Area Chart

Both line and radar charts support a fill option on the dataset object which can be used to create space between two datasets or a dataset and a boundary, i.e. the scale origin, start, or end (see filling modes).

Note

This feature is implemented by the filler plugin Area Chart - 图1 (opens new window).

Filling modes

ModeTypeValues
Absolute dataset indexnumber1, 2, 3, …
Relative dataset indexstring‘-1’, ‘-2’, ‘+1’, …
Boundarystring‘start’, ‘end’, ‘origin’
Disabled 1booleanfalse
Stacked value belowstring‘stack’
Axis valueobject{ value: number; }
Shape (fill inside line)string‘shape’

1 for backward compatibility, fill: true is equivalent to fill: 'origin'

Example

  1. new Chart(ctx, {
  2.     data: {
  3.         datasets: [
  4.             {fill: 'origin'},      // 0: fill to 'origin'
  5.             {fill: '+2'},          // 1: fill to dataset 3
  6.             {fill: 1},             // 2: fill to dataset 1
  7.             {fill: false},         // 3: no fill
  8.             {fill: '-2'},          // 4: fill to dataset 2
  9.             {fill: {value: 25}}    // 5: fill to axis value 25
  10.         ]
  11.     }
  12. });

If you need to support multiple colors when filling from one dataset to another, you may specify an object with the following option :

ParamTypeDescription
targetnumber, string, boolean, objectThe accepted values are the same as the filling mode values, so you may use absolute and relative dataset indexes and/or boundaries.
aboveColorIf no color is set, the default color will be the background color of the chart.
belowColorSame as the above.

Example with multiple colors

  1. new Chart(ctx, {
  2.     data: {
  3.         datasets: [
  4.             {
  5.               fill: {
  6.                 target: 'origin',
  7.                 above: 'rgb(255, 0, 0)',   // Area will be red above the origin
  8.                 below: 'rgb(0, 0, 255)'    // And blue below the origin
  9.               }
  10.             }
  11.         ]
  12.     }
  13. });

Configuration

Namespace: options.plugins.filler

OptionTypeDefaultDescription
drawTimestringbeforeDatasetDrawFiller draw time. Supported values: ‘beforeDraw’, ‘beforeDatasetDraw’, ‘beforeDatasetsDraw’
propagatebooleantrueFill propagation when target is hidden.

propagate

propagate takes a boolean value (default: true).

If true, the fill area will be recursively extended to the visible target defined by the fill value of hidden dataset targets:

Example using propagate

  1. new Chart(ctx, {
  2.     data: {
  3.         datasets: [
  4.             {fill: 'origin'},   // 0: fill to 'origin'
  5.             {fill: '-1'},       // 1: fill to dataset 0
  6.             {fill: 1},          // 2: fill to dataset 1
  7.             {fill: false},      // 3: no fill
  8.             {fill: '-2'}        // 4: fill to dataset 2
  9.         ]
  10.     },
  11.     options: {
  12.         plugins: {
  13.             filler: {
  14.                 propagate: true
  15.             }
  16.         }
  17.     }
  18. });

propagate: true: -if dataset 2 is hidden, dataset 4 will fill to dataset 1 -if dataset 2 and 1 are hidden, dataset 4 will fill to 'origin'

propagate: false: -if dataset 2 and/or 4 are hidden, dataset 4 will not be filled