There is a thread with many answers on this topic (Show values on top of bars in chart.js), but it's all about version 2.x

• getDatasetMeta() has been deprecated: .0.2/getting-started/v3-migration.html

• The "datalabels" plugin has not been ported to 3.x:

Have you found any working solutions? How can data values be displayed on top of vertical barcharts (or next to horizontal barcharts)?

There is a thread with many answers on this topic (Show values on top of bars in chart.js), but it's all about version 2.x

• getDatasetMeta() has been deprecated: https://www.chartjs/docs/3.0.2/getting-started/v3-migration.html

• The "datalabels" plugin has not been ported to 3.x: https://github./chartjs/chartjs-plugin-datalabels

Have you found any working solutions? How can data values be displayed on top of vertical barcharts (or next to horizontal barcharts)?

• javascript
• chart.js
• data-visualization

1 Answer 1

You can use the beta of the datalabels plugin.

Documentation: https://v2_0_0-rc_1--chartjs-plugin-datalabelslify.app/

Script tag: <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr/npm/[email protected]/dist/chartjs-plugin-datalabels.min.js"></script>

Install mand: npm i chartjs-plugin-datalabels@next

Live example:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr/npm/[email protected]/dist/chart.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr/npm/[email protected]"></script>
<canvas id="myChart" width="850" height="520"></canvas>
<script>
  var ctx = document.getElementById('myChart');
  
  Chart.register(ChartDataLabels); // first way of registering the plugin, registers them for all your charts
  
  var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
    type: 'bar',
    plugins: [ChartDataLabels], // second way of registering plugin, register plugin for only this chart
    data: {
      labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
      datasets: [{
        data: [12, 19, 3, 5, 2, 3],
        label: 'Advisor Closed MTD',
        backgroundColor: 'rgb(192,111,94)',
        barThickness: 25,
        datalabels: {
          color: '#FFCE56'
        }

      }],
    },
    options: {
      responsive: false,
      plugins: {
        datalabels: {
          anchor: 'end', // remove this line to get label in middle of the bar
          align: 'end',
          formatter: (val) => (`${val}%`),
          labels: {
            value: {
              color: 'blue'
            }
          }

        }
      }
    }
  });
</script>