Hovering interactions

Tooltips respond to hover events. The next table lists properties of the hover object, which can be configured globally using Chart.defaults.global.hover or locally using options.hover:

Object	Value	Description
intersect	true or false	Same behavior as tooltip.intersect. Tooltips can respond to different intersect states when hovering.
mode	nearest, index, dataset, x, y. Deprecated values are label (same as index), and single (behaves like nearest when intersect: true).	Same behavior as tooltip.mode. Tooltips can respond to a different mode when hovering.
axis	x, y, xy	Selects parameters that are used to calculate the distance from the value point to the cursor during a hover event. The default is x. Horizontal bar charts override this to y so that mode:index can select different bars.
animationDuration	Number	The duration of the animation. This affects any hovering events, including tooltips.

Configuration options for the hover object

Both the hover and the tooltip objects support the...