I want to draw a horizontal bar chart with Chart.js but it keeps scaling the chart instead of using the height I assign the canvas form the script.
Is there any way to set the height of the graph from the script?
See fiddle: Jsfidle
HTML
<div class="graph">
<div class="chart-legend">
</div>
<div class="chart">
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
var ctx = $('#myChart');
ctx.height(500);
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'horizontalBar',
data: {
labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
datasets: [{
label: '# of Votes',
data: [12, 19, 3, 5, 2, 3],
backgroundColor: [
'rgba(255, 99, 132, 0.2)',
'rgba(54, 162, 235, 0.2)',
'rgba(255, 206, 86, 0.2)',
'rgba(75, 192, 192, 0.2)',
'rgba(153, 102, 255, 0.2)',
'rgba(255, 159, 64, 0.2)'
],
borderColor: [
'rgba(255,99,132,1)',
'rgba(54, 162, 235, 1)',
'rgba(255, 206, 86, 1)',
'rgba(75, 192, 192, 1)',
'rgba(153, 102, 255, 1)',
'rgba(255, 159, 64, 1)'
],
borderWidth: 1
}]
},
maintainAspectRatio: false,
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
beginAtZero:true
}
}]
}
}
});
If you disable the maintain aspect ratio in options then it uses the available height:
var chart = new Chart('blabla', {
type: 'bar',
data: {
},
options: {
maintainAspectRatio: false,
}
});