BarChart Quick Start

In this quick start, you'll learn how to add the BarChart widget to an HTML project using HTML markup and jQuery script.

To create a new HTML page in your favorite text editor, add the following code and save the document with an .html extension.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <HTML> <head> </head> <body> </body> </HTML>

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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <HTML> <head> </head> <body> </body> </HTML>

Add links to the dependencies to your HTML page within the <head> tags. Find the latest dependencies in the content delivery network (CDN) file at wijmo cdn.

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<!--Theme--> <link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/themes/aristo/jquery-wijmo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--Wijmo Widgets CSS--> <link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!--RequireJs--> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/external/require.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> requirejs.config({ baseUrl: "http://cdn.wijmo.com/amd-js/3.20161.90", paths: { "jquery": "jquery-1.11.1.min", "jquery-ui": "jquery-ui-1.11.0.custom.min", "jquery.ui": "jquery-ui", "jquery.mousewheel": "jquery.mousewheel.min", "globalize": "globalize.min" } }); </script>

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<!--Theme-->
<link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/themes/aristo/jquery-wijmo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<!--Wijmo Widgets CSS-->
<link href="http://cdn.wijmo.com/jquery.wijmo-pro.all.3.20183.140.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<!--RequireJs-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.wijmo.com/external/require.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    requirejs.config({
        baseUrl: "http://cdn.wijmo.com/amd-js/3.20161.90",
            paths: {
                "jquery": "jquery-1.11.1.min",
                "jquery-ui": "jquery-ui-1.11.0.custom.min",
                "jquery.ui": "jquery-ui",
                "jquery.mousewheel": "jquery.mousewheel.min",
                "globalize": "globalize.min"
            }
    });
</script>

Add the following markup within the <body> tags to create the widget. The <div> element creates the widget, and we call its id attribute in jQuery to initialize it.
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<div id="wijbarchart" style="width: 400px; height: 300px"> </div>

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<div id="wijbarchart" style="width: 400px; height: 300px"> </div>

Within the <head> tags, below the references, add the following script to initialize the widget and populate it with data.

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<script id="scriptInit" type="text/javascript"> require(["wijmo.wijbarchart"], function () { $(document).ready(function () { $("#wijbarchart").wijbarchart({ autoResize: "true", axis: { y: {text: "Total Hardware"}, x: {text: ""} }, hint: { content: function () {return this.data.label + '\n ' + this.y + '';} }, header: {text: "Console Wars"}, seriesList: [{ label: "US", legendEntry: true, data: { x: ['PS3', 'XBOX360', 'Wii'], y: [12.35, 21.50, 30.56] } }], seriesStyles: [{fill: "#8ede43", stroke: "#7fc73c", opacity: 0.8}], seriesHoverStyles: [{ "stroke-width": "1.5", opacity: 1}] }); }); }); </script>

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<script id="scriptInit" type="text/javascript">
    require(["wijmo.wijbarchart"], function () {
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#wijbarchart").wijbarchart({
                autoResize: "true",
                axis: {
                    y: {text: "Total Hardware"},
                    x: {text: ""}
                },
                hint: {
                    content: function () {return this.data.label + '\n ' + this.y + '';}
                },
                header: {text: "Console Wars"},
                seriesList: [{
                    label: "US",
                    legendEntry: true,
                    data: { x: ['PS3', 'XBOX360', 'Wii'], y: [12.35, 21.50, 30.56] }
                }],
                seriesStyles: [{fill: "#8ede43", stroke: "#7fc73c", opacity: 0.8}],
                seriesHoverStyles: [{ "stroke-width": "1.5", opacity: 1}]
            });
        });
    });
</script>

Save your HTML file and open it in a browser. The widget appears like the following live widget.

Widgets

BarChart

Apply CSS Styles

Reference

wijbarchart API