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Highlight points in time not tied to a specific entity.

Markers
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Markers are lines that span across all entities.

You can use markers to show events that are not connected to an entity.

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Markers are lines that span across all entities.

You can use markers to show events that are not connected to an entity.

See also:

import { createTimeline } from "kronograph";
import data from "./data";

const fontAwesomeSolid = '900 16px "Font Awesome 5 Free"';
document.fonts.load(fontAwesomeSolid);

document.fonts.ready.then(() => {
  // Ensures the font icons (declared in the HTML <head>)
  // are ready before KronoGraph uses them.
  const timeline = createTimeline("my-timeline");
  timeline.set({ events: data.events, entities: data.entities });
  timeline.markers(data.markers);
  timeline.fit();
});
export default {
  markers: [
    {
      label: "Security Alert",
      time: Date.UTC(2025, 7, 14, 8, 45),
      color: "#FA8072",
      labelColor: "#FA8072",
      showAtBottom: false,
      fontIcon: {
        fontFamily: "Font Awesome 5 Free",
        fontWeight: 900,
        scale: 1.2,
        text: "\u{f06a}",
      },
    },
    {
      label: "Recovery Procedure",
      time: { start: Date.UTC(2025, 7, 14, 13, 45), end: Date.UTC(2025, 7, 14, 15) },
      color: "#90ee90",
      labelColor: "#90ee90",
      fontIcon: {
        fontFamily: "Font Awesome 5 Free",
        fontWeight: 900,
        scale: 1.2,
        text: "\u{f011}",
      },
    },
  ],
  entities: {
    "smith-johnathan-151": {
      label: "John Smith",
    },
    "west-josephine-126": {
      label: "Josephine West",
    },
    "roberts-nathaniel-023": {
      label: "Nathan Roberts",
    },
    "baxter-eleanor-004": {
      label: "Ella Baxter",
    },
  },
  events: {
    "Email 1": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "roberts-nathaniel-023"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 8, 49),
    },
    "Email 2": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "baxter-eleanor-004"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 8, 56),
    },
    "Email 3": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 9, 2),
    },
    "Email 4": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 9, 27),
    },
    "Email 5": {
      entityIds: ["baxter-eleanor-004", "roberts-nathaniel-023"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 20),
    },
    "Email 6": {
      entityIds: ["roberts-nathaniel-023", "smith-johnathan-151"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 30),
    },
    "Email 7": {
      entityIds: ["west-josephine-126", "smith-johnathan-151"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 40),
    },
    "Email 8": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 51),
    },
    "Email 9": {
      entityIds: ["west-josephine-126", "smith-johnathan-151"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 12, 5),
    },
    "Email 10": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 14, 37),
    },
    "Email 11": {
      entityIds: ["baxter-eleanor-004", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 16, 7),
    },
    "Email 12": {
      entityIds: ["west-josephine-126", "roberts-nathaniel-023"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 17, 42),
    },
  },
};
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="@ci/theme/kg/css/examples.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="my-timeline" style="height: 100vh"></div>
    <script type="module" src="./code.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
import React, { useState } from "react";
import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
import Timeline from "kronograph/react/Timeline";
import data from "./data";

const loadFonts = () => {
  // These fonts are declared in the <head> element of the HTML page.
  const fontAwesomeSolid = '900 16px "Font Awesome 5 Free"';
  document.fonts.load(fontAwesomeSolid);
};

export const Demo = () => {
  const [fontsReady, setFontsReady] = useState(false);

  loadFonts();
  document.fonts.ready.then(() => {
    setFontsReady(true);
  });

  if (!fontsReady) {
    return null;
  }
  return <Timeline entities={data.entities} events={data.events} markers={data.markers} />;
};

const root = createRoot(document.getElementById("my-timeline"));
root.render(<Demo />);
export default {
  markers: [
    {
      label: "Security Alert",
      time: Date.UTC(2025, 7, 14, 8, 45),
      color: "#FA8072",
      labelColor: "#FA8072",
      showAtBottom: false,
      fontIcon: {
        fontFamily: "Font Awesome 5 Free",
        fontWeight: 900,
        scale: 1.2,
        text: "\u{f06a}",
      },
    },
    {
      label: "Recovery Procedure",
      time: { start: Date.UTC(2025, 7, 14, 13, 45), end: Date.UTC(2025, 7, 14, 15) },
      color: "#90ee90",
      labelColor: "#90ee90",
      fontIcon: {
        fontFamily: "Font Awesome 5 Free",
        fontWeight: 900,
        scale: 1.2,
        text: "\u{f011}",
      },
    },
  ],
  entities: {
    "smith-johnathan-151": {
      label: "John Smith",
    },
    "west-josephine-126": {
      label: "Josephine West",
    },
    "roberts-nathaniel-023": {
      label: "Nathan Roberts",
    },
    "baxter-eleanor-004": {
      label: "Ella Baxter",
    },
  },
  events: {
    "Email 1": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "roberts-nathaniel-023"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 8, 49),
    },
    "Email 2": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "baxter-eleanor-004"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 8, 56),
    },
    "Email 3": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 9, 2),
    },
    "Email 4": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 9, 27),
    },
    "Email 5": {
      entityIds: ["baxter-eleanor-004", "roberts-nathaniel-023"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 20),
    },
    "Email 6": {
      entityIds: ["roberts-nathaniel-023", "smith-johnathan-151"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 30),
    },
    "Email 7": {
      entityIds: ["west-josephine-126", "smith-johnathan-151"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 40),
    },
    "Email 8": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 10, 51),
    },
    "Email 9": {
      entityIds: ["west-josephine-126", "smith-johnathan-151"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 12, 5),
    },
    "Email 10": {
      entityIds: ["smith-johnathan-151", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 14, 37),
    },
    "Email 11": {
      entityIds: ["baxter-eleanor-004", "west-josephine-126"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 16, 7),
    },
    "Email 12": {
      entityIds: ["west-josephine-126", "roberts-nathaniel-023"],
      time: new Date(2025, 7, 14, 17, 42),
    },
  },
};
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="@ci/theme/kg/css/examples.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="my-timeline" style="height: 100vh"></div>
    <script type="module" src="./code.jsx"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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