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Chart Dimensions in JavaScript Chart control

08 May 2023 / 3 minutes to read

Size for Container

Chart can render to its container size. You can set the size via inline or CSS as demonstrated below.

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    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element' style="width:650px; height:350px;"></div>
    </div>
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index.ts
index.html
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import { Chart, LineSeries, Category } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
Chart.Inject(LineSeries, Category);
let chartData: any[] = [
      { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
      { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
      { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
      { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
      { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
      { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
];
let chart: Chart = new Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'month',
        yName: 'sales',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    width:'650px',
    height: '350px'
}, '#element');
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Size for Chart

You can also set size for chart directly through width and height properties.

In Pixel

You can set the size of chart in pixel as demonstrated below.

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index.ts
index.html
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import { Chart, LineSeries, Category } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
Chart.Inject(LineSeries, Category);
let chartData: any[] = [
      { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
      { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
      { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
      { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
      { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
      { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
];
let chart: Chart = new Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'month',
        yName: 'sales',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    // Width and height for chart in pixel
    width: '650', height: '350'
}, '#element');
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

In Percentage

By setting value in percentage, chart gets its dimension with respect to its container. For example, when the height is ‘50%’, chart renders to half of the container height.

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index.ts
index.html
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import { Chart, LineSeries, Category } from '@syncfusion/ej2-charts';
Chart.Inject(LineSeries, Category);
let chartData: any[] = [
      { month: 'Jan', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Feb', sales: 28 },
      { month: 'Mar', sales: 34 }, { month: 'Apr', sales: 32 },
      { month: 'May', sales: 40 }, { month: 'Jun', sales: 32 },
      { month: 'Jul', sales: 35 }, { month: 'Aug', sales: 55 },
      { month: 'Sep', sales: 38 }, { month: 'Oct', sales: 30 },
      { month: 'Nov', sales: 25 }, { month: 'Dec', sales: 32 }
];
let chart: Chart = new Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'month',
        yName: 'sales',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
    // Width and height for chart in percentage
    width: '80%', height: '90%'
}, '#element');
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>EJ2 Animation</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    <div id='container'>
        <div id='element'></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Note: When you do not specify the size, it takes 450px as the height and window size as its width.

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