How do I invert an y-axis using chart.js (v2.0-dev)

Question

I am creating line charts with 2 y-axes. one of those axes has two datasets but both run from the range of 0-100. The higher number being the better one. The second y-axis is usually lower in range (often in the single digits) and the best result is 1.

How can I invert the second y-axis so that 1 is at the top of the chart?

(I will try to find a solution myself, but at 5k+ lines in chart.js, it might take a while )

Thanks ^_^

Finally (wipes sweat off forehead) https://jsfiddle.net/nwc8ys34/13/ — GreysonTyrus, Nov 09 '15 at 14:29
So in the example you would like 4 at the top and 8 at the bottom — Quince, Nov 09 '15 at 15:11

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '15 at 15:26

30

Dev 2.0 of chart js supports an option to reverse the ticks when setting up the axis so your declaration of the second axis would become

{
    type: "invertedLinear", // only linear but allow scale type registration. This allows extensions to exist solely for log scale for instance
    display: true,
    position: "right",
    id: "y-axis-2",
    ticks: {
        reverse: true
    },
    // grid line settings
    gridLines: {
        drawOnChartArea: false, // only want the grid lines for one axis to show up
    }
}

Here it is in action https://jsfiddle.net/nwc8ys34/15/

answered Nov 09 '15 at 15:26

Quince

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Awesome! - Thanks ^_^ – GreysonTyrus Nov 09 '15 at 16:23
Is this possible in 1.0.2? The current stable version. – Evan Butler Feb 02 '16 at 23:09
as far as i know there is no support for this in 1.x – Quince Feb 03 '16 at 10:44

score 23 · Answer 2 · edited May 02 '18 at 08:03

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Using v 2.7.0, and the following seems to work:

options: {
  scales: {
    yAxes: [{
      ticks: {
        reverse: true,
      }
    }]
  }
}

edited May 02 '18 at 08:03

Aniko Litvanyi

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answered Feb 05 '18 at 12:21

Stephen Paul

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This will just swap the direction not the graph data. – Mannya Mar 10 '21 at 10:14

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 29 '21 at 14:17

In v3 the scale configs have been changed so the desired behaviour can be accomplished like so:

const options = {
  type: 'line',
  data: {
    labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
    datasets: [{
        label: '# of Votes',
        data: [40, 80, 100, 70, 60, 80],
        borderColor: 'pink'
      },
      {
        label: '# of Points',
        data: [7, 11, 5, 8, 3, 7],
        borderColor: 'orange',
        yAxisID: 'y2'
      }
    ]
  },
  options: {
    scales: {
      y: {},
      y2: {
        position: 'right',
        reverse: true
      }
    }
  }
}

const ctx = document.getElementById('chartJSContainer').getContext('2d');
const chart = new Chart(ctx, options);

<body>
  <canvas id="chartJSContainer" width="600" height="400"></canvas>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/3.6.0/chart.js"></script>
</body>

lendoo · Answer 4 · 2023-02-01T12:45:25.827

Chart.js 4:

datasets: [{
    label: "Strength",
    yAxisID: "y1",
    data: mappedData.sigStrength
}, {
    label: "Bars",
    yAxisID: "y2",
    data: mappedData.sigBars
}]

scales: {
    y1: {
        type: "linear",
        display: true,
        position: "left",
        reverse: true
    },
    y2: {
        type: "linear",
        display: true,
        position: "right",
        ticks: {
            stepSize: 1
        }
    }
},

How do I invert an y-axis using chart.js (v2.0-dev)

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