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Appearance in JavaScript (ES5) Chart control

31 Mar 2023 / 12 minutes to read

Custom Color Palette

You can customize the default color of series or points by providing a custom color palette of your choice by using the palettes property.

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var chartData = [
      { country: "USA", gold: 50, silver: 70, bronze: 45 },
      { country: "China", gold: 40, silver: 60, bronze: 55 },
      { country: "Japan", gold: 70, silver: 60, bronze: 50 },
      { country: "Australia", gold: 60, silver: 56, bronze: 40 },
      { country: "France", gold: 50, silver: 45, bronze: 35 },
      { country: "Germany", gold: 40, silver: 30, bronze: 22 },
      { country: "Italy", gold: 40, silver: 35, bronze: 37 },
      { country: "Sweden", gold: 30, silver: 25, bronze: 27 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        title: 'Countries'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 0, maximum: 80,
        interval: 20, title: 'Medals'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'gold',
        name: 'Gold', type: 'Column'
    }, {
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'silver',
        name: 'Silver', type: 'Column'
    }, {
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'bronze',
        name: 'Bronze', type: 'Column'
    }],
    // palettes for chart
    palettes: ["#E94649", "#F6B53F", "#6FAAB0", "#C4C24A"],
    title: 'Olympic Medals'
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Data Point Customization

The color of individual data point or data points within a range can be customized using the options below.

Point Color Mapping

You can bind the color for the points from dataSource for the series using pointColorMapping property.

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var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: { valueType: 'Category', majorGridLines: { width: 0 } },
        primaryYAxis: {
            lineStyle: { width: 0 },
            majorTickLines: { width: 0 },
            minorTickLines: { width: 0 },
            labelFormat: '{value}°C',
        },
        chartArea: {
            border: {
                width: 0
            }
        },
        series: [
            {
                pointColorMapping: "color",
                dataSource: [
                    { x: 'Jan', y: 6.96, color: "red" },
                    { x: 'Feb', y: 8.9, color: "blue" },
                    { x: 'Mar', y: 12, color: "orange" },
                    { x: 'Apr', y: 17.5, color: "aqua" },
                    { x: 'May', y: 22.1, color: "grey" }

                ], xName: 'x', yName: 'y', type: 'Column',
                animation: { enable: false },
                cornerRadius: {
                    topLeft: 10, topRight: 10
                },
            }
        ],
        title: 'USA CLIMATE - WEATHER BY MONTH',
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Range Color Mapping

You can differentiate data points based on their y values using rangeColorSettings in the chart.

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var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    selectionMode: 'Point',
        primaryXAxis: { valueType: 'Category', majorGridLines: { width: 0 } },
        primaryYAxis: {
            lineStyle: { width: 0 },
            majorTickLines: { width: 0 },
            minorTickLines: { width: 0 },
            labelFormat: '{value}°C',
        },
        chartArea: {
            border: {
                width: 0
            }
        },
        series: [
            {
                dataSource: [
                    { x: 'Jan', y: 6.96 },
                    { x: 'Feb', y: 8.9 },
                    { x: 'Mar', y: 12 },
                    { x: 'Apr', y: 17.5 },
                    { x: 'May', y: 22.1 },
                    { x: 'June', y: 25 },
                    { x: 'July', y: 29.4 },
                    { x: 'Aug', y: 29.6 },
                    { x: 'Sep', y: 25.8 },
                    { x: 'Oct', y: 21.1 },
                    { x: 'Nov', y: 15.5 },
                    { x: 'Dec', y: 9.9 }

                ], xName: 'x', yName: 'y', type: 'Column',
                animation: { enable: false }, name: 'USA',
                cornerRadius: {
                    topLeft: 10, topRight: 10
                },
            }
        ],
        rangeColorSettings: [
            {
                label: '1°C to 10°C',
                start: 1,
                end: 10,
                colors: ['#F9D422']
            },
            {
                label: '11°C to 20°C',
                start: 11,
                end: 20,
                colors: ['#F28F3F']
            },
            {
                label: '21°C to 30°C',
                start: 21,
                end: 30,
                colors: ['#E94F53']
            }
        ],
        legendSettings: {
            mode: 'Range',
            toggleVisibility: false
        },
        title: 'USA CLIMATE - WEATHER BY MONTH',
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Point Level Customization

Marker, data label and fill color of each data point can be customized with pointRender and textRender event.

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var chartData = [
      { country: "USA", gold: 50 },
      { country: "China", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Japan", gold: 70 },
      { country: "Australia", gold: 60 },
      { country: "France", gold: 50 },
      { country: "Germany", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Italy", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Sweden", gold: 30 }
];
var colors = ['#00bdae', '#404041', '#357cd2', '#e56590', '#f8b883',
                '#70ad47', '#dd8abd', '#7f84e8', '#7bb4eb', '#ea7a57'];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        title: 'Countries'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 0, maximum: 80,
        interval: 20, title: 'Medals'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'gold',
        name: 'Gold', type: 'Column'
    }],
    // point render event for chart
    pointRender: (args: IPointRenderEventArgs): void => {
        args.fill = colors[args.point.index];
    },
    title: 'Olympic Medals'
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Chart Area Customization

Customize the Chart Background

Using background and border properties, you can change the background color and border of the chart.

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var chartData = [
      { country: "USA", gold: 50 },
      { country: "China", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Japan", gold: 70 },
      { country: "Australia", gold: 60 },
      { country: "France", gold: 50 },
      { country: "Germany", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Italy", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Sweden", gold: 30 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        title: 'Countries'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 0, maximum: 80,
        interval: 20, title: 'Medals'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'gold',
        name: 'Gold', type: 'Column',
        border:{ width: 2, color: 'grey'}
    }]
    title: 'Olympic Medals',
    //Customizing Chart background
    background: 'skyblue',
    //Customize the chart border and opacity
    border: {color: "#FF0000", width: 2},
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Chart Margin

You can set margin for chart from its container through margin property.

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var chartData  = [
      { country: "USA", gold: 50 },
      { country: "China", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Japan", gold: 70 },
      { country: "Australia", gold: 60 },
      { country: "France", gold: 50 },
      { country: "Germany", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Italy", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Sweden", gold: 30 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        title: 'Countries'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 0, maximum: 80,
        interval: 20, title: 'Medals'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'gold',
        name: 'Gold', type: 'Column',
        border:{ width: 2, color: 'grey'}
    }]
    title: 'Olympic Medals',
    background: 'skyblue',
    border: {color: "#FF0000", width: 2},
    //Change chart margin to left, right, top and bottom
    margin: { left: 40, right: 40, top: 40, bottom: 40 },
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Chart Area Customization

Using background and border properties, you can change the background color and border of the chart area. Width for the chart area can be customized using width property.

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var chartData = [
      { country: "USA", gold: 50 },
      { country: "China", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Japan", gold: 70 },
      { country: "Australia", gold: 60 },
      { country: "France", gold: 50 },
      { country: "Germany", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Italy", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Sweden", gold: 30 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        title: 'Countries'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 0, maximum: 80,
        interval: 20, title: 'Medals'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'gold',
        name: 'Gold', type: 'Column',
        border:{ width: 2, color: 'grey'}
    }]
    title: 'Olympic Medals',
    chartArea: {
        //background for Chart area
        background: "skyblue",
        // width of the chart area
        width: '80%'
    }
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Animation

You can customize animation for a particular series using animation property. You can enable or disable animation of the series using enable property, duration specifies the duration of an animation and delay allows us to start the animation at desire time.

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var chartData = [
      { country: "USA", gold: 50 },
      { country: "China", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Japan", gold: 70 },
      { country: "Australia", gold: 60 },
      { country: "France", gold: 50 },
      { country: "Germany", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Italy", gold: 40 },
      { country: "Sweden", gold: 30 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        title: 'Countries'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        minimum: 0, maximum: 80,
        interval: 20, title: 'Medals'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        xName: 'country', yName: 'gold',
        name: 'Gold', type: 'Column',
        border:{ width: 2, color: 'grey'},
        //Animation for chart series
        animation:{
            enable: true,
            duration: 2000,
            delay: 200
        }
    }],
    title: 'Olympic Medals'
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Fluid Animation

Fluid animation used to animate series with updated dataSource continues animation rather than animation whole series. You can customize animation for a particular series using [animate] method.

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var count = 0;
    var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
        //Initializing Primary X Axis
        primaryXAxis: {
            valueType: 'Category', interval: 1,
            tickPosition: 'Inside',
            labelPosition: 'Inside', labelStyle: { color: '#ffffff' }
        },
        chartArea: { border: { width: 0 } },
        //Initializing Primary Y Axis
        primaryYAxis: {
            minimum: 0, maximum: 300, interval: 50, 
            labelStyle: { color: 'transparent' }
        },
        //Initializing Chart Series
        series: [
            {
                type: 'Column', xName: 'x', width: 2, yName: 'y',
                dataSource: [
                    { x: 'Egg', y: 106, text: 'Bangaladesh' },
                    { x: 'Fish', y: 103, text: 'Bhutn' },
                    { x: 'Misc', y: 198, text: 'Nepal' },
                    { x: 'Tea', y: 189, text: 'Thiland' },
                    { x: 'Fruit', y: 250, text: 'Malaysia' }
                ], name: 'Tiger',
                cornerRadius: {
                    bottomLeft: 10, bottomRight: 10, topLeft: 10, topRight: 10
                },
            }
        ],
        legendSettings: { visible: false },
    }, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Chart Title

Chart can be given a title using title property, to show the information about the data plotted.

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var chartData = [
    { x: new Date(1975, 0, 1), y: 16, y1: 10, y2: 4.5 },
    { x: new Date(1980, 0, 1), y: 12.5, y1: 7.5, y2: 5 },
    { x: new Date(1985, 0, 1), y: 19, y1: 11, y2: 6.5 },
    { x: new Date(1990, 0, 1), y: 14.4, y1: 7, y2: 4.4 },
    { x: new Date(1995, 0, 1), y: 11.5, y1: 8, y2: 5 },
    { x: new Date(2000, 0, 1), y: 14, y1: 6, y2: 1.5 },
    { x: new Date(2005, 0, 1), y: 10, y1: 3.5, y2: 2.5 },
    { x: new Date(2010, 0, 1), y: 16, y1: 7, y2: 3.7 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({

        primaryXAxis: {
            title: 'Years',
            lineStyle: { width: 0 },
            labelFormat: 'y',
            intervalType: 'Years',
            valueType: 'DateTime',
            edgeLabelPlacement: 'Shift'
        },

        primaryYAxis:
        {
            title: 'Percentage (%)',
            minimum: 0, maximum: 20, interval: 2,
            labelFormat: '{value}%'
        },
        series: [
            {
                type: 'StepLine',
                dataSource: chartData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y',
                width: 2, name: 'China',
                marker: {
                    visible: true, width: 10, height: 10
                },
            },
            {
                type: 'StepLine',
                dataSource: chartData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y1',
                width: 2, name: 'Australia',
                marker: {
                    visible: true, width: 10, height: 10
                },
            },
            {
                type: 'StepLine',
                dataSource: chartData, xName: 'x', yName: 'y2',
                width: 2, name: 'Japan',
                marker: {
                    visible: true, width: 10, height: 10
                },

            },
        ],
        //Title for chart
        title: 'Unemployment Rates 1975-2010',
        titleStyle:{
            fontFamily: "Arial",
            fontStyle: 'italic',
            fontWeight: 'regular',
            color: "#E27F2D",
            size: '23px'
        }
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
		   <div id="element1"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Title wrap

The textStyle property of chart title provides options to customize the size, color, fontFamily, fontWeight, fontStyle, opacity, textAlignment and textOverflow.

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var chartData = [
      { 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 }
];
var chart = new ej.charts.Chart({
    // Title for chart
    title: 'Sales Analysis',
    primaryXAxis: {
        valueType: 'Category',
        title: 'Month'
    },
    primaryYAxis: {
        labelFormat: '${value}K'
    },
    series:[{
        dataSource: chartData,
        name:'Sales',
        xName: 'month',
        yName: 'sales',
        type: 'Line'
    }],
}, '#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://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/21.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="element"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
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