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Bipolar chart API reference

Example

A Bipolar chart (an Age-Frequency chart) with tooltips
<script>
    // The Bipolar chart accepts two arrays of data - one for the left side and one for the right.
    left  = [[4,8,6],[4,3,2],[9,8,5]];
    right = [[4,6,5],[3,2,2],[4,5,6]];
    
    new RGraph.Bipolar({
        id: 'cvs',
        left: left,
        right: right,
        options: {
            backgroundGridHlines: false,
            backgroundGridBorder: false,
            titleLeftBold: true,
            titleLeftSize: 18,
            titleRightBold: true,
            titleRightSize: 18,
            colors: ['red','#aaf','green'],
            marginInner:15,
            yaxisLabels: ['Barry', 'John', 'Fred'],
            yaxisLabelsSize: 16,
            tooltips: '<b>Results:</b><br/>%{key}',
            tooltipsFormattedKeyLabels: ['8pm','9pm','10pm'],
            titleLeft: '2007',
            titleRight: '2008',
            marginBottom: 45,
            xaxis: false,
            tooltipsCss: {
                fontSize: '16pt',
                textAlign: 'left'
            }
        }
    }).draw();
</script>

Properties

You can use these properties to control how the chart appears. You can set them by including them in the options section of the configuration as shown above.

myBipolar.set('name', 'value');

Background properties

Name: backgroundGrid
Description: 
Whether the background grid is enabled or not.
Default: true
Name: backgroundGridColor
Description: 
The color of the background grid.
Default: #ddd
Name: backgroundGridLinewidth
Description: 
The linewidth of the background grid.
Default: 1
Name: backgroundGridHlines
Description: 
Whether the grid has horizontal lines.
Default: true
Name: backgroundGridVlines
Description: 
Whether the grid has vertical lines.
Default: true
Name: backgroundGridVlinesCount
Description: 
This is the number of vertical grid lines that are displayed.
Default: null (linked to the number of scale points there is)
Name: backgroundGridHlinesCount
Description: 
This is the number of horizontal grid lines that are displayed.
Default: null (linked to the number of data items you've specified)

General axis properties

Name: axes
Description: 
Set to false if you don't want any axes drawn.
Default: true
Name: axesColor
Description: 
The color of the axes.
Default: black
Name: axesLinewidth
Description: 
The linewidth of the axes.
Default: 1

Margin properties

Name: marginLeft
Description: 
The left margin of the chart.
Default: 35
Name: marginRight
Description: 
The right margin of the chart.
Default: 35
Name: marginTop
Description: 
The top margin of the chart.
Default: 35
Name: marginBottom
Description: 
The bottom margin of the chart.
Default: 35
Name: marginCenter
Description: 
The center area of the chart that the labels sit in. Beginning October 2017 this is now automatically calculated based on the size of the labels. Previously the default was 60.
Default:  0
Name: marginCenterAuto
Description: 
If true (which is the default) the center margin (where the labels are positioned) will be automatically sized to fit the labels.
Default: true
Name: marginInner
Description: 
The space above and below each bar.
Default: 2

X-axis properties

Name: xaxis
Description: 
Set this to true if you don't want an x-axis.
Default: true
Name: xaxisTickmarksInterval
Description: 
The x-axis tickmark interval.
Default: null
Name: xaxisTickmarksCount
Description: 
The number of x-axis tickmarks.
Default: 5
Name: xaxisLabels
Description: 
Whether the x-axis labels (the scale) are drawn.
Default: true
Name: xaxisLabelsCount
Description: 
This controls how many scale labels are displayed.
Default: 5
Name: xaxisScaleMax
Description: 
This allows you to set the maximum x-axis value that the chart uses, instead of it being auto-generated.
Default: null
Name: xaxisScaleUnitsPre
Description: 
The units that are applied to the x-axis labels (these are pre-pended to the number).
Default: none
Name: xaxisScaleUnitsPost
Description: 
The units that are applied to the x-axis labels (these are appended to the number).
Default: none
Name: xaxisScaleFormatter
Description: 
To allow thoroughly custom formats of numbers in the scale, you can use this option to specify a function that is used by RGraph to format numbers. This function should handle ALL of the formatting. Eg:

function myFormatter(obj, num)
{
    return num + 'F'; // An example of formatting
}
myGraph.set('xaxisScaleFormatter', myFormatter);
Default: null
Name: xaxisScaleDecimals
Description: 
The number of decimal places to display for the y-axis scale.
Default:  0
Name: xaxisScalePoint
Description: 
The character that's used as the decimal point.
Default: .
Name: xaxisScaleThousand
Description: 
The character that's used as the thousand separator.
Default: ,
Name: xaxisScaleRound
Description: 
Whether to round the maximum scale value up or not. This will produce slightly better scales in some instances.
Default: null
Name: xaxisScaleZerostart
Description: 
Whether to show zero on the scale or not.
Default: true
Name: xaxisScaleSpecific
Description: 
If you want to precisely specify the x-axis labels you can do so with this property. It should be an array of strings that are used as the labels.
Default: null
Name: xaxisLabelsFont
Description: 
What font to use for the x-axis labels.
Default: null
Name: xaxisLabelsSize
Description: 
The size of the x-axis labels.
Default: null
Name: xaxisLabelsColor
Description: 
The color of the x-axis labels.
Default: null
Name: xaxisLabelsBold
Description: 
Whether the x-axis labels are bold or not.
Default: null
Name: xaxisLabelsItalic
Description: 
Whether the x-axis labels are italic or not.
Default: null
Name: xaxisLabelsFormattedDecimals
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the number of decimals that are applied to the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default:  0
Name: xaxisLabelsFormattedPoint
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the decimal point character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: .
Name: xaxisLabelsFormattedThousand
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the thousand separator character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: ,
Name: xaxisLabelsFormattedUnitsPre
Description: 
When using formatted labels these are the units that are prepended to the number with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: xaxisLabelsFormattedUnitsPost
Description: 
When using formatted labels these are the units that are appended to the number with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: xaxisLabelsOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the horizontal direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: xaxisLabelsOffsety
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the vertical direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0

Y-axis properties

Name: yaxis
Description: 
Set this to true if you don't want a y-axis.
Default: true
Name: yaxisLabels
Description: 
An array of the charts labels (they go in the middle). You can also give this option a string if you prefer and use formatted labels
Default: null
Name: yaxisLabelsFont
Description: 
The font used to render the text (defaults to the textFont setting).
Default: null
Name: yaxisLabelsSize
Description: 
The font-size used to render the text (defaults to the textSize setting).
Default: null
Name: yaxisLabelsBold
Description: 
Whether the labels are bold or not (defaults to the textBold setting).
Default: null
Name: yaxisLabelsItalic
Description: 
Whether the labels are italic or not (defaults to the textItalic setting).
Default: null
Name: yaxisLabelsColor
Description: 
The color of the labels (defaults to the textColor setting).
Default: null
Name: yaxisLabelsClass
Description: 
This property allows you to add your own css class to the y-axis labels which you can then use for styling purposes or to make retrieving the span tags easier (the dom elements). If you inspect the labels in your browser's javascript console (you will first need to enable the textAccessiblePointerevents property) you will be able to see the other css classes that are assigned to the labels.
Default: [none]
Name: yaxisLabelsOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the horizontal direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: yaxisLabelsOffsety
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the vertical direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: yaxisLabelsFormattedDecimals
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the number of decimals that are applied to the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default:  0
Name: yaxisLabelsFormattedPoint
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the decimal point character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: .
Name: yaxisLabelsFormattedThousand
Description: 
When using formatted labels this is the thousand separator character that's used with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: ,
Name: yaxisLabelsFormattedUnitsPre
Description: 
When using formatted labels these are the units that are prepended to the number with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: yaxisLabelsFormattedUnitsPost
Description: 
When using formatted labels these are the units that are appended to the number with the %{value_formatted} macro.
Default: (an empty string)

Color properties

Name: colors
Description: 
An array of colors. These too can be gradients that you make if you wish.
Default: ['#fcf', '#00f', '#f00', '#0f0', '#ff0', '#0ff', '#f0f', '#ff6101', '#b401ff', '#e4ff01', '#fb8195', '#ccc']
Name: colorsSequential
Description: 
If you want the colors to be used sequentially (they're used in a similar way to other charts by default) then set this to true.
Default: false
Name: colorsStroke
Description: 
This is the color used as the stroke color. If you don't want a stroke, you can set this to transparent.
Default: #333
Name: colorsLeft
Description: 
Use this property to specify an array of colors that are used just for the left-hand-side bars. This property can be used instead of the colors property.
Default: null
Name: colorsRight
Description: 
Use this property to specify an array of colors that are used just for the right-hand-side bars. This property can be used instead of the colors property.
Default: null

Labels and text properties

Name: labelsAbove
Description: 
Set this to true if you want labels drawn above the bars.
Default: false
Name: labelsAboveFont
Description: 
The font that the labelsAbove are rendered in. If not specified this falls back to the textFont setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveSize
Description: 
The size of the labelsAbove. If not specified this falls back to the textSize setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveBold
Description: 
Whether the text is bold or not. This falls back to the textBold setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveItalic
Description: 
Whether the text is italic or not. This falls back to the textItalic setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveColor
Description: 
The color of the labelsAbove labels. If not specified this falls back to the textColor setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveUnitsPre
Description: 
Units that are prepended to the text. This does not fall back to the xaxisScaleUnitsPre setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveUnitsPost
Description: 
Units that are appended to the text. This does not fall back to the xaxisScaleUnitsPost setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveDecimals
Description: 
How many decimals the numbers should have. This does not fall back to the xaxisScaleDecimals setting.
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveFormatter
Description: 
Using this setting you can specify a function that completely handles the formatting of the number and returns it as a string. It should look like this:
labelsAboveFormatter: function (obj, num)
                {
    return '42';
}
Default: null
Name: labelsAboveOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the horizontal direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: labelsAboveOffsety
Description: 
This allows you finer-grained control in the vertical direction over the text positioning if you need it.
Default:  0
Name: textAccessible
Description: 
A new feature in 2016 that allows you to use dom text in place of canvas text. It makes for much higher quality text that you can also select if desired (for copy/paste operations). It won't fit all situations and you can read more about the DOM text feature here. A good way to control borders/margins/padding etc is not to set them on the canvas but to wrap the canvas in a div and set them on that like this:
<div style="margin-left: 50px; display: inline-block">
    <canvas id="cvs" width="650" height="250"></canvas>
</div>
Default: false
Name: textAccessibleOverflow
Description: 
This can be visible or hidden and it controls whether the text is clipped to the edges of the canvas. It defaults to be visible and means you can set small margins if you wish.
Default: visible
Name: textAccessiblePointerevents
Description: 
This controls whether the dom text responds to mouse based events or not (it sets the pointer-events css property to none).
Default: true
Name: textFont
Description: 
The font used to render the text.
Default: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif
Name: textSize
Description: 
The size of the text used (in points).
Default: 12
Name: textColor
Description: 
The color of the labels.
Default: black
Name: textBold
Description: 
Whether the text (ie labels) are bold or not.
Default: false
Name: textItalic
Description: 
Whether the text (ie labels) are italic or not.
Default: false
Name: text
Description: 
This allows you to add custom text to your chart if you want to. There's a dedicated page that describes this option here.
Default: null

Title properties

Name: title
Description: 
The title of the chart, if any.
Default: null
Name: titleFont
Description: 
The font that the title is rendered in. If not specified the textFont setting is used (usually Arial).
Default: null
Name: titleSize
Description: 
The size of the title. If not specified the size is usually 4pt bigger than the textSize setting.
Default: null
Name: titleBold
Description: 
Whether the title is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: titleItalic
Description: 
Whether the title is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: titleColor
Description: 
The color of the title.
Default: null
Name: titleX
Description: 
To give the exact X coordinate for the title - use this. This can also be a string like this: "-5" - in which case it's converted to a number and added to the calculated coordinate - allowing you to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: titleY
Description: 
To give the exact Y coordinate for the title - use this. This can also be a string like this: "-5" - in which case it's converted to a number and added to the calculated coordinate - allowing you to adjust the calculated coordinate.
Default: null
Name: titleHalign
Description: 
The horizontal alignment of the title.
Default: center (can change depending on other options)
Name: titleValign
Description: 
The vertical alignment of the title.
Default: center (can change depending on other options)
Name: titleOffsetx
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the title in the horizontal direction (positive values adjust the title to the right and negative values adjust it to the left).
Default:  0
Name: titleOffsety
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the title in the vertical direction (positive values adjust the title downwards and negative values adjust it upwards).
Default:  0
Name: titleSubtitle
Description: 
The subtitle of the chart. If a subtitle is specified the title is moved up to accommodate it. As such you might need to give a larger marginTop value.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleSize
Description: 
The size of the font used to render the subtitle.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleColor
Description: 
The color of the subtitle.
Default: #aaa
Name: titleSubtitleFont
Description: 
The font used to render the subtitle.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleBold
Description: 
Whether the subtitle is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleItalic
Description: 
Whether the subtitle is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: titleSubtitleOffsetx
Description: 
Use this property to adjust the horizontal position of the subtitle.
Default:  0
Name: titleSubtitleOffsety
Description: 
Use this property to adjust the vertical position of the subtitle.
Default:  0
Name: titleLeft
Description: 
The left-hand-side title.
Default: null
Name: titleLeftFont
Description: 
The font the left-hand-side title is rendered in.
Default: null
Name: titleLeftSize
Description: 
The size of the left-hand-side titles font.
Default: null
Name: titleLeftBold
Description: 
Whether the left-hand-side-title is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: titleLeftItalic
Description: 
Whether the left-hand-side-title is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: titleLeftColor
Description: 
The color of the left-hand-side title.
Default: null
Name: titleLeftOffsetx
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the left-hand-side title in the horizontal direction (positive values adjust the title to the right and negative values adjust it to the left).
Default:  0
Name: titleLeftOffsety
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the left-hand-side title in the vertical direction (positive values adjust the title downwards and negative values adjust it upwards).
Default:  0
Name: titleRight
Description: 
The right-hand-side title.
Default: null
Name: titleRightFont
Description: 
The font that the right-hand-side title is rendered in.
Default: null
Name: titleRightSize
Description: 
The size of the right-hand-side titles font.
Default: null
Name: titleRightBold
Description: 
Whether the right-hand-side title is bold or not.
Default: null
Name: titleRightItalic
Description: 
Whether the right-hand-side title is italic or not.
Default: null
Name: titleRightColor
Description: 
The color of the right-hand-side title.
Default: null
Name: titleRightOffsetx
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the right-hand-side title in the horizontal direction (positive values adjust the title to the right and negative values adjust it to the left).
Default:  0
Name: titleRightOffsety
Description: 
You can use this property to adjust the positioning of the right-hand-side title in the vertical direction (positive values adjust the title downwards and negative values adjust it upwards).
Default:  0

Shadow properties

Name: shadow
Description: 
Turns the shadow on or off.
Default: false
Name: shadowColor
Description: 
The color of the shadow.
Default: #666
Name: shadowOffsetx
Description: 
The horizontal offset of the shadow.
Default: 3
Name: shadowOffsety
Description: 
The vertical offset of the shadow.
Default: 3
Name: shadowBlur
Description: 
How severe the blurring effect is for the shadow.
Default: 3

Key properties

The key properties are documented on the key documentation page.

Interactive features properties

Name: tooltips
Description: 
A numerically indexed array of tooltips that are shown when a bar is clicked. These can contain html.
Default: An empty array
Name: tooltipsEffect
Description: 
The effect used for showing tooltips. Possible values are slide fade or none.
Default: slide
Name: tooltipsOverride
Description: 
If you wish to handle showing tooltips yourself, this should be a function object which does just that. There's more information on the tooltips documentation page.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedPoint
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings this is used as the point when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: .
Name: tooltipsFormattedThousand
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings this is used as the thousand separator when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: ,
Name: tooltipsFormattedDecimals
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings this specifies the number of decimals when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsFormattedUnitsPre
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings these units are prepended to the number when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: tooltipsFormattedUnitsPost
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings these units are appended to the number when using the %{value_formatted} option.
Default: (an empty string)
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyColors
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings you can give specific colors for the %{key} option to use.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyColorsShape
Description: 
This is the shape that's used in the tooltip key. It can be square or circle
Default: square
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyColorsCss
Description: 
By using this property you can add css values to the key color shape that appears in the tooltip key. Note the property name is "color" and not "colors" like previous properties. It should be an object of css properties like this:
tooltipsFormattedKeyColorsCss : {
    border: "1px solid #ddd";
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedKeyLabels
Description: 
When using formatted tooltip strings these are the labels that are displayed.
Default: [] (an empty array)
Name: tooltipsFormattedListType
Description: 
With this property you can switch between an unordered list (the default) and an ordered list. Possible values are ul and ol.
Default: ul
Name: tooltipsFormattedListItems
Description: 
This should be a two-dimension array of the list items that are to be shown for all of the tooltips. An example of this property is:
tooltipsFormattedListItems: [
    ['Bill','Jerry','Berty'], // First tooltip
    ['Gill','Carrie','Lucy'], // Second tooltip
    ['Pob','Nobby','Hilda']   // Third tooltip
]
You can use css to style this list - for example:
.RGraph_tooltip ul#rgraph_formatted_tooltips_list li {
    text-align: left;
    color: yellow;
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedTableHeaders
Description: 
When showing a table in the tooltips this can be an array of headers for the table. These are added to the tooltip using th tags.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsFormattedTableData
Description: 
This is the data that is added to the table. This is a 3-dimensional array so it's easy to make a mistake. See the example, copy the code from it and then modify it suit. You'll create fewer bugs this way.
Default: null
Name: tooltipsPointer
Description: 
By default the tooltips have a small triangular pointer that points to the shape that was clicked on. You can turn this off with this property.
Default: true
Name: tooltipsPointerCss
Description: 
If you want any css values applied to the tooltips pointer (for example a css border) then specify an object containing those values to this property. For example:
tooltipsPointerCss: {
    borderLeft: 'gray 2px solid',
    borderBottom: 'gray 2px solid'
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsPointerOffsetx
Description: 
This allows you to adjust the vertical position of the tooltips pointer.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsPointerOffsety
Description: 
This allows you to adjust the vertical position of the tooltips pointer (for example, if you add a border you may need to move it down slightly).
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsPositionStatic
Description: 
The new default (as of August 2020) is for tooltips to be positioned statically and not be dependent on the mouse position. If you don't want this for whatever reason, you can disable it with this setting. When you set it to false tooltips are positioned next to the mouse pointer.
Default: true
Name: tooltipsCss
Description: 
If you want to specify some css that gets applied to all of the tooltips, but don't want to use the RGraph.tooltips.style object (which gets applied to all of the tooltips on the page for every chart) you can use this property to give some per-object css for the tooltips. These are css styles that get applied to all of the tooltips for the specific object only. It should look like this:
tooltipsCss: {
    fontFamily: 'Verdana',
    fontSize: '20pt',
    backgroundColor: 'black',
    color: 'white'
}
Default: null
Name: tooltipsCssClass
Description: 
This is the name of the css class the chart uses.
Default: RGraph_tooltip
Name: tooltipsOffsetx
Description: 
This property allows you to shift the tooltips left or right.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsOffsety
Description: 
This property allows you to shift the tooltips up or down.
Default:  0
Name: tooltipsHotspotIgnore
Description: 
This can be a number of things and can be used to ignore certain tooltip hotspots - which can allow charts to the rear to be clickable. There's an example of this in the download archive called pie-tooltipshotspotignore.html. You can use the transparent color to allow the rear chart to be seen in such a case. It can be:
  • A single boolean value (ie true or false) to enable or disable all of the hotspots - true means the hotspot will be ignored
  • A single number (the zero-indexed number corresponding to the hotspot to ignore)
  • An array of numbers (the numbers are the indexes of hotspots to ignore)
  • An array of boolean true or false values - the position of these values correspond to the index(es) of the segments to ignore (for example [false, false, true, false, false] - true means the corresponding hotspot will be ignored)
Default: null
Name: contextmenu
Description: 
An array of context menu items. Cannot be used in conjunction with tooltips.
Default: [] (An empty array)
Name: annotatable
Description: 
Whether annotations are enabled for the chart (ie you can draw on the chart interactively.
Default: false
Name: annotatableColor
Description: 
If you do not allow the use of the palette, then this will be the only color allowed for annotations.
Default: black
Name: annotatableLinewidth
Description: 
This is the linewidth of the annotations.
Default: 1

Miscellaneous properties

Name: highlightStyle
Description: 
By default this is null but you can set it to a function if you wish so that function is called to do the chart highlighting. It's passed the shape object as an argument. As of version 5.23 you can also set this to invert as well. If you do this on a dark background you may find that you need to change the highlightFill color setting as well.
Default: null
Name: highlightStroke
Description: 
If you use tooltips, this controls the color of the highlight stroke.
Default: rgba(0,0,0,0)
Name: highlightFill
Description: 
If you use tooltips, this controls the color of the highlight fill.
Default: rgba(255,255,255,0.5)
Name: linewidth
Description: 
The thickness of the strokes used.
Default: 1
Name: clearto
Description: 
This is used in animations and effects as the default color to use when clearing the canvas.
Default: null
Name: variant
Description: 
This stipulates whether you want a regular 2D or a 3D chart. Possible values are:
  • bipolar
  • 3d
Default: bipolar
Name: variantThreedOffsetx
Description: 
This determines the size of the offset in the horizontal direction.
Default: 10
Name: variantThreedOffsety
Description: 
This determines the size of the offset in the vertical direction.
Default: 5
Name: leftVisible
Description: 
If you want to hide the left side of the Bipolar chart set this to false.
Default: true
Name: rightVisible
Description: 
If you want to hide the right side of the Bipolar chart set this to false.
Default: true
Name: responsive
Description: 
This option is new to the July 2023 release (v6.13) and allows you to inline the responsive configuration instead of appending it on to the end of the object it as a function. The documentation and demo pages have been updated to use this new option. You can read more about the responsive feature by reading the responsive configuration page.
Default: null

Methods

obj.get(name)
An accessor that you can use to retrieve the values of properties.

obj.set(name, value)
An accessor that you can use to set the values of properties.

obj.getShape(event)
This method makes it easy to get hold of which bar has been clicked on or hovered over. It returns an object which has the following indexes available:
object The chart object
x The X coordinate
y The Y coordinate
width The width of the bar
height The height of the bar
side Which side of the chart the focused bar is on. 0 for the left-hand-side and 1 for the right-hand-side.
dataset The zero-indexed "group". In a regular Bipolar chart, this is the index of the bar. In a stacked or grouped chart, however, this is the index of the group (or stack).
index The zero-indexed numerical index of the bar. In a stacked or grouped chart, this is the index in a particular group. In a regular Bipolar chart, this is always zero.
sequentialIndex The zero-indexed sequential index of the bar. For example, in a grouped chart where there are 3 groups of three - this goes from 0 up to 8.
tooltip If a tooltip is associated with this segment this will be it.id: strings are expanded for you (where the tooltip text is retrieved from the html tag with the matching ID).
<script>
    obj.canvas.onclick = function (e)
    {
        RGraph.redraw();
    
        var canvas  = e.target,
            obj     = canvas.__object__,
            shape   = obj.getShape(e);

        if (shape) {
            var x      = shape.x,
                y      = shape.y,
                width  = shape.width,
                height = shape.height;
            
            obj.path(
                'b r % % % % s black f red',
                x, y, width, height
            );
        }
    }
</script>


obj.getXCoord(value)

This method can be used to get an appropriate X coordinate for a value when you're doing custom drawing on the chart. It returns an array containing two values - one for each side - and it returns null if the value is out of range.


obj.on(event, function)

This method can be used to set an event listener on an object. It operates similarly to the jquery on function. The first argument is the event that you wish to attach to and the second is the handler function. For example:

bipolar.on('draw', function (obj)
{
    // Put your event code here
});

obj.exec(function)

The exec function is documented here.


obj.responsive(configuration)

The responsive function helps your charts respond to different browser window sizes and screen resolutions. For example, for smaller screens, you might want to have angled labels or show shorter versions of them completely.

Update: There is now the responsive configuration option available to you and this is now the preferred method of configuration.

The responsive function and configuration option are documented on their own page here.

Coordinates

There are 6 coordinates arrays available to you with the Bipolar chart. These are:

Events

RGraph supports custom events that allow you to easily add interactivity to your charts if required. The following events are available:

For example:
new RGraph.Bipolar({
    id: 'cvs',
    left:  [4,8,6,3,5,8,9],
    right: [4,8,6,3,5,4,2],
    options: {
    }
}).on('draw', function (obj)
{
    console.log('The draw event has fired');
    
}).draw();

Effects

These effects are available and can be used instead of the draw function. There are also generic effects available which you can see here: Generic effects and transitions
<script>
    window.onload = (function ()
    {
        //
        // Optional callback function that's called when the effect is complete
        //
        function myCallback (obj)
        {
            // ...
        }
    
    
        var left  = [4,8,6,3,1,2,5];
        var right = [15,13,18,19,12,16,14];
    
        var bipolar = new RGraph.Bipolar({
            id: 'cvs',
            left: left,
            right: right,
            options: {
                marginCenter: 135,
                titleLeft: 'August 2013',
                titleRight: 'August 2014',
                textSize: 16,
                textColor: '#666',
                yaxisLabels: ['Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday','Sunday'],
                colors: ['Gradient(red:red:red:#a00:#a00:#a00:#600:#a00:red:red:red)']
            }
        }).grow({frames: 60}, myCallback);
        //}).wave({frames: 60}, myCallback);
    });
</script>