chart.js Line chart with different background colors for each section

Question

Lets say I have a Line chart with mon-fri for 4 weeks. I want that these 4 weeks are diveded in sections. I want the first monday to friday have a white background color. Th

Answer 1

Chart.js clears the canvas before drawing (or redrawing) a chart.

We can jump in on this and draw our background once the chart is cleared. Just extend the Line chart and override the clear function in the initialize override.

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Script

Chart.types.Line.extend({
    name: "LineAlt",
    initialize: function(data){
        Chart.types.Line.prototype.initialize.apply(this, arguments);

        // keep a reference to the original clear
        this.originalClear = this.clear;
        this.clear = function () {

            this.originalClear();

            // 1 x scale unit
            var unitX = this.datasets[0].points[1].x - this.datasets[0].points[0].x;

            var yTop = this.scale.startPoint;
            var yHeight = this.scale.endPoint - this.scale.startPoint;

            // change your color here
            this.chart.ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(100,100,100,0.8)';

            // we shift it by half a x scale unit to the left because the space between gridline is actually a shared space
            this.chart.ctx.fillRect(this.datasets[0].points[5].x - 0.5 * unitX, yTop, unitX * 5, yHeight);
            this.chart.ctx.fillRect(this.datasets[0].points[15].x - 0.5 * unitX, yTop, unitX * 5, yHeight);
        }
    }
});

Then just use LineAlt instead of Line

var myNewChart = new Chart(ctx).LineAlt(data);

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Fiddle - http://jsfiddle.net/oe2606ww/