an image which is injected
 * into the SVG.
 *
 * If this property is set to true, the time it takes for the buffer copy
 * to complete is outputted.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.debug.timeBufferCopy
 */

/**
 * Enable or disable GPU translations. GPU translations are faster than doing
 * the translation in JavaScript.
 *
 * This option may cause rendering issues with certain datasets.
 * Namely, if your dataset has large numbers with small increments (such as
 * timestamps), it won't work correctly. This is due to floating point
 * precission.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.useGPUTranslations
 */

/**
 * Enable or disable pre-allocation of vertex buffers.
 *
 * Enabling this will make it so that the binary data arrays required for
 * storing the series data will be allocated prior to transforming the data
 * to a WebGL-compatible format.
 *
 * This saves a copy operation on the order of O(n) and so is significantly more
 * performant. However, this is currently an experimental option, and may cause
 * visual artifacts with some datasets.
 *
 * As such, care should be taken when using this setting to make sure that
 * it doesn't cause any rendering glitches with the given use-case.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   false
 * @apioption boost.usePreallocated
 */

/**
 * Set the point threshold for when a series should enter boost mode.
 *
 * Setting it to e.g. 2000 will cause the series to enter boost mode when there
 * are 2000 or more points in the series.
 *
 * To disable boosting on the series, set the `boostThreshold` to 0. Setting it
 * to 1 will force boosting.
 *
 * Note that the [cropThreshold](plotOptions.series.cropThreshold) also affects
 * this setting. When zooming in on a series that has fewer points than the
 * `cropThreshold`, all points are rendered although outside the visible plot
 * area, and the `boostThreshold` won't take effect.
 *
 * Requires `modules/boost.js`.
 *
 * @type      {number}
 * @default   5000
 * @apioption plotOptions.series.boostThreshold
 */

/**
 * If set to true, the whole chart will be boosted if one of the series
 * crosses its threshold, and all the series can be boosted.
 *
 * @type      {boolean}
 * @default   true
 * @apioption boost.allowForce
 */

/**
 * Sets the color blending in the boost module.
 *
 * @type       {string}
 * @default    undefined
 * @validvalue ["add", "multiply", "darken"]
 * @apioption  plotOptions.series.boostBlending
 */