JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Nabaraj Saha
HTML
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.1.4/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
JavaScript
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart");
// The original draw function for the line chart. This will be applied after we have drawn our highlight range (as a rectangle behind the line chart).
var originalLineDraw = Chart.controllers.line.prototype.draw;
// Extend the line chart, in order to override the draw function.
Chart.helpers.extend(Chart.controllers.line.prototype, {
draw: function() {
var chart = this.chart;
// Get the object that determines the region to highlight.
var yHighlightRange = chart.config.data.yHighlightRange;
// If the object exists.
if (yHighlightRange !== undefined) {
if (yHighlightRange.begin.length == yHighlightRange.end.length) {
for (yCount = 0; yCount < yHighlightRange.begin.length; yCount++) {
var ctx = chart.chart.ctx;
var yRangeBegin = yHighlightRange.begin[yCount];
var yRangeEnd = yHighlightRange.end[yCount];
var yRangeColor = yHighlightRange.color[yCount];
var xaxis = chart.scales['x-axis-0'];
var yaxis = chart.scales['y-axis-0'];
var yRangeBeginPixel = yaxis.getPixelForValue(yRangeBegin);
var yRangeEndPixel = yaxis.getPixelForValue(yRangeEnd);
ctx.save();
// The fill style of the rectangle we are about to fill.
ctx.fillStyle = yRangeColor;
// Fill the rectangle that represents the highlight region. The parameters are the closest-to-starting-point pixel's x-coordinate,
// the closest-to-starting-point pixel's y-coordinate, the width of the rectangle in pixels, and the height of the rectangle in pixels, respectively.
ctx.fillRect(xaxis.left, Math.min(yRangeBeginPixel, yRangeEndPixel), xaxis.right - xaxis.left, Math.max(yRangeBeginPixel, yRangeEndPixel) - Math.min(yRangeBeginPixel, yRangeEndPixel));
ctx.restore();
}
} else {
console.warn("yHighlightRange.begin and yHighlightRange.end are not the same length")
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