Axis API in JavaScript Chart API control

Configures the axes in the chart.

Properties

border

LabelBorderModel

Border of the multi level labels.

coefficient

number

The polar radar radius position.

Defaults to 100

columnIndex

number

Specifies the index of the column where the axis is associated, when the chart area is divided into multiple plot areas by using columns.

<div id='Chart'></div>

let chart: Chart = new Chart({
...
    columns: [{ width: '50%' },
              { width: '50%' }],
    axes: [{
               name: 'xAxis 1',
               columnIndex: 1,
    }],
...
});
chart.appendTo('#Chart');

Defaults to 0

crossesAt

Object

Specifies the value at which the axis line has to be intersect with the vertical axis or vice versa.

Defaults to null

crossesInAxis

string

Specifies axis name with which the axis line has to be crossed.

Defaults to null

crosshairTooltip

CrosshairTooltipModel

Options to customize the crosshair ToolTip.

description

string

Description for axis and its element.

Defaults to null

desiredIntervals

number

With this property, you can request axis to calculate intervals approximately equal to your specified interval.

Defaults to null

edgeLabelPlacement

EdgeLabelPlacement

Specifies the position of labels at the edge of the axis.They are,

• None: No action will be performed.
• Hide: Edge label will be hidden.
• Shift: Shifts the edge labels.

Defaults to ‘None’

enableAutoIntervalOnZooming

boolean

If set to true, axis interval will be calculated automatically with respect to the zoomed range.

Defaults to true

enableScrollbarOnZooming

boolean

Enables the scrollbar for zooming.

Defaults to true

enableTrim

boolean

Specifies the Trim property for an axis.

Defaults to false

interval

number

Specifies the interval for an axis.

Defaults to null

intervalType

IntervalType

Specifies the types like Years, Months, Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds in date time axis.They are,

• Auto: Defines the interval of the axis based on data.
• Years: Defines the interval of the axis in years.
• Months: Defines the interval of the axis in months.
• Days: Defines the interval of the axis in days.
• Hours: Defines the interval of the axis in hours.
• Minutes: Defines the interval of the axis in minutes.

Defaults to ‘Auto’

isIndexed

boolean

Specifies indexed category axis.

Defaults to false

isInversed

boolean

It specifies whether the axis to be rendered in inversed manner or not.

Defaults to false

labelFormat

string

Used to format the axis label that accepts any global string format like ‘C’, ‘n1’, ‘P’ etc. It also accepts placeholder like ‘{value}°C’ in which value represent the axis label, e.g, 20°C.

Defaults to ”

labelIntersectAction

LabelIntersectAction

Specifies the actions like None, Hide, Trim, Wrap, MultipleRows, Rotate45, and Rotate90 when the axis labels intersect with each other.They are,

• None: Shows all the labels.
• Hide: Hides the label when it intersects.
• Trim: Trim the label when it intersects.
• Wrap: Wrap the label when it intersects.
• MultipleRows: Shows the label in MultipleRows when it intersects.
• Rotate45: Rotates the label to 45 degree when it intersects.
• Rotate90: Rotates the label to 90 degree when it intersects.

Defaults to Trim

labelPadding

number

Specifies the labelPadding from axis.

Defaults to 5

labelPlacement

LabelPlacement

Specifies the placement of a label for category axis. They are,

• betweenTicks: Renders the label between the ticks.
• onTicks: Renders the label on the ticks.

Defaults to ‘BetweenTicks’

labelPosition

AxisPosition

Specifies the placement of a labels to the axis line. They are,

• inside: Renders the labels inside to the axis line.
• outside: Renders the labels outside to the axis line.

Defaults to ‘Outside’

labelRotation

number

The angle to which the axis label gets rotated.

Defaults to 0

labelStyle

FontModel

Options to customize the axis label.

lineBreakAlignment

TextAlignment

It specifies alignment of the line break labels.

Defaults to ‘Center’

lineStyle

AxisLineModel

Options for customizing axis lines.

logBase

number

The base value for logarithmic axis. It requires valueType to be Logarithmic.

Defaults to 10

majorGridLines

MajorGridLinesModel

Options for customizing major grid lines.

majorTickLines

MajorTickLinesModel

Options for customizing major tick lines.

maximum

Object

Specifies the maximum range of an axis.

Defaults to null

maximumLabelWidth

number

Specifies the maximum width of an axis label.

Defaults to 34.

maximumLabels

number

The maximum number of label count per 100 pixels with respect to the axis length.

Defaults to 3

minimum

Object

Specifies the minimum range of an axis.

Defaults to null

minorGridLines

MinorGridLinesModel

Options for customizing minor grid lines.

minorTickLines

MinorTickLinesModel

Options for customizing minor tick lines.

minorTicksPerInterval

number

Specifies the number of minor ticks per interval.

Defaults to 0

multiLevelLabels

MultiLevelLabelsModel[]

Specifies the multi level labels collection for the axis.

name

string

Unique identifier of an axis. To associate an axis with the series, set this name to the xAxisName/yAxisName properties of the series.

Defaults to ”

opposedPosition

boolean

If set to true, the axis will render at the opposite side of its default position.

Defaults to false

placeNextToAxisLine

boolean

Specifies whether axis elements like axis labels, axis title, etc has to be crossed with axis line.

Defaults to true

plotOffset

number

Left and right padding for the plot area in pixels.

Defaults to 0

plotOffsetBottom

number

Bottom padding for the plot area in pixels.

Defaults to null

plotOffsetLeft

number

Left padding for the plot area in pixels.

Defaults to null

plotOffsetRight

number

Right padding for the plot area in pixels.

Defaults to null

plotOffsetTop

number

Top padding for the plot area in pixels.

Defaults to null

rangePadding

ChartRangePadding

Specifies the padding for the axis range in terms of interval.They are,

• none: Padding cannot be applied to the axis.
• normal: Padding is applied to the axis based on the range calculation.
• additional: Interval of the axis is added as padding to the minimum and maximum values of the range.
• round: Axis range is rounded to the nearest possible value divided by the interval.

Defaults to ‘Auto’

rowIndex

number

Specifies the index of the row where the axis is associated, when the chart area is divided into multiple plot areas by using rows.

<div id='Chart'></div>

let chart: Chart = new Chart({
...
    rows: [{ height: '50%' },
           { height: '50%' }],
    axes: [{
               name: 'yAxis 1',
               rowIndex: 1,
     }],
...
});
chart.appendTo('#Chart');

Defaults to 0

scrollbarSettings

ScrollbarSettingsModel

Option to customize scrollbar with lazy loading.

skeleton

string

Specifies the skeleton format in which the dateTime format will process.

Defaults to ”

skeletonType

SkeletonType

It specifies the type of format to be used in dateTime format process.

Defaults to ‘DateTime’

span

number

Specifies the number of columns or rows an axis has to span horizontally or vertically.

Defaults to 1

startAngle

number

The start angle for the series.

Defaults to 0

startFromZero

boolean

It specifies whether the axis to be start from zero.

Defaults to true

stripLines

StripLineSettingsModel[]

Specifies the stripLine collection for the axis.

tabIndex

number

TabIndex value for the axis.

Defaults to 2

tickPosition

AxisPosition

Specifies the placement of a ticks to the axis line. They are,

• inside: Renders the ticks inside to the axis line.
• outside: Renders the ticks outside to the axis line.

Defaults to ‘Outside’

title

string

Specifies the title of an axis.

Defaults to ”

titlePadding

number

Specifies the titlePadding from axis label.

Defaults to 5

titleRotation

number

Defines an angle to rotate axis title. By default, angle auto calculated based on position and orientation of axis.

Defaults to null

titleStyle

FontModel

Options for customizing the axis title.

valueType

ValueType

Specifies the type of data the axis is handling.

• Double: Renders a numeric axis.
• DateTime: Renders a dateTime axis.
• Category: Renders a category axis.
• Logarithmic: Renders a log axis.

Defaults to ‘Double’

visible

boolean

If set to true, axis label will be visible.

Defaults to true

zoomFactor

number

The axis is scaled by this factor. When zoomFactor is 0.5, the chart is scaled by 200% along this axis. Value ranges from 0 to 1.

Defaults to 1

zoomPosition

number

Position of the zoomed axis. Value ranges from 0 to 1.

Defaults to 0