I am working on a large scale application and it would be very helpful to place the labels on either pie charts or doughnut charts outside of the chart itself.
This plugin, outerLabels is exactly what I am looking for but I am having trouble getting it to output anything.
I have been unable to find a way to get this done using Chart.js and that is what I am stuck working with for now.
I have imported the plugin both like
import {} from 'chartjs-plugin-outerlabels';
and also like import 'chartjs-plugin-outerlabels';
Here is an example of how I am setting the chart options:
function getPieChartOptions(chartTitle: string) {
const options: ChartOptions = {
responsive: true,
plugins: {
outerLabels: {
fontNormalSize: 12,
fontNormalFamily: 'sans-serif',
},
legend: {
display: true,
labels: {
usePointStyle: true,
font: {
family: 'sans-serif',
size: 12,
}
}
},
title: {
display: true,
text: chartTitle,
color: 'black',
padding: 5,
font: {
size: 16,
family: 'sans-serif',
}
},
datalabels: {
color: 'white',
formatter: commas.format,
}
},
};
return options;
}
Here is an example of a doughnut chart within the project itself:
If anybody can help getting this plugin to work, or has another solution to this problem it would be greatly appreciated!
This works for me without the datalabels field (as it requires installing chartjs-plugin-datalabels.js library).
So basically the ChartOptions setting is similar to the one you provided.
import 'chartjs-plugin-outerlabels';
getPieChartOptions(chartTitle: string) {
const options: ChartOptions<'doughnut'> = {
responsive: true,
plugins: {
outerLabels: {
fontNormalSize: 12,
fontNormalFamily: 'sans-serif',
},
legend: {
display: true,
labels: {
usePointStyle: true,
font: {
family: 'sans-serif',
size: 12,
},
},
},
title: {
display: true,
text: chartTitle,
color: 'black',
padding: 5,
font: {
size: 16,
family: 'sans-serif',
},
},
tooltip: {
enabled: false,
},
},
};
return options;
}
And this is how to render the chart to the canvas element.
#ViewChild('MyChart', { static: true }) chart: ElementRef<HTMLCanvasElement>;
ngAfterViewInit() {
const ctx = this.chart.nativeElement.getContext('2d');
new Chart<'doughnut'>(ctx, {
type: 'doughnut',
data: {
labels: [['Download', 'Sales'], ['In', 'Store', 'Sales'], 'Mail Sales'],
datasets: [
{
data: [300, 500, 100],
},
],
},
options: this.getPieChartOptions('doughnut'),
} as ChartConfiguration<'doughnut'>).draw;
}
Demo # StackBlitz
I am creating a highchart scatter plot with epoch DateTime values on X-Axis and a float value on Y-Axis. The problem is when I use label formatter to convert the epoch time value to a readable time value ("DD-MMM-YYYY"), multiple labels with the same caption are created on X-Axis, and the points do not align vertically with the tick marks on the X-axis.
I have created a JSFiddle for it (Link). What can I do to resolve this problem...
$(function () {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'scatter',
zoomType: 'xy'
},
title: {
text: 'Errors'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: Temp Data'
},
xAxis: {
allowDecimals: false,
title: {
text: 'days',
scalable: false
},
type: 'datetime',
labels: {
formatter: function () {
return Highcharts.dateFormat('%d-%b-%y', moment.unix(this.value));
}
},
tickPixelInterval: 100
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Weight (kg)'
}
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'left',
verticalAlign: 'top',
x: 100,
y: 70,
floating: true,
backgroundColor: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) || '#FFFFFF',
borderWidth: 1
},
plotOptions: {
scatter: {
marker: {
radius: 5,
states: {
hover: {
enabled: true,
lineColor: 'rgb(100,100,100)'
}
}
},
states: {
hover: {
marker: {
enabled: false
}
}
},
tooltip: {
headerFormat: '<b>{series.name}</b><br>',
pointFormat: '{point.x} cm, {point.y} kg'
}
}
},
series: [{"name":"Positive Influencer","data":[[1448994600,41.40329],[1448994600,20.19966],[1449081000,32.26196],[1449167400,45.44334],[1449167400,43.79153],[1449167400,41.07479],[1449167400,24.75943],[1449167400,59.41171],[1449167400,62.26523],[1449167400,43.51655],[1449167400,41.14505],[1449253800,49.21474],[1449253800,41.14505],[1449253800,41.14505],[1449253800,59.45902],[1449340200,29.63791],[1449340200,31.5257],[1449426600,12.77947],[1449426600,16.81416],[1449426600,17.47938]],"color":"#A9D18E"},{"name":"Negative Influencer","data":[[1448908200,21.79101],[1448908200,21.79101],[1448908200,21.79101],[1448908200,17.06943],[1448908200,33.64876],[1448908200,11.28691],[1448908200,18.40087],[1448908200,16.87335],[1448908200,50.01515],[1448908200,20.16196],[1448908200,20.16196],[1448908200,20.16196],[1448908200,20.16196],[1448908200,20.16196],[1448908200,35.88634],[1448908200,20.16196],[1448908200,34.89129],[1448908200,12.91103],[1448908200,12.91103],[1448908200,12.91103],[1448908200,20.16196],[1448908200,24.0311],[1448994600,26.38517],[1448994600,11.80575],[1448994600,10],[1448994600,20.07552],[1448994600,32.33444],[1448994600,32.33444],[1448994600,20.16196],[1448994600,24.24678],[1448994600,26.86968],[1448994600,26.86968],[1449081000,16.27982],[1449081000,13.02332],[1449081000,25.71094],[1449081000,20.14183],[1449081000,11.01994],[1449081000,27.91542],[1449081000,27.91542],[1449081000,15.11342],[1449167400,29.38302],[1449167400,42.58746],[1449167400,13.3506],[1449167400,57.63139],[1449167400,46.52709],[1449167400,46.52709],[1449167400,27.91542],[1449167400,22.57789],[1449167400,20.14183],[1449167400,30.69887],[1449167400,18.12275],[1449167400,30.19594],[1449167400,30.19594],[1449253800,46.52709],[1449253800,13.3506],[1449253800,30.69887],[1449253800,12.30569],[1449253800,12.30569],[1449253800,11.81466],[1449253800,13.9246],[1449253800,11.80575],[1449253800,11.80575],[1449253800,18.12275],[1449253800,18.12275],[1449253800,27.91542],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,47.37541],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,64.55871],[1449253800,42.33084],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,22.57789],[1449253800,22.57789],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,16.27982],[1449253800,50.01515],[1449253800,22.57789],[1449253800,12.91103],[1449253800,18.12275],[1449253800,81.70462],[1449253800,21.86977],[1449253800,22.57789],[1449253800,42.14268],[1449253800,21.1656],[1449253800,44.74439],[1449253800,30.48095],[1449253800,17.63912],[1449253800,42.34763],[1449253800,23.14725],[1449253800,28.20117],[1449340200,22.57789],[1449340200,24.12882],[1449340200,20.14183],[1449340200,22.57789],[1449340200,18.81954],[1449426600,24.12882],[1449426600,15.08914],[1449426600,21.53001],[1449426600,15.08914],[1449426600,15.08914],[1449426600,14.8175],[1449426600,15.08914],[1449426600,23.64472],[1449426600,49.31941],[1449426600,49.31941],[1449426600,49.31941],[1449426600,49.31941],[1449426600,49.31941],[1449426600,30.59185],[1449426600,30.59185],[1449426600,30.59185],[1449426600,23.64472],[1449426600,18.12275],[1449426600,18.12275],[1449426600,19.01658],[1449426600,10],[1449426600,10],[
1449426600,10]],"color":"#FF5252"}]
});
});
TL:DR
Make your x axis tick marks fall at midnight with tickInterval: (24 * 3600 * 1000)
Detailed answer
You said that you saw "multiple labels with same caption are created on X Axis". However when I view your fiddle in a recent version of Google Chrome, the x axis looks clean, though the tickmarks don't align perfectly with the days:
I suggest you try different browsers to see if your issue is caused by a particular browser version.
You said in your comment that if you maximize the chart in a larger window, some of the date labels are repeated.
I suggest you make a simpler plot to try to nail down your issue(s).
Update
If you change your formatter function to include the time as well as the date:
Highcharts.dateFormat('%d-%b-%y %H:%M', moment.unix(this.value))
each tickmark will have a different label, even if they fall on the same day:
Alternatively, customize the layout of the tick marks so that they always fall on midnight.
Update 2
I made a simplified demo to show tick marks and data both aligned with midnight. The important features are:
tickInterval: (24 * 3600 * 1000) // the number of milliseconds in a day.
and:
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 01), 75], // pure JavaScript to return a unix time (in milliseconds since unix epoch) of midnight on the 1st of December
$(function() {
$('#container').highcharts({
chart: {
type: 'scatter',
zoomType: 'xy'
},
title: {
text: 'Datetime scatter plot demo'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'for Stack Overflow'
},
xAxis: {
tickInterval: (24 * 3600 * 1000), // the number of milliseconds in a day
allowDecimals: false,
title: {
text: 'Date',
scalable: false
},
type: 'datetime',
labels: {
formatter: function() {
return Highcharts.dateFormat('%d-%b-%y', (this.value));
}
}
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Value'
}
},
series: [{
"name": "Demo values",
"data": [
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 01), 75],
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 02), 70],
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 02), 80],
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 02), 45],
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 03), 65],
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 03), 40],
[Date.UTC(2015, 11, 05), 75]
]
}],
});
});
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