Varying bar colors with morris.js bar chart?

pooja-bangar picture pooja-bangar · Nov 5, 2014 · Viewed 27k times · Source

I'm a JavaScript beginner using morris.js to create a bar chart where I need each bar containing a y value to be a different color. The code below shows what I've done so far

Morris.Bar({
element: 'calls-made',
data: [
{ y: 'Person A', a: 10 },
{ y: 'Person B', a: 15 },
{ y: 'Person C', a: 12 },
{ y: 'Person D', a: 20 }
],
xkey: 'y',
ykeys: ['a'],
labels: ['Calls'],
barColors: ["#B21516", "#1531B2", "#1AB244", "#B29215"],
hideHover: 'always',
});

I would like the bar for 'Person A' to be one color and then 'Person B' to be another color and so on, but at the moment all bars are being displayed as the first color in the array. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this? Many thanks!

Answer

SunilR picture SunilR · Nov 20, 2014
Morris.Bar({
element: 'bar-example',
data: [
{ y: 'Person A', a: 10 },
{ y: 'Person B', a: 15 },
{ y: 'Person C', a: 12 },
{ y: 'Person D', a: 20 }
],
xkey: 'y',
ykeys: ['a'],
labels: ['Calls'],
hideHover: 'always',
barColors: function (row, series, type) {
console.log("--> "+row.label, series, type);
if(row.label == "Person A") return "#AD1D28";
else if(row.label == "Person B") return "#DEBB27";
else if(row.label == "Person C") return "#fec04c";
else if(row.label == "Person D") return "#1AB244";
}
});