Chart.js 3 for Vue 2 and Vue 3

This package is a rewrite of vue-chartjs for Chart.js 3, but written in Typescript with vue-demi and Vue Composition API.

Installation

npm i vue-chart-3
#or
yarn add vue-chart-3
#or
pnpm i vue-chart-3

Important notes

Using with Vue 3 or Vue 2

This package works with version 2.x and 3.x of Vue.

• Vue 3 works out-of-the-box
• Vue 2 requires @vue/composition-api package to also be installed, to provide Vue 3's Composition API features like ref, defineComponent, computed, reactive.

Chart.js (v3)

Chart.js v3 is now tree-shakable, so make sure to import and register the chart components you need. See Chart.js API for all available imports.

Learn more about Chart.js tree-shaking

For example, if you want to create a Doughnut chart and tree-shake the unused other components, it might look like this:

import { Chart, DoughnutController, ArcElement, Tooltip } from 'chart.js';
Chart.register(DoughnutController, ArcElement, Tooltip);

Or if you want all components of Chart.js (but lose the benefits of tree-shaking), use this:

import { Chart, registerables } from 'chart.js';
Chart.register(...registerables);

Unlike vue-chartjs, there is no need to re-create each component with mixins and reactive props, etc. with this package. Thanks to @vue/composition-api, all of this is possible just by importing the corresponding component.

(Thanks to @nwittwer for upgraded notes)

Usage with Nuxt SSR

• Create a plugin in <srcDir>/plugins/chartjs.js

import { Chart, registerables } from 'chart.js';
Chart.register(...registerables);

• Then register it in your nuxt.config.[js|ts]

export default {
  plugins: [{ src: '~/plugins/chartjs.js', ssr: false }],
};

Just it case, wrap your component inside client-only.

Usage and docs

All components props

Prop	Type	Default
'chartData'	ChartJs.ChartData<TType>
'options'	ChartJs.ChartOptions<TType>
'plugins'	ChartJs.Plugin[]
'cssClasses'	string
'width'	number	400
'height'	number	400
'onChartRender'	(chartInstance: Chart) => void
'onChartUpdate'	(chartInstance: Chart) => void
'onChartDestroy'	() => void
'onLabelsUpdate'	() => void

Data accessible by reference

Prop	Type
'chartInstance'	Chart<TType>
'canvasRef'	HtmlCanvasElement
'renderChart'	() => void

Events emitted by all components

Event	Payload
'chart:render'	chartInstance: Chart
'chart:update'	chartInstance: Chart
'chart:destroy'	-
'labels:update'	-

---

Exemple with static data

<template>
  <DoughnutChart :chartData="testData" />
</template>

<script lang="ts">
import { defineComponent } from 'vue';
import { DoughnutChart } from 'vue-chart-3';

export default defineComponent({
  name: 'Home',
  components: { DoughnutChart },
  setup() {
    const testData = {
      labels: ['Paris', 'Nîmes', 'Toulon', 'Perpignan', 'Autre'],
      datasets: [
        {
          data: [30, 40, 60, 70, 5],
          backgroundColor: ['#77CEFF', '#0079AF', '#123E6B', '#97B0C4', '#A5C8ED'],
        },
      ],
    };

    return { testData };
  },
});
</script>

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Accessing Canvas Ref and ChartInstance

<template>
  <DoughnutChart ref="doughtnutRef" :chartData="testData" @chart:render="handleChartRender" />
</template>

<script lang="ts">
import { shuffle } from 'lodash';
import { computed, defineComponent, ref, onMounted } from 'vue';
import { DoughnutChart, ExtractComponentData } from 'vue-chart-3';

export default defineComponent({
  name: 'Home',
  components: { DoughnutChart },
  setup() {
    const doughtnutRef = ref<ExtractComponentData<typeof DoughnutChart>>();
    // ....
    onMounted(() => {
      console.log(doughtnutRef.value.chartInstance);
      doughtnutRef.value.chartInstance.toBase64Image();
    });

    // Chart instance is accessible on events too
    function handleChartRender(chart: Chart<'doughnut'>) {
      console.log(chart);
    }

    return { shuffleData, testData, doughtnutRef, handleChartRender };
  },
});
</script>

---

Exemple with reactive data, options, events and tree shaking

<template>
  <div>
    <DoughnutChart ref="doughnutRef" :chartData="testData" :options="options" />
    <button @click="shuffleData">Shuffle</button>
  </div>
</template>

<script lang="ts">
import { shuffle } from 'lodash';
import { computed, defineComponent, ref } from 'vue';
import { DoughnutChart, ExtractComponentData } from 'vue-chart-3';
import { Chart, DoughnutController, ArcElement, Tooltip, ChartData, ChartOptions } from 'chart.js';

Chart.register(DoughnutController, ArcElement, Tooltip);

export default defineComponent({
  name: 'Home',
  components: { DoughnutChart },
  setup() {
    const data = ref([30, 40, 60, 70, 5]);
    const doughnutRef = ref<ExtractComponentData<typeof DoughnutChart>>();

    const options = ref<ChartOptions<'doughnut'>>({
      responsive: true,
      plugins: {
        legend: {
          position: 'top',
        },
        title: {
          display: true,
          text: 'Chart.js Doughnut Chart',
        },
      },
    });

    const testData = computed<ChartData<'doughnut'>>(() => ({
      labels: ['Paris', 'Nîmes', 'Toulon', 'Perpignan', 'Autre'],
      datasets: [
        {
          data: data.value,
          backgroundColor: ['#77CEFF', '#0079AF', '#123E6B', '#97B0C4', '#A5C8ED'],
        },
      ],
    }));

    function shuffleData() {
      data.value = shuffle(data.value);
    }

    return { testData, shuffleData, doughnutRef, options };
  },
});
</script>

Helper types for Typescripts users

ExtractComponentData<T>

This component is useful if you want to access the Chart component ref.

Ex:

setup() {
  const doughtnutRef = ref<ExtractComponentData<typeof DoughtnutChart>>()

  foo() {
    doughtnutRef.value?.chartInstance.toBase64Image();
  }
}

ExtractComponentProps<T>

This type will extracts prop types from the component if you want to type your v-bind.

Ex:

setup() {
  const barChartProps = computed<ExtractComponentProps<typeof BarChart>>(() => ({
    chartData: {...},
    options: {}
  }))
}

Supporting plugins

You can use defineChartComponent to create ChartJs plugins components

Exemple:

import { defineChartComponent } from 'vue-chart-3';
import { MatrixController, MatrixElement } from 'chartjs-chart-matrix';

Chart.register(MatrixController, MatrixElement);

const Matrix = defineChartComponent('MatrixChart', 'matrix');
// You can now use this component anywhere

If you are using Typescript, you have to augment the interface ChartTypeRegistry from chart.js manually.

The plugins for Chart.js are usually typed, but if they aren't you can do it manually

(Exemple taken from chartjs-chart-matrix)

declare module 'chart.js' {
  export interface ChartTypeRegistry {
    matrix: {
      chartOptions: CoreChartOptions<'matrix'>;
      datasetOptions: MatrixControllerDatasetOptions<'matrix'>;
      defaultDataPoint: MatrixDataPoint;
      parsedDataType: MatrixDataPoint;
      scales: never;
    };
  }
}