Horizontal Bar Chart

RandomizeAdd DatasetAdd DataRemove DatasetRemove Data

config setup actions

const config = {
  type: 'bar',
  data: data,
  options: {
    indexAxis: 'y',
    // Elements options apply to all of the options unless overridden in a dataset
    // In this case, we are setting the border of each horizontal bar to be 2px wide
    elements: {
      bar: {
        borderWidth: 2,
      }
    },
    responsive: true,
    plugins: {
      legend: {
        position: 'right',
      },
      title: {
        display: true,
        text: 'Chart.js Horizontal Bar Chart'
      }
    }
  },
};

const DATA_COUNT = 7;
const NUMBER_CFG = {count: DATA_COUNT, min: -100, max: 100};
const labels = Utils.months({count: 7});
const data = {
  labels: labels,
  datasets: [
    {
      label: 'Dataset 1',
      data: Utils.numbers(NUMBER_CFG),
      borderColor: Utils.CHART_COLORS.red,
      backgroundColor: Utils.transparentize(Utils.CHART_COLORS.red, 0.5),
    },
    {
      label: 'Dataset 2',
      data: Utils.numbers(NUMBER_CFG),
      borderColor: Utils.CHART_COLORS.blue,
      backgroundColor: Utils.transparentize(Utils.CHART_COLORS.blue, 0.5),
    }
  ]
};

const actions = [
  {
    name: 'Randomize',
    handler(chart) {
      chart.data.datasets.forEach(dataset => {
        dataset.data = Utils.numbers({count: chart.data.labels.length, min: -100, max: 100});
      });
      chart.update();
    }
  },
  {
    name: 'Add Dataset',
    handler(chart) {
      const data = chart.data;
      const dsColor = Utils.namedColor(chart.data.datasets.length);
      const newDataset = {
        label: 'Dataset ' + (data.datasets.length + 1),
        backgroundColor: Utils.transparentize(dsColor, 0.5),
        borderColor: dsColor,
        borderWidth: 1,
        data: Utils.numbers({count: data.labels.length, min: -100, max: 100}),
      };
      chart.data.datasets.push(newDataset);
      chart.update();
    }
  },
  {
    name: 'Add Data',
    handler(chart) {
      const data = chart.data;
      if (data.datasets.length > 0) {
        data.labels = Utils.months({count: data.labels.length + 1});
        for (let index = 0; index < data.datasets.length; ++index) {
          data.datasets[index].data.push(Utils.rand(-100, 100));
        }
        chart.update();
      }
    }
  },
  {
    name: 'Remove Dataset',
    handler(chart) {
      chart.data.datasets.pop();
      chart.update();
    }
  },
  {
    name: 'Remove Data',
    handler(chart) {
      chart.data.labels.splice(-1, 1); // remove the label first
      chart.data.datasets.forEach(dataset => {
        dataset.data.pop();
      });
      chart.update();
    }
  }
];

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