Major change to interactiveLayer.js. Instead of creating

a svg <rect> element to process mousemove events, we are
attaching the mousemove event to the bounding <svg> container.
This allows stackedAreaChart to maintain some previous interactivity.

src/interactiveLayer.js

@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ nv.interactiveGuideline = function() {
 	//Public settings
 	var width = null
 	, height = null
+    //Please pass in the bounding chart's top and left margins
+    //This is important for calculating the correct mouseX/Y positions.
+	, margin = {left: 0, top: 0}
 	, xScale = d3.scale.linear()
 	, yScale = d3.scale.linear()
 	, dispatch = d3.dispatch('elementMousemove', 'elementMouseout')
 	, showGuideLine = true
+	, svgContainer = null  
+    //Must pass in the bounding chart's <svg> container.
+    //The mousemove event is attached to this container.
 	;
 
 	//Private variables
@@ -23,17 +29,9 @@ nv.interactiveGuideline = function() {
 	;
 
 
-	function findFirstSVGParent(Elem) {
-		while(Elem.tagName.match(/^svg$/i) === null) {
-			Elem = Elem.parentNode;
-		}
-		return Elem;
-	}
-
 	function layer(selection) {
 		selection.each(function(data) {
 				var container = d3.select(this);
-				var offsetParent = findFirstSVGParent(this);
 				
 				var availableWidth = (width || 960), availableHeight = (height || 400);
 
@@ -42,14 +40,13 @@ nv.interactiveGuideline = function() {
 								.append("g").attr("class", " nv-wrap nv-interactiveLineLayer");
 								
 				
-				wrapEnter.append("g").attr("class","nv-interactiveGuideLine");
+				wrapEnter.append("g").attr("class","nv-interactiveGuideLine").style("pointer-events","none");
-				wrapEnter.append("rect").attr("class", "nv-mouseMoveLayer");
 				
+				if (!svgContainer) {
+					return;
+				}
 
-				wrap.select(".nv-mouseMoveLayer")
+				svgContainer
-					  .attr("width",availableWidth)
-				      .attr("height",availableHeight)
-				      .attr("opacity", 0)
 				      .on("mousemove",function() {
 				      	  var d3mouse = d3.mouse(this);
 				          var mouseX = d3mouse[0];
@@ -66,6 +63,17 @@ nv.interactiveGuideline = function() {
 				          	 mouseX = d3.event.offsetX;
 				          	 mouseY = d3.event.offsetY;
 				          }
+
+				          mouseX -= margin.left;
+				          mouseY -= margin.top;
+				          if (mouseX < 0 || mouseY < 0 
+				          	|| mouseX > availableWidth || mouseY > availableHeight) {
+                                dispatch.elementMouseout({
+                                    mouseX: mouseX,
+                                    mouseY: mouseY
+                                });
+                                return;
+				          }
 				          
 				          var pointXValue = xScale.invert(mouseX);
 				          dispatch.elementMousemove({
@@ -99,6 +107,10 @@ nv.interactiveGuideline = function() {
 				          	 	}
 				          	 }
 				          }
+                          
+                          mouseX -= margin.left;
+                          mouseY -= margin.top;
+
 					      dispatch.elementMouseout({
 					          		mouseX: mouseX,
 					          		mouseY: mouseY
@@ -133,6 +145,13 @@ nv.interactiveGuideline = function() {
 	layer.dispatch = dispatch;
 	layer.tooltip = tooltip;
 
+	layer.margin = function(_) {
+	    if (!arguments.length) return margin;
+	    margin.top    = typeof _.top    != 'undefined' ? _.top    : margin.top;
+	    margin.left   = typeof _.left   != 'undefined' ? _.left   : margin.left;
+	    return layer;
+    };
+
 	layer.width = function(_) {
 		if (!arguments.length) return width;
 		width = _;
@@ -157,6 +176,12 @@ nv.interactiveGuideline = function() {
 		return layer;
 	};
 
+	layer.svgContainer = function(_) {
+		if (!arguments.length) return svgContainer;
+		svgContainer = _;
+		return layer;
+	};
+
 
 	return layer;
 };

src/models/stackedAreaChart.js

@@ -210,7 +210,12 @@ nv.models.stackedAreaChart = function() {
       //------------------------------------------------------------
       //Set up interactive layer
       if (useInteractiveGuideline) {
-        interactiveLayer.width(availableWidth).height(availableHeight).xScale(x);
+        interactiveLayer
+           .width(availableWidth)
+           .height(availableHeight)
+           .margin({left: margin.left, top: margin.top})
+           .svgContainer(container)
+           .xScale(x);
         wrap.select(".nv-interactive").call(interactiveLayer);
       }
       

test/stackedAreaChartTest.html

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ function defaultChartConfig(container, data, useGuideline) {
         .tickFormat(d3.format(',.2f'));
 
     d3.select('#' + container + ' svg')
-      .datum(data)
+          .datum(data)
         .transition().duration(500).call(chart);
 
     nv.utils.windowResize(chart.update);
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ nv.addGraph(function() {
     .datum(histcatexpshort)
       .call(chart);
 
+
+
   nv.utils.windowResize(chart.update);
 
   return chart;