How can I control the placement of my Chart.JS pie chart's legend, as well as its appearance?

Question

I am able to create a pie chart using Chart.JS with this code:

HTML

Answer 1

I think this what you want: DEMO

First, you need to make canvas responsive by overriding fixed width and height and wrap it in additional div that can be used for positioning. I used display: table for centering elements but setting inner divs to inline-block also works if you wish for chart and legend to take different amount of space than 50:50.

HTML:

CSS:

canvas {
    width: 100% !important;
    height: auto !important;
}

.table {
    border: 1px solid red;
    display: table;
    width: 100%;
    table-layout: fixed;
}

.cell {
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

UPDATE: Did some adjustment based on additional information by OP NEW DEMO

HTML:

    

        
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CSS:

    .topleft {
        margin-top: -4px;
        margin-left: 16px;
        margin-bottom: 16px;
        padding: 16px;
        border: 1px solid black;
    }

canvas {
    width: 100% !important;
    height: auto !important;
    margin-left: -25%;
}

.chart {
    border: 1px solid forestgreen;
    width: 100%;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}

.pie {
    position: relative;
    padding: 10px 0;
    // adjust as necessary
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-right: 0;
}

.legend {
    position: absolute;
    right: 10px;
    top: 10px;
    height: 100%;
    // adjust as necessary:
    width: 48%;
}

@media (max-width: 480px) {
    .legend {
        position: relative;
        width: 100%;
    }
    .pie {
        margin: 0;
    }
}

.pie-legend ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 300px;
}

.pie-legend span {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 14px;
    height: 12px;
    border-radius: 100%;
    margin-right: 4px;
    margin-bottom: -2px;
}

.pie-legend li {
    margin-bottom: 4px;
    display: inline-block;
    margin-right: 4px;
}