New demo of combined Bar and Line chart with left alignment
Written by Richard Heyes, RGraph author, on 17th September 2024A recent support request asked for this - a combined Bar and Line chart with one key difference - the Line chart points are left-aligned in each little section instead of being center-aligned. You can see what is meant by this on the chart below.
The first thing that's done by the code is create the Bar chart and Line chart.
<script> // Here's the data for both the Bar chart and // also the Line chart data1 = [4,8,6,3,5,5,8]; data2 = [8,6,4,3,9,8,7]; // // Create and configure the Bar chart using // the data above. Crucially - don't call // the draw() function at the end. This will // be done by the CombinedChart object that // we create. // bar = new RGraph.Bar({ id: 'cvs', data: data1, options: { marginInner: 20, marginInnerGrouped: 5, backgroundGridVlines: false, backgroundGridBorder: false, xaxis: false, yaxis: false, xaxisLabels: ['Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat','Sun'], textSize: 20 } }); // // Create and configure the Line chart using // the data from above. Again, - don't call // the draw() function at the end. The // CombinedChart object that we create will // do this. // line = new RGraph.Line({ id: 'cvs', data: data2, options: { colors: ['black'], spline: true, linewidth: 2, tickmarksStyle: 'filledcircle', tickmarksSize: 5 } }); // // Create the CombinedChart object that draws // the two objects on to the canvas. // new RGraph.CombinedChart(bar, line).draw(); </script>
So that code creates a regular, combined Bar and Line chart where the Line chart points are centered within each bar. This is normally what you would want and expect to see. But now we're going to left align the Line chart points. It's very easy to do and just requires you to change the marginLeft and marginRight properties - essentially just shifting the Line chart left. You could calculate the exact pixel value that you should use with the marginLeft and marginRight settings if you wanted to - and you might particularly want to do this if you're using the responsive property to support multiple screen sizes (if you're doing this you'll probably need to use the responsive callback to update the new margins that should be used when the screen size changes)
<script> // // Move the Line chart left so its points are left // aligned with the bars (now that the CombinedChart // object has done its thing). This could be calculated // from the Bar chart coordinates but here it's just an // approximate value. // line.set('marginLeft', 30); // Decrease this line.set('marginRight', 110); // Increase this // Redraw the canvas so that the Line chart will // now use the updated margin sizes. RGraph.redraw(); </script>