Axis

18 Sep 202324 minutes to read

Charts typically have two axes that are used to measure and categorize data: a vertical (y) axis, and a horizontal (x) axis.

Vertical axis always uses numerical or logarithmic scale. Horizontal(x) axis supports the following types of scale:

• Category
• Numeric
• DateTime
• DateTime Category
• Logarithmic

Category Axis

Category axis displays the text labels instead of numbers. To use the categorical axis, you can set the valueType property of the axis to the category. Default value of valueType is double.

JS

/// <reference path="../tsfiles/jquery.d.ts" />
/// <reference path="../tsfiles/ej.web.all.d.ts" />

module ChartComponent {
    $(function () {
        var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
    primaryXAxis: {

        //Use categorical scale in primary X axis
        valueType: 'category',         

        //  ...         
    },
    //  ...
 });
});
}

Place labels on ticks

Labels in the category axis can be placed on the ticks by setting the labelPlacement property of axis to the onTicks. The default value of the labelPlacement property is betweenTicks i.e. labels are placed between the ticks, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
    primaryXAxis: {

        //Placing X-axis labels on the ticks
        labelPlacement: 'onTicks',         

        //  ...        
    },
    //  ...
});

Display labels after a fixed interval

To display the labels after a fixed interval n, you can set the interval property of the axis range as n. The default value of the interval is 1 i.e. all the labels are displayed.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
    primaryXAxis: {

        //Displaying labels after 2 intervals
        range: { interval: 2 },                

        //  ...        
    },
    //  ...
});

Indexed Category Axis

Category axis can also plot points based on index value of data points. Index based plotting can be enabled by setting isIndexed property to true in the axis.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
         // ...             
         primaryXAxis: {                                  
             isIndexed: true
         },       
         series:[{
             points:[{ x: "Monday", y: 50 }, { x: "Tuesday", y: 40 }, { x: "Wednesday", y: 70 },
                    { x: "Thursday", y: 60 }, { x: "Friday", y: 50 },
                    { x: "Monday", y: 40 }, { x: "Monday", y: 30 } 
                       ] 
          }],
        // ...             
     });

While Category axis isIndexed value false

Numeric Axis

Numeric axis uses numerical scale and displays numbers as labels. To use numeric axis, you can set the valueType property of the axis to double.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
    // ...             
    primaryYAxis: {
        //Use numerical scale in primary Y axis
        valueType: 'double',        
        //  ...         
    },
    // ...             
});

Customize numeric range

To customize the range of an axis, you can use the range property of the axis to set the minimum, maximum and interval values. Nice range is calculated automatically based on the provided data, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
    // ...             
    primaryYAxis: {

        //Customizing Y-axis range
        range: { min: 0, max: 50 },         

        //  ...       
    },
    // ...             
});

Customizing numeric interval

Axis interval can be customized by using the interval property of the axis range. Nice interval is calculated based on the minimum and maximum value of the provided data, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
    // ...             
    primaryYAxis: {
              
        //Customizing Y-axis interval
        range: { interval: 5 },         

        //  ...         
    },

    // ...             
});

Apply padding to the range

Padding can be applied to the minimum and maximum extremes of the axis range by using the rangePadding property. Numeric axis supports the following types of padding

• None
• Round
• Additional
• Normal

None

When the value of the rangePadding property is none, padding can not be applied to the axis. This is also the default value of the rangePadding.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
              // ...             
               primaryYAxis: {
               
                //Applying none as range padding
                rangePadding: 'none',       

                //  ...         
            },

            // ...             
        });

Round

When the value of rangePadding property is round, the axis range is rounded to the nearest possible value divided by the interval.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
              // ...             
               primaryYAxis: {
               
                //Applying round as range padding
                rangePadding: 'round',       

                //  ...         
            },

            // ...             
        });

Chart before rounding axis range

Chart after rounding axis range

Additional

When the value of the rangePadding property is additional, the axis range is rounded and an interval of the axis is added as padding to the minimum and maximum values of the range.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
              // ...             
               primaryYAxis: {
               
                //Applying additional range padding
                rangePadding: 'additional',      

                //  ...         
            },

            // ...             
        });

Normal

When the value of the rangePadding property is normal, the padding is applied to the axis based on the range calculation.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
              // ...             
               primaryYAxis: {
               
                //Applying normal range padding
                rangePadding: 'normal',      

                //  ...         
            },

            // ...             
        });

Customizing the starting range of the axis

By default the Y axis will be always calculated from the value 0 for column, bar, stacking column and stacking bar series types. You can modify this behavior by setting false to the property startFromZero in the axis. On setting this the axis minimum value will be calculated based on the value for the data points.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
        {
	     //Initializing Primary Y Axis	
            primaryYAxis:
            {
               rangePadding: "none",
		       startFromZero: false                
            },
			
	     // ..
        });

DateTime Axis

Date time axis uses date time scale and displays the date time values as axis labels in the specified format. To use date time axis, set the valueType property of the axis to datetime.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
              // ...             
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Use date time scale in primary X axis
                valueType: 'datetime',         

                //  ...         
            },
            // ...             
        });

Customizing date time range

Axis range can be customized by using the range property to set the minimum, maximum and interval values. Nice range is calculated automatically based on the provided data, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
              // ...             
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Customizing X-axis date time range
                range: { 
                    min: new Date(2000, 6, 1), 
                    max: new Date(2010, 6, 1)
                },         

                //  ...         
            },
            // ...             
        });

Date time intervals

Date time intervals can be customized by using the interval and intervalType properties of the axis. For example, when you set interval as 2 and intervalType as years, it considers the 2 years as interval.

Essential Chart supports the following types of interval for date time axis.

• Days
• Hours
• Milliseconds
• Minutes
• Months
• Seconds
• Years

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Customizing X-axis date time range
                range: { 
                    interval: 2,
                },         

                 intervalType: 'years',

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
     });

Apply padding to the range

Padding can be applied to the minimum and maximum extremes of the range by using the rangePadding property. Date time axis supports the following types of padding

• None
• Round
• Additional

None

When the value of the rangePadding property is none, padding is applied to the axis. This is also the default value of the rangePadding.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Applying none as range padding
                rangePadding: 'none',
                //  ...       
            },
            //  ...
     });

Round

When the value of the rangePadding property is round, the axis range is rounded to the nearest possible date time value.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Applying round as range padding
                rangePadding: 'round',
                //  ...       
            },
            //  ...
     });

Chart before rounding axis range

Chart after rounding axis range

Additional

When the value of the rangePadding property is additional, the range is rounded and date time interval of the axis are added as padding to the minimum and maximum extremes of the range.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Applying additional as range padding
                rangePadding: 'additional',
                //  ...       
            },
            //  ...
     });

DateTime Category Axis

DateTime category axis takes date time value as input but behaves like category axis. This is used to display the date time values with nonlinear intervals (used to depict the business days by skipping holidays). To use date time axis, set the valueType property of the axis to datetimeCategory.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
	primaryXAxis: { 
		valueType: 'datetimeCategory', 
		// ... 
	}, 
	// ... 
});

Customizing DateTime Category range

Axis range can be customized by using the range property to set the minimum, maximum and interval values. Datetime category axis takes numeric input for minimum and maximum property.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {

                range: {  //Customizing X-axis date time category range
                    min: 0, 
                    max: 4
                },         

                //  ...         
            },
            // ...             
        });

DateTime Category intervals

Date time category intervals can be customized by using the interval and intervalType properties of the axis. For example, when you set the intervalType as months, it displays only the first label of all the months from the data.

Essential Chart supports the following types of interval for date time category axis.

• Days
• Hours
• Milliseconds
• Minutes
• Months
• Seconds
• Years
• Auto

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {
			
                intervalType: "months"        
                //  ...         
            },
            // ...             
        });

Logarithmic Axis

Logarithmic axis uses logarithmic scale and it is very useful in visualizing when the data has values with both lower order of magnitude (eg: 10^-6) and higher order of magnitude (eg: 10⁶). To use logarithmic axis, set the valueType property of the axis to logarithmic.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Use logarithmic scale in primary X axis
                valueType: 'logarithmic',         

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
      });

Customize Logarithmic range

Logarithmic range can be customized by using the range property of the axis to change the minimum, maximum and interval values. Nice range is calculated automatically based on the provided data, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryYAxis: {

                //Customizing logarithmic range
                range: { min: 1, max: 5 },         

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
      });

Logarithmic base

Logarithmic base can be customized by using the logBase property of the axis. The default value of the logBase is 10.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
           primaryYAxis: {

                //Customizing logarithmic base
                logBase: 2,         

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
      });

Logarithmic interval

Logarithmic axis interval can be customized by using the interval property of the axis. When the logarithmic base is 10 and logarithmic interval is 2, then the axis labels are placed at an interval of 10². The default value of the interval is 1.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
           primaryYAxis: {

                //Customizing logarithmic interval
                range: { interval: 2 },              

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
      });

Label Format

Format numeric labels

Numeric labels can be formatted by using the labelFormat property. Numeric values can be formatted with n (number with decimal points), c (currency) and p (percentage) commands.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
     
           primaryXAxis: {

                //Applying currency format to axis labels
                labelFormat: 'c',
                //  ...         
            },
            
            //  ...
      });

The following table describes the result of applying some commonly used label formats on numeric values.

Label Value	Label Format property value	Result	Description
1000	n1	1000.0	The Number is rounded to 1 decimal place
1000	n2	1000.00	The Number is rounded to 2 decimal place
1000	n3	1000.000	The Number is rounded to 3 decimal place
0.01	p1	1.0%	The Number is converted to percentage with 1 decimal place
0.01	p2	1.00%	The Number is converted to percentage with 2 decimal place
0.01	p3	1.000%	The Number is converted to percentage with 3 decimal place
1000	c1	$1,000.0	The Currency symbol is appended to number and number is rounded to 1 decimal place
1000	c2	$1,000.00	The Currency symbol is appended to number and number is rounded to 2 decimal place

Format date time values

Date time labels can be formatted by using the labelFormat property of the axis.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            primaryXAxis: {

                //Formatting date time labels in date/Month name/Year format
                labelFormat: 'dd/MMMM/yyyy',
                //  …         
            },
            //  ...
     });

The following table describes the result of applying some common date time formats to the labelFormat property

Label Value	Label Format Property Value	Result	Description
new Date(2000, 03, 10)	dddd	Monday	The Date is displayed in day format
new Date(2000, 03, 10)	MM/dd/yyyy	04/10/2000	The Date is displayed in month/date/year format
new Date(2000, 03, 10)	n3	1000.000	The Number is rounded to 3 decimal place
new Date(2000, 03, 10)	MMM	Apr	The Shorthand month for the date is displayed
new Date(2000, 03, 10)	t	12:00 AM	Time of the date value is displayed as label
new Date(2000, 03, 10)	hh:mm:ss	12:00:00	The Label is displayed in hours:minutes:seconds format

Custom label format

Prefix and suffix can be added to the category labels by using the labelFormat property. You can use the {value} as placeholder text in your custom text, it is replaced with the corresponding axis label at the runtime.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
    primaryXAxis: {
        //...
        //Adding prefix and suffix to axis labels
        labelFormat: '${value} K',                 
    },
    //...
});

Common axis features

Customization of features such as axis crossing, title, labels, grid lines and tick lines are common to all the axis. Each of these features are explained in this section.

Axis Crossing

Axis can be positioned anywhere in chart area using the crossesAt property of axis. This property specifies where the horizontal axis should intersect or cross the vertical axis and vice versa. Default value of crossesAt property is null.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

		primaryXAxis:
		{
			//Crosses primary Y axis at 0
			crossesAt: 0,

			//...
		},	
	});

Crossing a specific Axis

The crossesInAxis property takes axis name as input and determines the axis used for crossing. By default all the horizontal axes crosses in primary Y axis and all the vertical axes crosses in primary X axis.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

		primaryXAxis:
		{
			//Crosses vertical axis at -0.2
			crossesAt: -0.2,

			//Crosses in secondary Y axis
			crossesInAxis: 'secondaryYAxis',


			//...
		},	

		//Vertical axis for crossing
		axes: [{
			orientation: 'vertical',
			name: 'secondaryYAxis',

			//...
		}],
	});

Axis will be placed in the opposite side if value of crossesAt property is greater than the maximum value of crossing axis (axis name provided through crossesInAxis property or primary Y axis for horizontal axis).

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

		primaryXAxis:
		{
			//Crosses primary Y axis at 200
			crossesAt: 200,

			//...
		},	
	});

Crossing in DateTime Axis

For crossing in a date time horizontal axis, date object should be provided as value for crossesAt property of vertical axes.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

		primaryYAxis:
		{
			//Crosses horizontal axis at 5/29/2010
			crossesAt: new Date(2010, 4, 29),

			//...
		}
		//...
	});

Crossing in Category Axis

For crossing in a category type horizontal axis, either a string object or a number corresponding to the index of category value can be used for crossesAt property of vertical axes.

WARNING

String value provided for crossesAt property is case-sensitive.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

		primaryYAxis:
		{
			//Crosses horizontal axis at category value ‘Third’
			crossesAt: 'Tuesday',

			//...
		}
		//...
	});

Positioning the axis elements while crossing

The showNextToAxisLine property is used for controlling the axis elements movement along with the axis line while axis crossing is performed. When the showNextToAxisLine is set as false only the axis line and the tick lines are placed at the crossing Value and the axis elements will be placed outside the chart area. The default value of showNextToAxisLine is true.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

		primaryXAxis:
		{
            //Crosses primary Y axis at 0
			crossesAt: 0,
            showNextToAxisLine:false,
			//...
		}
		//...
	});

The axis is placed at the crossing value without the axis elements

Axis Visibility

Axis visibility can be controlled by using the visible property of the axis. The default value of the visible property is true.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

           primaryYAxis: {
                   
                //Disabling visibility of Y-axis
                visible: false

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
     });

Axis title

The title property in the axis provides options to customize the text and font of the axis title. Axis does not display the title, by default. Title text can also be trimmed based on the title text length or specified length.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

           primaryXAxis: {
                      
                //Customizing axis title
                title : {
                    text : 'Month',
                    font : {
                        fontFamily : 'Segoe UI',
                        size : '16px',
                        fontWeight : 'bold' ,
                        color : 'Grey',
                    },
                    enableTrim : true,  
                    maximumTitleWidth : 80 
                }
                //  ...         
            },

            //  ...
     });

You can modify the position of the axis title either inside or outside the chart area using the property [position]. By default, it will be placed outside the chart area. In addition, you can also change the alignment of the title to near, far and center by [alignment] property, using [offset] property you can change the position with respect to pixels.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

           primaryXAxis: {
                      
                //Customizing axis title
                title : {
                    text : 'Month',
                    position:'inside',
                    alignment:'near',
                    offset: 10
                }
                //  ...         
            },

            //  ...
     });

Label customization

The font property of the axis provides options to customize the font-family, color, opacity, size and font-weight of the axis labels.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

          primaryXAxis: {

                //Customizing label appearance
                font : {
                        fontFamily : 'Segoe UI',
                        size : '14px',
                        fontWeight : 'bold' ,
                        color : 'blue',
                },                
                //  ...         
            },

            //  ...
     });

Label and tick positioning

Axis labels and ticks can be positioned inside or outside the chart area by using the labelPosition and tickPosition properties. The labels and ticks are positioned outside the chart area, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

             primaryXAxis: {

                //Customizing label and tick positions
                labelPosition : 'inside',
                tickLinesPosition : 'inside',

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
     });

Edge labels placement

Labels with long text at the edges of an axis may appear partially outside the chart. The edgeLabelPlacement property can be used to avoid the partial appearance of the labels at the corners.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

             primaryXAxis: {

                //Customizing edge label placement
                edgeLabelPlacement : 'shift',
                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
     });

Chart before setting edge label placement to X-axis

Chart after setting edge label placement to X-axis

Grid lines customization

The majorGridLines and minorGridLines properties in the axis are used to customize the major grid lines and minor grid lines of an axis. They provide options to change the width, color, visibility and opacity of the grid lines. The minor grid lines are not visible, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

          primaryXAxis: {

                //Customizing grid lines
                majorGridLines : {
                    color : 'blue',                    
                    visible : true,  
                    width : 1 
                },
                minorTicksPerInterval: 0,
                minorGridLines : {
                    color : 'red',                    
                    visible : false,  
                    width : 1 
                }
            }
            //  ...
     });

Tick lines customization

The majorTickLines and minorTickLines properties in the axis are used to customize the major tick lines of an axis and minor tick lines of an axis. They provide options to change the width, size, color and visibility of the grid lines. The minor tick lines are not visible, by default.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

           primaryXAxis: {

                //Customizing tick lines
                majorTickLines : {
                    color : 'blue',                    
                    visible : true,  
                    width : 1 ,
                    size : 5,
                },
                minorTicksPerInterval: 0,
                minorTickLines : {
                    color : 'red',                    
                    visible : false,  
                    width : 1 ,
                    size : 5
                }
                //  ...
             }
            //  ...
     });

Inversing axis

Axis can be inversed by using the isInversed property of the axis. The default value of the isInversed property is false.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

           primaryXAxis: {

                //Inversing the X-axis
                isInversed: false

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
     });

Chart before inversing the axes

Chart after inversing the axes

Place axes at the opposite side

The opposedPosition property of axis can be used to place the axis at the opposite side of its default position. The default value of the opposedPosition property is false.

JAVASCRIPT

$("#chartContainer").ejChart({

            primaryXAxis: {

                //Placing axis at the opposite side of its normal position
                opposedPosition: true

                //  ...         
            },
            //  ...
     });

Chart with X and Y axes at normal position

Chart with Y-axis at opposed position

Maximum number of labels per 100 pixels

A maximum of 3 labels are displayed for each 100 pixels in the axis, by default. The maximum number of labels that is present within the 100 pixels length can be customized by using the maximumLabels property of the axis. This property is applicable only for an automatic range calculation and it does not work when you set the value for interval property in the axis range.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

         primaryXAxis: {

                //Maximum number of labels per 100 pixels
                maximumLabels : 1

                //  ...        
            },
            //  ...
     });

Chart before setting maximum labels per 100 pixels

Chart after setting maximum labels one per 100 pixels

Multiple Axis

Multiple axes can be used in the Chart and chart area can be split into multiple panes to draw multiple series with multiple axes.

An additional horizontal or vertical axis can be added to the chart by adding an axis instance to the axes collection and then you can associate it to a series by specifying the name of the axis to the xAxisName or yAxisName property of the series.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            // ...             
           //  Creating a secondary horizontal axis
            axes: [{
                name : 'SecondaryX',
                //  ...         
            },{
                name : 'SecondaryY',
                //  ...        
            }],
            //  ...
            series: [{
                //  Binding secondary X-axis with a series
                xAxisName : 'SecondaryX',

               //  Binding secondary Y-axis with a series
                yAxisName : 'SecondaryY',
                //  …
            },
            {
                //  ...         
            }],

            // ...             

        });

Smart Axis Labels

When the Axis labels overlap with each other based on the chart dimensions and label size, you can use the labelIntersectAction property of the axis to avoid overlapping. The default value of the labelIntersectAction is none. The other available values of the Label Intersect Actions are rotate45, rotate90, trim, multipleRows, wrap, wrapByWord and hide.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {

            // Avoid overlapping of x-axis labels
            primaryXAxis: {
                labelIntersectAction : 'multipleRows',
                 //  ...
            },
            
            // ...
        });

The following screenshot displays the result, when the labelIntersectAction property is set as rotate45.

The following screenshot displays the result, when the labelIntersectAction property is set as rotate90.

The following screenshot displays the result, when the labelIntersectAction property is set as wrap.

The following screenshot displays the result, when of setting the trim as value to the labelIntersectAction property.

The following screenshot displays the result, when the labelIntersectAction property is set as hide.

The following screenshot displays the result, when the labelIntersectAction property is set as **multipleRows **.

The following screenshot displays the result, when the labelIntersectAction property is set as wrapByWord.

Multi-level Labels

Axis can be customized with multiple levels of labels using the [multiLevelLabels] property. These labels are placed based on the start and end range values and we can add any number of labels to an axis.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            {
                primaryXAxis:
                {
                    multiLevelLabels: [
                        { 
                            visible: true,
                            start: -0.5,
                            end: 2.5,
                            text: "Quater1"
                         }]
                    }    
             });

Customizing the multi-Level labels

The color, width and type of the border can be customized. The default border type is [Rectangle]. And the other supported border types are namely brace, curly brace, without top/bottom border and none.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            {
                primaryXAxis:
                {
                    multiLevelLabels: [
                        { 
                           // customizing the border properties 
                            border:{
                                type: "brace",
                                width: 2,
                                color: "black"
                           }
                         }]
                    }    
             });

The text of the labels can be customized using the [text] and [font] properties

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            {
                primaryXAxis:
                {
                    multiLevelLabels: [
                        { 
                           // customizing the text and font properties
                            text: "Year - 2015",
                            font:{
                               fontFamily: "Algerian", 
                               size: "12px",
                               color: "black"                            
                              }
                         }]
                    }    
             });

You can change the alignment of the text to far, near and center position using the [textAlignment] property. By default, the text will be center aligned.

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            {
                primaryXAxis:
                {
                    multiLevelLabels: [
                        { 
                          // customizing the text alignment
                            textAlignment: "far",
                         }]
                    }    
             });

You can trim, wrap or wrapAndTrim the text if it exceeds the maximum text width value using the property [textOverflow]

JAVASCRIPT

var chartSample = new ej.datavisualization.Chart($("#chartContainer"), {
            {
                primaryXAxis:
                {
                    multiLevelLabels: [
                        { 
                          // customizing the text overflow  
                            textOverflow: “trim", 
                            maximumTextWidth: 40                                                                   
                      }]
                     }  
              });

The below screenshot shows the trimmed multi-level labels

And these labels can be placed in various rows using the [level] property.