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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

Shadows and bevels


There are several third-party plugins listed in the official Chart.js documentation, and one of them, called chartjs-plugin-style, adds a few styling options for charts; these options include bevels, shadows, and glows. To use it, you can install the plugin via npm or download the JavaScript file from nagix.github.io/chartjs-plugin-style that can be imported on to your page:

<script src="../JavaScript/chartjs-plugin-style.min.js"></script>

Now you can use new properties in your datasets to add bevels, shadows, and glows. The following example configures bevels and adds shadows to a simple bar chart. The names of the properties should be self-explanatory:

const data = {
    labels: ["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"],
    datasets: [
        {
            label: 'Week 1',
            data: [20, 5, 2, 20, 30, 51],
            backgroundColor: ['yellow','red','blue','green','orange', 
            'cyan'],
            bevelWidth: 3,
            bevelHighlightColor...
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