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class="body-inner"> <div class="book-header" role="navigation"> <!-- Title --> <h1> <i class="fa fa-circle-o-notch fa-spin"></i> <a href=".." >Scatter</a> </h1> </div> <div class="page-wrapper" tabindex="-1" role="main"> <div class="page-inner"> <div class="search-plus" id="book-search-results"> <div class="search-noresults"> <section class="normal markdown-section"> <h1 id="scatter-chart">Scatter Chart</h1> <p>Scatter charts are based on basic line charts with the x axis changed to a linear axis. To use a scatter chart, data must be passed as objects containing X and Y properties. The example below creates a scatter chart with 3 points.</p> <pre><code class="lang-javascript"><span class="hljs-keyword">var</span> scatterChart = <span class="hljs-keyword">new</span> Chart(ctx, { type: <span class="hljs-string">'scatter'</span>, data: { datasets: [{ label: <span class="hljs-string">'Scatter Dataset'</span>, data: [{ x: <span class="hljs-number">-10</span>, y: <span class="hljs-number">0</span> }, { x: <span class="hljs-number">0</span>, y: <span class="hljs-number">10</span> }, { x: <span class="hljs-number">10</span>, y: <span class="hljs-number">5</span> }] }] }, options: { scales: { xAxes: [{ type: <span class="hljs-string">'linear'</span>, position: <span class="hljs-string">'bottom'</span> }] } } }); </code></pre> <h2 id="dataset-properties">Dataset Properties</h2> <p>The scatter chart supports all of the same properties as the <a href="line.html#dataset-properties">line chart</a>.</p> <h2 id="data-structure">Data Structure</h2> <p>Unlike the line chart where data can be supplied in two different formats, the scatter chart only accepts data in a point format.</p> <pre><code class="lang-javascript">data: [{ x: <span class="hljs-number">10</span>, y: <span class="hljs-number">20</span> }, { x: <span class="hljs-number">15</span>, y: <span class="hljs-number">10</span> }] </code></pre> </section> </div> <div class="search-results"> <div class="has-results"> <h1 class="search-results-title"><span class='search-results-count'></span> results matching "<span class='search-query'></span>"</h1> <ul class="search-results-list"></ul> </div> <div class="no-results"> <h1 class="search-results-title">No results matching "<span class='search-query'></span>"</h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a href="bubble.html" class="navigation navigation-prev " aria-label="Previous page: Bubble"> <i class="fa fa-angle-left"></i> </a> <a href="area.html" class="navigation navigation-next " aria-label="Next page: Area"> <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i> </a> </div> <script> var gitbook = gitbook || []; gitbook.push(function() { gitbook.page.hasChanged({"page":{"title":"Scatter","level":"1.5.7","depth":2,"next":{"title":"Area","level":"1.5.8","depth":2,"path":"charts/area.md","ref":"charts/area.md","articles":[]},"previous":{"title":"Bubble","level":"1.5.6","depth":2,"path":"charts/bubble.md","ref":"charts/bubble.md","articles":[]},"dir":"ltr"},"config":{"plugins":["-lunr","-search","search-plus","anchorjs","chartjs","ga"],"root":"./docs","styles":{"website":"style.css","pdf":"styles/pdf.css","epub":"styles/epub.css","mobi":"styles/mobi.css","ebook":"styles/ebook.css","print":"styles/print.css"},"pluginsConfig":{"anchorjs":{"icon":"#","placement":"left","visible":"always"},"ga":{"configuration":"auto","token":"UA-28909194-3"},"theme-default":{"styles":{"website":"style.css","pdf":"styles/pdf.css","epub":"styles/epub.css","mobi":"styles/mobi.css","ebook":"styles/ebook.css","print":"styles/print.css"},"showLevel":false},"search-plus":{},"chartjs":{"defaults":null},"highlight":{},"sharing":{"facebook":true,"twitter":true,"google":false,"weibo":false,"instapaper":false,"vk":false,"all":["facebook","google","twitter","weibo","instapaper"]},"fontsettings":{"theme":"white","family":"sans","size":2}},"theme":"default","author":"chartjs","pdf":{"pageNumbers":true,"fontSize":12,"fontFamily":"Arial","paperSize":"a4","chapterMark":"pagebreak","pageBreaksBefore":"/","margin":{"right":62,"left":62,"top":56,"bottom":56}},"structure":{"langs":"LANGS.md","readme":"README.md","glossary":"GLOSSARY.md","summary":"SUMMARY.md"},"variables":{},"title":"Chart.js documentation","gitbook":"3.2.2"},"file":{"path":"charts/scatter.md","mtime":"2018-03-01T21:46:31.675Z","type":"markdown"},"gitbook":{"version":"3.2.2","time":"2018-03-01T21:50:47.970Z"},"basePath":"..","book":{"language":""}}); }); </script> </div> <script src="../gitbook/gitbook.js"></script> <script src="../gitbook/theme.js"></script> <script src="../gitbook/gitbook-plugin-search-plus/jquery.mark.min.js"></script> <script src="../gitbook/gitbook-plugin-search-plus/search.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/anchor-js/4.1.0/anchor.min.js"></script> <script src="../gitbook/gitbook-plugin-anchorjs/anchor-style.js"></script> <script src="../gitbook/gitbook-plugin-ga/plugin.js"></script> <script src="../gitbook/gitbook-plugin-sharing/buttons.js"></script> <script src="../gitbook/gitbook-plugin-fontsettings/fontsettings.js"></script> </body> </html>