The Bi-polar chart is good for comparing two things side by side. For example sales trends for two separate years, that you
want to compare.
You can use these properties to control how the chart apears. You can set them by using the Set() method. Eg:
chart.gutter |
The space given over to the labels. Default: 25 |
chart.margin |
The space above and below each bar. Default: 2 |
chart.xtickinterval |
The X tick mark interval. Default: 25 |
chart.axis.color |
The color of the axes. Default: black |
chart.xmax |
This allows you to set the maximum X value that the chart uses, instead of it being auto-generated. Default: null |
chart.scale.decimals |
This allows you to set the precision of the X labels. Default: null |
chart.labels |
An array of the graphs labels (they go in the middle). Default: null |
chart.text.size |
The size of the text used (in points). Default: 10 |
chart.text.font |
The font used to render the text. Default: Verdana |
chart.text.color |
The color of the labels. Default: black |
chart.title.vpos |
This allows you to completely override the vertical positioning of the title. It should be a number between 0 and 1, and is multiplied with the gutter and then used as the vertical position. It can be useful if you need to have a large gutter. Default: null |
chart.title.color |
The color of the title. Default: black |
chart.title |
The main title of the chart. Default: (An empty string) |
chart.title.left |
The left title. Default: An empty string |
chart.title.right |
The right title. Default: An empty string |
chart.colors |
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'] |
chart.units.pre |
The units that are applied to the X axis labels (these are pre-pended to the number). Default: none |
chart.units.post |
The units that are applied to the X axis labels (these are appended to the number). Default: none |
chart.tooltips |
A numerically indexed array of tooltips that are shown when a bar is clicked. These can contain HTML. Default: An empty array |
chart.tooltip.effect |
The animated effect used for showing tooltips. Can be either fade or expand. Default: fade |
chart.shadow |
Turns the shadow on or off. Default: false |
chart.shadow.color |
The color of the shadow. Default: #666 |
chart.shadow.offsetx |
The horizontal offset of the shadow. Default: 3 |
chart.shadow.offsety |
The vertical offset of the shadow. Default: 3 |
chart.shadow.blur |
How severe the blurring effect is for the shadow. Default: 3 |
chart.contextmenu |
An array of context menu items. Cannot be used in conjunction with tooltips. Default: [] (An empty array) |
chart.annotatable |
Whether annotations are enabled for the chart (ie you can draw on the chart interactively. Default: false |
chart.annotate.color |
If you do not allow the use of the palette, then this will be the only colour allowed for annotations. Default: black |
chart.zoom.mode |
Can be used to control whether the zoom is in thumbnail or canvas mode. Possible values are: thumbnail and canvas. Default: canvas |
chart.zoom.factor |
This is the factor that the graph will be zoomed by (bigger values means more zoom) Default: 1.5 |
chart.zoom.fade.in |
Whether the zoomed canvas fades in or not. This also can be used to control the fade in for the zoom in thumbnail mode. Default: true |
chart.zoom.fade.out |
Whether the zoomed canvas fades out or not. This also can be used to control the fade in for the zoom in thumbnail mode. Default: true |
chart.zoom.hdir |
The horizontal direction of the zoom. Possible values are: left, center, right Default: right |
chart.zoom.vdir |
The vertical direction of the zoom. Possible values are: up, center, down Default: down |
chart.zoom.delay |
The delay (in milliseconds) between frames. Default: 50 |
chart.zoom.frames |
The number of frames in the zoom animation. Default: 10 |
chart.zoom.shadow |
Whether or not the zoomed canvas has a shadow or not. Default: true |
chart.zoom.thumbnail.width |
When the zoom is in thumbnail mode, this is the width (in pixels) of the thumbnail. Default: 75 |
chart.zoom.thumbnail.height |
When the zoom is in thumbnail mode, this is the height (in pixels) of the thumbnail. Default: 75 |
chart.zoom.background |
Defaulting to true, this determines whether the zoom has a dark, semi-opaque background that covers the entire web page. Default: true |