var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext("2d");
// stores the number of bars you have at the beginning.
var length = -1;
// creates a new plugin
Chart.pluginService.register({
// before the update ..
beforeUpdate: function(chart) {
var data = chart.config.data;
for (var i = data.labels.length; i < data.maxBarNumber; i++) {
length = (length == -1) ? i : length;
// populates both arrays with default values, you can put anything though
data.labels[i] = i;
data.datasets[0].data[i] = 0;
}
},
// after the update ..
afterUpdate: function(chart) {
console.log(chart);
var data = chart.config.data;
if (length == -1) return;
// prevents new charts to be drawn
for (var i = length; i < data.maxBarNumber; i++) {
data.datasets[0]._meta[0].data[i].draw = function() {
return
};
}
}
});
var data = {
// change here depending on how many bar charts you can have
maxBarNumber: 10,
labels: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7],
datasets: [{
label: "dataset",
backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 99, 132, 0.2)',
borderColor: 'rgba(255,99,132,1)',
borderWidth: 1,
data: [65, 59, 80, 81, 56, 55, 40],
}]
};
var myBarChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'bar',
data: data,
options: {
scales: {
xAxes: [{
display: false
}],
yAxes: [{
stacked: true
}]
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.2.1/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400"></canvas>