An awesome jQuery plugin to create animated bar chart based on SVG and D3.js library. The plugin offers to create responsive, cross browser and attractive bar charts.
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Plugin Overview
| Plugin: | Animated bar chart |
| Author: | NiDev |
| Licence: | MIT Licence |
| Published: | January 18, 2024 |
| Repository: | Fork on GitHub |
| Dependencies: | jQuery 2.3.1 or Latest version and D3.js |
| File Type: | zip archive (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Images & MD File) |
| Package Size: | 146 KB |
How to Use Animated Bar Chart:
1. To getting started with jquery animated bar chart, first of all, load the jQuery (JavaScript library) and D3 Js into HTML document.
<!-- jQuery --> <script src='https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js'></script> <!-- D3 Js --> <script src='https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js'></script>
2. After that, include the animated bar chart’s CSS and JavaScript files into your page.
<!-- Chart CSS --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/bar.chart.min.css" /> <!-- Chart Js --> <script src="dist/jquery.bar.chart.min.js"></script>
3. Now, create a div element in which you want to load / build chart.
<div id="chtAnimatedBarChart" class="bcBar"></div>
4. Then, create data for chart in JavaScript’s objects like below and store them in an array.
var chart_data = [
{ "group_name": "Google", "name": "Jan", "value": 26037 },
{ "group_name": "Google", "name": "Feb", "value": 8597 },
{ "group_name": "Apple", "name": "Jan", "value": 33102 },
{ "group_name": "Apple", "name": "Feb", "value": 43426 },
...
]
5. Now its time to initialize the plugin in jQuery document ready function / anonymous function.
$(function() {
var chart_data = [
{ "group_name": "Google", "name": "Jan", "value": 26037 },
{ "group_name": "Google", "name": "Feb", "value": 8597 },
{ "group_name": "Apple", "name": "Jan", "value": 33102 },
{ "group_name": "Apple", "name": "Feb", "value": 43426 },
...
]
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({ data: chart_data });
});
Advance Configuration Options for Animated Bar Chart
The following are some advance configuration options to create / customize animated bar chart.
chart_height |
Define the height of the chart in pixels. Default: 400, type: number
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
chart_height: 300
});
|
colors |
This option define the colors for bars of the chart. 10+ colors are predefined in CSS that are used for different groups. You can override this setting by defining your own colors. Default: null, type: array.
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
colors: ['red', 'blue', 'lime', ...] or ['#f44242', '#0048ff', '#04ff00', ...]
});
|
show_legend |
Show / hide Chart legend that automatically generated below chart with your group_name values. Default: true, type: bool
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
show_legend: false
});
|
x_grid_lines |
Show / hide horizontal grid lines. Default: true, type: bool
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
x_grid_lines: false
});
|
y_grid_lines |
Show / hide vertical grid lines. Default: true, type: bool
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
y_grid_lines: false
});
|
tweenDuration |
Speed of bar animation in milliseconds. Default: 300, type: int
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
tweenDuration: 500
});
|
bars |
This is an object option that contains properties for bars.
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
bars: {
padding: 0.075, //efault bar group padding - type: number
opacity: 0.7, //default bar opacity - type: number
opacity_hover: 0.45, //default bar opacity on mouse hover - type: number
disable_hover: false, //disable details on mouse hover - type: bool
hover_name_text: 'name', //text for x axis value in details - type: string
hover_value_text: 'value' //text for y axis value in details - type: string
}
});
|
number_format |
This is an object option that contains properties for numbers.
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
number_format: {
format: ',.2f', // default chart number format - type: string
decimal: '.', // default symbol for the decimal separator - type: number
thousands: ',', // default symbol for the thousands separator - type: number
grouping: [3], // default character grouping - type: object
currency: ['$'] // default currency symbol - type: object
}
});
|
margin |
This is an object option that contains properties for chart margin.
$('#chtAnimatedBarChart').animatedBarChart({
data: chart_data,
margin: {
top: 0, // default chart top margin - type: number
right: 35, // default chart right margin - type: number
bottom: 30, // default chart bottom margin - type: number
left: 70 // default chart left margin - type: number
}
});
|
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