How to add padding between Graph and X/Y-Scale in chart.js?
Actually you don't need all the complexity from the linked solution because
- You intend to not show the axes lines (I see from the image that you will set the chart background and the scale color to be the same) and
- You've already hardcoded the scale start and end values (by which I assume you know the range of values your data will be in and don't need it autocalculated) - see the alternative solution if this condition doesn't hold for you
With those caveats, you just need to make a few changes (just Ctrl + F on the option name to find the line to replace)
scaleSteps: 5,
// Number - The value jump in the hard coded scale
scaleStepWidth: 50,
// Number - The scale starting value
scaleStartValue: -50,
We're basically starting the scale to start from a value 1 step lower than what we need. This lifts up the graph. Now all we need to do is hide this extra scale label, which we do with
scaleLabel: function (d) {
if (d.value < 0)
return '';
else
return d.value + ' ';
},
The first line in the method takes care of hiding the extra scale label. The + ' '
on the last line moves the graph to the right (we tell Chart.js that the labels are longer than they really are)
Fiddle - http://jsfiddle.net/56578cn4/
If 2. doesn't apply, remove the scaleOverride and configuration and override the common method that calculates the y axis scale range before you initialize the chart to add one scale label above and one below
// this applies to all chart instances that use this scale!
var originalCalculateScaleRange = Chart.helpers.calculateScaleRange;
Chart.helpers.calculateScaleRange = function () {
var scaleRange = originalCalculateScaleRange.apply(this, arguments);
// add 1 unit at the top and bottom
scaleRange.min = scaleRange.min - scaleRange.stepValue;
scaleRange.max = scaleRange.max + scaleRange.stepValue;
scaleRange.steps = scaleRange.steps + 2;
return scaleRange;
}
This will work fine assuming you don't mind the extra labels when the values are all above 0 (our scaleLabel option takes care of hiding negative labels, and negative labels only).
Note that if you are using other charts where you don't want this to apply you'll need to revert this after you are done initializing your chart.
Fiddle - http://jsfiddle.net/mkzdzj3b/
Paul
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Updated on July 22, 2022Comments
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Paul almost 2 years
I've got a simple Line-Chart using chart.js.
It should look something like this: http://fs1.directupload.net/images/150819/ktkgs9pw.jpg (Photoshop, I marked the paddings with red lines)
What it looks like at the moment with chart.js: http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150819/ql5l3jez.png
As you can see, the outline of the Graph-Points overlaps the X-Scale at the bottom, which is "2:00 PM" for example and the Y-Scale on the left, which is "0" for example.
My Line-Chart-Code:
HTML:
<canvas id="server-usage"></canvas>
Global Chartsettings:
Chart.defaults.global = { // Boolean - Whether to animate the chart animation: false, // Number - Number of animation steps animationSteps: 60, // String - Animation easing effect // Possible effects are: // [easeInOutQuart, linear, easeOutBounce, easeInBack, easeInOutQuad, // easeOutQuart, easeOutQuad, easeInOutBounce, easeOutSine, easeInOutCubic, // easeInExpo, easeInOutBack, easeInCirc, easeInOutElastic, easeOutBack, // easeInQuad, easeInOutExpo, easeInQuart, easeOutQuint, easeInOutCirc, // easeInSine, easeOutExpo, easeOutCirc, easeOutCubic, easeInQuint, // easeInElastic, easeInOutSine, easeInOutQuint, easeInBounce, // easeOutElastic, easeInCubic] animationEasing: "easeInOutQuart", // Boolean - If we should show the scale at all showScale: true, // Boolean - If we want to override with a hard coded scale scaleOverride: true, // ** Required if scaleOverride is true ** // Number - The number of steps in a hard coded scale scaleSteps: 7, // Number - The value jump in the hard coded scale scaleStepWidth: 18, // Number - The scale starting value scaleStartValue: 0, // String - Colour of the scale line scaleLineColor: "#565a60", // Number - Pixel width of the scale line scaleLineWidth: 0.1, // Boolean - Whether to show labels on the scale scaleShowLabels: true, // Interpolated JS string - can access value scaleLabel: "<%=value%>", // Boolean - Whether the scale should stick to integers, not floats even if drawing space is there scaleIntegersOnly: true, // Boolean - Whether the scale should start at zero, or an order of magnitude down from the lowest value scaleBeginAtZero: false, // String - Scale label font declaration for the scale label scaleFontFamily: "'Open Sans', sans-serif", // Number - Scale label font size in pixels scaleFontSize: 13, // String - Scale label font weight style scaleFontStyle: "500", // String - Scale label font colour scaleFontColor: "#7c8189", // Boolean - whether or not the chart should be responsive and resize when the browser does. responsive: true, // Boolean - whether to maintain the starting aspect ratio or not when responsive, if set to false, will take up entire container maintainAspectRatio: false, // Boolean - Determines whether to draw tooltips on the canvas or not showTooltips: true, // Function - Determines whether to execute the customTooltips function instead of drawing the built in tooltips (See [Advanced - External Tooltips](#advanced-usage-custom-tooltips)) customTooltips: false, // Array - Array of string names to attach tooltip events tooltipEvents: ["mousemove", "touchstart", "touchmove"], // String - Tooltip background colour tooltipFillColor: "#42454a", // String - Tooltip label font declaration for the scale label tooltipFontFamily: "'Open Sans', sans-serif", // Number - Tooltip label font size in pixels tooltipFontSize: 15, // String - Tooltip font weight style tooltipFontStyle: "normal", // String - Tooltip label font colour tooltipFontColor: "#e7e7e7", // String - Tooltip title font declaration for the scale label tooltipTitleFontFamily: "'Open Sans', sans-serif", // Number - Tooltip title font size in pixels tooltipTitleFontSize: 14, // String - Tooltip title font weight style tooltipTitleFontStyle: "regular", // String - Tooltip title font colour tooltipTitleFontColor: "#fff", // Number - pixel width of padding around tooltip text tooltipYPadding: 6, // Number - pixel width of padding around tooltip text tooltipXPadding: 6, // Number - Size of the caret on the tooltip tooltipCaretSize: 8, // Number - Pixel radius of the tooltip border tooltipCornerRadius: 0, // Number - Pixel offset from point x to tooltip edge tooltipXOffset: 10, // String - Template string for single tooltips tooltipTemplate: "On <%if (label){%><%=label%> there were <%}%><%= value %> active users", // String - Template string for multiple tooltips multiTooltipTemplate: "<%= value %>", // Function - Will fire on animation progression. onAnimationProgress: function(){}, // Function - Will fire on animation completion. onAnimationComplete: function(){} }
Some Chart-Data:
var usageData = { labels : ["2:00 PM","4:00 PM","6:00 PM","8:00 PM","10:00 PM","0:00 AM","2:00 AM"], datasets : [ { strokeColor : "#61666c", pointColor : "#4e82c9", pointStrokeColor : "#565a60", data : [0,120,120,100,60,40,0] } ] }
Chart-Options:
var options = { ///Boolean - Whether grid lines are shown across the chart scaleShowGridLines : false, //String - Colour of the grid lines scaleGridLineColor : "rgba(0,0,0,.05)", //Number - Width of the grid lines scaleGridLineWidth : 1, //Boolean - Whether to show horizontal lines (except X axis) scaleShowHorizontalLines: true, //Boolean - Whether to show vertical lines (except Y axis) scaleShowVerticalLines: true, //Boolean - Whether the line is curved between points bezierCurve : false, //Number - Tension of the bezier curve between points bezierCurveTension : 0.4, //Boolean - Whether to show a dot for each point pointDot : true, //Number - Radius of each point dot in pixels pointDotRadius : 18, //Number - Pixel width of point dot stroke pointDotStrokeWidth : 8, //Number - amount extra to add to the radius to cater for hit detection outside the drawn point pointHitDetectionRadius : 20, //Boolean - Whether to show a stroke for datasets datasetStroke : true, //Number - Pixel width of dataset stroke datasetStrokeWidth : 4, //Boolean - Whether to fill the dataset with a colour datasetFill : false, //String - A legend template legendTemplate : "<ul class=\"<%=name.toLowerCase()%>-legend\"><% for (var i=0; i<datasets.length; i++){%><li><span style=\"background-color:<%=datasets[i].strokeColor%>\"></span><%if(datasets[i].label){%><%=datasets[i].label%><%}%></li><%}%></ul>" };
Creating the Chart:
var serverUsage = document.getElementById('server-usage').getContext('2d'); new Chart(serverUsage).Line(usageData, options);
I found a pretty similar question after searching for the Question-Tag chart.js, but it didn't work too good, since the solution is buggy when hovering and it's not a Line-Chart. (Chart.JS spacing and padding)
I hope I provided enough information and somebody can help me with that, since I really don't know anything about JavaScript. Thanks in advanced!