Area Chart properties

Configuration properties are set in the chart constructor. Some of them are mandatory, others - optional.

var areaChart = new dhtmlXChart({
    view:"area",
    container:"chart_container",
    value:"#sales#"
});

Mandatory properties

• container - the id of the html container where you want display a chart
• view - the chart type
• value - a property of dataset that chart represents

Optional properties

Look and feel

• alpha - the area transparency
• color - a fixed value or template for area color
• padding - an object that defines padding of chart content:
  • top - the top padding
  • bottom - the bottom padding
  • left - the left padding
  • right - the right padding

Item details

• label - a template for item labels
• tooltip - a template for item tooltips
• legend - a template for element text in legend block
  • width - the block width
  • align - the horizontal alignment of the block: “left”, “right” or "center"
  • valign - the vertical alignment of the block: “top”,“bottom” or "middle"
  • layout - a layout that defines text stretching in horizontal or vertical direction :"x" or "y"
  • padding - the legend block padding
  • margin - the legend block margin
  • marker - an object that defines markers in the details block
    • radius - defines the radius of markers
    • type - the marker shape
    • width - the marker width
    • height - the marker height
  • toggle - enables/disables the possibility to hide/show a graph by clicking on the graph legend item
  • values - the legend items

Scales

• xAxis - the horizontal scale

  • title - the scale title
  • color - the scale color
  • template - a template for scale labels
  • lines - enables/disables vertical lines for scale units
  • lineColor - the color of lines

• yAxis - the vertical scale:

  • title - the scale title
  • color - the scale color
  • start - the minimum value
  • end - the maximum value
  • step - the scale step
  • decimalDigits - sets a fixed number of digits to the right of the decimal point for the step parameter
  • template - a template for scale labels
  • lines - enables/disables horizontal lines for scale units
  • lineColor - the color of lines

Data manipulation

• group - groups data by a certain property
• sort - sorts dataset

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