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Learn Chart.js

You're reading from   Learn Chart.js Create interactive visualizations for the Web with Chart.js 2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789342482
Length 284 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introduction 2. Technology Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 3. Chart.js - Quick Start 4. Creating Charts 5. Scales and Grid Configuration 6. Configuring Styles and Interactivity 7. Advanced Chart.js 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring colors, fonts, and responsiveness

Charts created with Chart.js are born responsive and fit nicely into your screen, but they are also born gray. In this section, you will discover how to change some style properties.

Dataset configuration for bar charts

Besides the data and label properties, each dataset object can contain a number of optional configuration properties. Most of them are used to configure fill and border colors and widths. They are briefly described in the following table:

Property

Value

Description

data

Number[]

An array of numbers containing the data to display (this is mandatory)

label

String

A label for the dataset

backgroundColor

String or String[]

The fill color...

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