Find closest line segment for Line plots

egui_plot/src/items/series.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use egui::Shape;
 use egui::Stroke;
 use egui::Ui;
 use egui::epaint::PathStroke;
+use emath::Float as _;
 use emath::NumExt as _;
 use emath::Pos2;
 use emath::Rect;
@@ -20,10 +21,11 @@ use crate::bounds::PlotBounds;
 use crate::bounds::PlotPoint;
 use crate::colors::DEFAULT_FILL_ALPHA;
 use crate::data::PlotPoints;
+use crate::items::ClosestElem;
 use crate::items::PlotGeometry;
 use crate::items::PlotItem;
 use crate::items::PlotItemBase;
-use crate::math::y_intersection;
+use crate::math::{dist_sq_to_segment, y_intersection};
 
 /// A series of values forming a path.
 pub struct Line<'a> {
@@ -239,6 +241,41 @@ impl PlotItem for Line<'_> {
         style.style_line(values_tf, final_stroke, base.highlight, shapes);
     }
 
+    fn find_closest(&self, point: Pos2, transform: &PlotTransform) -> Option<ClosestElem> {
+        let points = self.series.points();
+
+        // Fallback for 0 or 1 point: behave like PlotGeometry::Points and
+        // pick the closest point (if any), so single-point lines remain hoverable.
+        if points.len() <= 1 {
+            return points
+                .iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|(index, value)| {
+                    let pos = transform.position_from_point(value);
+                    let dist_sq = point.distance_sq(pos);
+                    ClosestElem { index, dist_sq }
+                })
+                .min_by_key(|e| e.dist_sq.ord());
+        }
+
+        points
+            .windows(2)
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(i, w)| {
+                let p0 = transform.position_from_point(&w[0]);
+                let p1 = transform.position_from_point(&w[1]);
+                let dist_sq = dist_sq_to_segment(point, p0, p1);
+                // Pick the closer endpoint so the tooltip shows a real data point
+                let index = if point.distance_sq(p0) <= point.distance_sq(p1) {
+                    i
+                } else {
+                    i + 1
+                };
+                ClosestElem { index, dist_sq }
+            })
+            .min_by_key(|e| e.dist_sq.ord())
+    }
+
     fn initialize(&mut self, x_range: RangeInclusive<f64>) {
         self.series.generate_points(x_range);
     }

egui_plot/src/math.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ pub fn y_intersection(p1: &Pos2, p2: &Pos2, y: f32) -> Option<f32> {
         .then_some(((y * (p1.x - p2.x)) - (p1.x * p2.y - p1.y * p2.x)) / (p1.y - p2.y))
 }
 
+/// Squared distance from point `p` to the line segment `a`–`b`.
+pub fn dist_sq_to_segment(p: Pos2, a: Pos2, b: Pos2) -> f32 {
+    let ab = b - a;
+    let ab_len_sq = ab.length_sq();
+
+    if ab_len_sq == 0.0 {
+        // Degenerate segment: treat as a single point.
+        return p.distance_sq(a);
+    }
+
+    let ap = p - a;
+    let t = ab.dot(ap) / ab_len_sq;
+    let t = t.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let closest = a + t * ab;
+    p.distance_sq(closest)
+}
+
 pub fn find_closest_rect<'a, T>(
     rects: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a T>,
     point: Pos2,