Getting Started
Overview
Installation
API
3D Attributes Animations and Visualization Transitions Area Graphs Aspect Ratio, Space and width Axis Bar Graphs Bin Plots Bins Boxplot Graphs Circular Graphs Citations or References Clustering Colors Combination Plots Confidence Intervals Contours Correlation Graphs DOE Data Data Customizer Data Filters Data Point Attributes Data Selection Data Table Data Table/Filter Data sorting Debug Decorations Dendrograms Density Plots Dotplot Graphs Effect Error Bars Events Fish Graphs Fit Lines Foreground and Background Gantt Charts General General Attributes Genome Browser Gradients Heatmap Graphs Hierarchy Histograms Ideograms Images Kaplan Meier Plots Legends Line Graphs Lines Loess Maps Margins Meter Graphs Missing Data Motion Charts Network Algorithm Parameters Network Cola Algorithm Parameters Network Communities Network Graphs Network Node and Edge Attributes Oncoprint Graphs Overlays Pie Charts Plot area Quantile Regression Plots R R-Axis Random Regression Remote Procedures Ridgeline Plots Samples Sankey Diagrams Scatter Plot Matrix Scatter Plots Shadows Shapes Tag Cloud Text Time Series Titles and Subtitles Treemap Graphs Trees UpSet Plots Variables Venn Diagrams X-Axis Y-Axis Z-Axis Zooming, Panning and Resizing cxplot false

General : General properties used in most visualizations

# cacheBase64

Cache image in meta data as Base64
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# canvasBox

Flag to draw a box around the canvas
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# canvasBoxColor

Color for the box around the canvas
Type: color
Default: rgb(204,204,204)
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# createFactory

CanvasXpress Factory used to create plot. This is parsed from the PNG or JSON data loaded
Type: object Private
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# createVersion

CanvasXpress Version used to create plot. This is parsed from the PNG or JSON data loaded
Type: float Private
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# editable

Editable in JS Fiddle and CodePen
Type: boolean
Default: true
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# fullTextMeasureCheck

Full thorough check of variable and sample names when more than the specified number. This is useful for large data sets as canvas has not an efficent maner to measure text
Type: integer
Default: 500
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# functions

Functions exposed to the api
Type: array Private
Default: []
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# graphOrientation

Specifies the orientation of one dimensional graphs
Type: string
Default: horizontal
Options: horizontal, vertical
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# graphType

Specifies the type of graph
Type: string
Default: Bar
Options: Bar, Line, Area, AreaLine, BarLine, Boxplot, Dotplot, DotLine, Fish, Gantt, Meter, Heatmap, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Tree, Treemap, TagCloud, ParallelCoordinates, Sankey, Scatter2D, ScatterBubble2D, Scatter3D, Correlation, Pie, Venn, Network, Genome, Circular
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# highlightGreyOut

Flag to add grey out when highlighting with mouse over
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# highlightGreyOutTransparency

Fraction of transparency for grey out when highlighting with mouse over
Type: float
Default: 0.67
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# invertGraph

Flag to invert horizontal one dimensional graphs to plot from right to left
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# isCxplot

Flag to indicate is using cxplot
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# isR

Flag to indicate is running from the R library. For developers only
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# isReproducibleResearch

Flag to indicate to track user modifications for Reproducible Research. For developers only
Type: boolean
Default: true
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# metaData

Meta data for files read from a url
Type: object
Default: HASH(0x7f77ab05c4b8)
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# password

Password to protect exploring data
Type: string
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# plotBox

Flag to draw a box around the x,y coordinates of the plot
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# plotBoxColor

Color for the box around the x,y coordinates of the plot
Type: color
Default: rgb(204,204,204)
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# printMagnification

Print Magnification to produce High Definition images. Courtesy of Baohong Zhang
Type: integer
Default: 1
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# printThumbnail

Print thumbnail
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# printType

Type of printing when the camera icon in the UI is pressed. Download is to download the image while window is to save the image in a new browser window
Type: string
Default: download
Options: download, window
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# reproduceTime

Time to wait in milliseconds to reproduce user modifications through the UI
Type: integer
Default: 500
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# saveFilename

Filename to use when downloading the canvas as an image or as json. If not specified. the filename will be based on the target id of the canvas. cX- + canvas.targetId + extension
Type: string
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# skipRender

Flag to skip initial rendering
Type: boolean Private
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# tags

Tags
Type: array
Default: []
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# theme

Themes for the plot. This parameter will overwrite colors, background, axes, etc
Type: string
Default: none
Options: none, economist, excel, tableau, stata, igray, solarized, paulTol, ggplot, wallStreetJournal, cx
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# transparency

Percentage of transparency applied to all elements in the visualizations
Type: float
Default: null
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# transparencyHidden

Percentage of transparency applied to elements that are hidden
Type: float
Default: 0.1
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# useRawLines

Use raw lines rather than potentially crisp lines. Use only with circular graphs and networks
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

# view

Specify the starting view of the data
Type: string
Default: canvas
Options: canvas, table, layout
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Circular, Correlation, DotLine, Dotplot, Fish, Gantt, Genome, Heatmap, Line, Map, Network, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Venn

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