chartschart.jschart.js2chart.js3

How can I draw a horizontal reference line in chart.js?


I want to draw a horizontal reference line at a particular value.

enter image description here

The data is of the format:

{
      "Close": 15638.8,
      "Date": "2022-06-21T10:00:00.000Z",
      "High": 15707.25,
      "Low": 15419.85,
      "Open": 15455.95,
      "Volume": 0,
      "id": 36
    }

This is what I have figured as of now. I am unsure how to use the refLines attribute.

 var dataReqdFormat = {
    labels: [],
    datasets: [{
      data: [],
      label: "Nifty",
      fill: true,
      borderColor: (ctx) => {
        const data = ctx.chart.data.datasets[ctx.datasetIndex].data;
        return data[0] >= data[data.length - 1] ? 'red' : 'green'
      }
    }]
  };

Any help is appreciated.


Solution

  • You can use the annotation plugin for this:

    var options = {
      type: 'line',
      data: {
        labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
        datasets: [{
          label: '# of Votes',
          data: [12, 19, 3, 5, 2, 3],
          borderColor: 'pink'
        }]
      },
      options: {
        plugins: {
          annotation: {
            annotations: {
              line: {
                type: 'line',
                yMin: 16,
                yMax: 16,
                borderWidth: 2,
                borderColor: 'red'
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    
    var ctx = document.getElementById('chartJSContainer').getContext('2d');
    new Chart(ctx, options);
    <body>
      <canvas id="chartJSContainer" width="600" height="400"></canvas>
      <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/3.8.0/chart.js"></script>
      <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/chartjs-plugin-annotation/1.4.0/chartjs-plugin-annotation.js"></script>
    </body>