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Using HoverTool formatters (datetime)

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C11
C11

Hello,

I want to use the datetime formatting for the hovertool, but I’m not sure how to get it working.

So far I am adding and formatting my hovertool like this:

#add hovertool
tooltips = [
          ('Time', '@height')
       ]
hover = bar.select(dict(type=HoverTool))
hover.formatters = {'Time': "datetime"}
hover.tooltips = tooltips

My y-axis is in datetime format. But the Hovertool still shows my time as the full numerical value.

Cheers!

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Bryan
Bryan

Hi,

The formatters dict should reference the CDS column name that you want to format, not the arbitrary tooltip label text:

  tooltips = [('Time', '@height')]
  hover = bar.select(dict(type=HoverTool))
  hover.formatters = {'height': "datetime"} # need CDS column name as key

Thanks,

Bryan

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On Jun 28, 2017, at 10:21, C <workmailcharlotte@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I want to use the datetime formatting for the hovertool, but I'm not sure how to get it working.

So far I am adding and formatting my hovertool like this:

#add hovertool
tooltips = [
          ('Time', '@height')
       ]
hover = bar.select(dict(type=HoverTool))
hover.formatters = {'Time': "datetime"}
hover.tooltips = tooltips

My y-axis is in datetime format. But the Hovertool still shows my time as the full numerical value.

Cheers!

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C11
C11

Hm, this doesn’t seem to work either.

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2017-07-01 21:42 GMT+02:00 Bryan Van de ven bryan@bokeh.org:

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Hi,

The formatters dict should reference the CDS column name that you want to format, not the arbitrary tooltip label text:

    tooltips = [('Time', '@height')]

    hover = bar.select(dict(type=HoverTool))

    hover.formatters = {'height': "datetime"} # need CDS column name as key

Thanks,

Bryan

On Jun 28, 2017, at 10:21, C workmailcharlotte@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I want to use the datetime formatting for the hovertool, but I’m not sure how to get it working.

So far I am adding and formatting my hovertool like this:

#add hovertool

tooltips = [

      ('Time', '@height')
   ]

hover = bar.select(dict(type=HoverTool))

hover.formatters = {‘Time’: “datetime”}

hover.tooltips = tooltips

My y-axis is in datetime format. But the Hovertool still shows my time as the full numerical value.

Cheers!

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