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Learn Chart.js
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Learn Chart.js

by Helder Da Rocha
February 2019
Beginner to intermediate
284 pages
6h 20m
English
Packt Publishing
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Generating labels

Labels can be generated with the generateLabels callback property. They should return an item object (the same object that is passed to an onClick function), which contains the properties listed as follows:

Object

Value

Description

text

String

The text of the label

datasetIndex

Number

The index of the label

fillStyle, strokeStyle, lineCap, lineJoin, lineDash, lineWidth, lineDashOffset

The same values as the corresponding Canvas commands

Fill and stroke attributes for the legend box

pointStyle

circle, cross, crossRot, dash, line, rect, rectRounded, rectRot, star, triangle

If legend.labels.usePointStyle is true, the label will use the same point style as the chart. This allows you to ...

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