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I did not find a way to "nicely" implement this. I’ve changed the source code of the ChartJS library to implement this.
This method uses 2 different graphs that render in 2 different canvas
objects. These canvas
objects are placed side-by-side to let it look like one graph.
This is my result (The code in here is not exactly like the graph in the picture because I changed it to my specific needs).
I’ve added a custom variable in the options.layout
category named sidePadding
.
The code of creating the graph:
new Chart(document.getElementById(this.element), {
type: 'scatter',
data: {
datasets: [{
borderColor: this.lineColor,
borderWidth: 1,
pointBackgroundColor: '#000',
pointBorderColor: '#000',
pointRadius: 0,
fill: false,
tension: 0,
showLine: true,
data: [],
}],
},
options: {
aspectRatio: 0.3,
maintainAspectRatio: false,
responsive: true,
layout: {
sidePadding: {
left: 3,
right: -3,
}
}
}
});
The padding on the sides is by default 3
so it does not touch the border of the canvas. I wanted it to touch the border of the canvas, and therefore set it to -3
.
Two different graphs need to be created, one for the left side and one for the right side.
The left graph should have the sidePadding.right set to -3
. The right graph should have the sidePadding.left set to -3
.
Changes in the ChartJS library
I’ve worked with ChartJS version v2.9.3
. This method will possibly not work anymore in a new version.
I’ve changed the following in the Chart.js
file:
Replace (line number around 11800):
// Adjust padding taking into account changes in offsets
// and add 3 px to move away from canvas edges
me.paddingLeft = Math.max((paddingLeft - offsetLeft) * me.width / (me.width - offsetLeft), 0) + 3;
me.paddingRight = Math.max((paddingRight - offsetRight) * me.width / (me.width - offsetRight), 0) + 3;
to:
// Adjust padding taking into account changes in offsets
// and add 3 px to move away from canvas edges
var layoutOptions = chart.options.layout || {};
var sidePadding = helpers$1.options.toPadding(layoutOptions.sidePadding);
me.paddingLeft = Math.max((paddingLeft - offsetLeft) * me.width / (me.width - offsetLeft), 0) + sidePadding.left;
me.paddingRight = Math.max((paddingRight - offsetRight) * me.width / (me.width - offsetRight), 0) + sidePadding.right;
Also you must add the sidePadding.left
and sidePadding.right
parameter to ChartJS.
This can be done by changing (line number around 7180):
core_defaults._set('global', {
layout: {
padding: {
top: 0,
right: 0,
bottom: 0,
left: 0
},
// Custom added parameter
sidePadding: {
left: 3,
right: 3,
}
}
});
to:
core_defaults._set('global', {
layout: {
padding: {
top: 0,
right: 0,
bottom: 0,
left: 0
},
// Custom added parameter
sidePadding: {
left: 3,
right: 3,
}
}
});
Note
This is probably not the best way to achieve this. Changing the ChartJS library is bad-practice and updating the library could revert these changes.
If someone has a better way to achieve this, please post your methods or comment below.