VOOZH about

URL: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/jquery/jqwidgets-jqxchart-xaxis-property/

⇱ jQWidgets jqxChart xAxis Property - GeeksforGeeks


  • Courses
  • Tutorials
  • Interview Prep

jQWidgets jqxChart xAxis Property

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported.

jqxChart is a lightweight and powerful chart widget written 100% in JavaScript. It offers many advanced features and supports three different rendering technologies – SVG, HTML5 Canvas & VML.

The xAxis property is used to set the x-axis of the displayed jqxChart. It is of type object and its default value is "null".

Syntax:

$('#Selector').jqxChart({
 xAxis: {
 rangeSelector: true
 }
});

The properties of the xAxis are as follows:

  • visible: It is used to show or hide the xAxis axis.
  • unitInterval: It is used to set the interval between the units of the displayed jqxChart.
  • dataField: It is used to point toward a data field in the data source.
  • type: It is the stated type of the axis. Here, the values can be as follows:
    • default: It is used to auto-detect and switch to basic, linear, or date.
    • date: It is used to display dates.
    • basic: It is used to display all the data points consecutively.
    • linear: It is the stated linear arrangement of the values of the xAxis data field.
  • baseUnit: It is the stated base unit whenever it's used along with the date axis.
  • valuesOnTicks: It states if the values of the axis will be aligned along with the tick marks or not.
  • dateFormat: It is the optional date format in order to parse the data from the data source.
  • axisSize: It is used to set the size of the xAxis.
  • customDraw: It is of type boolean. It determines whether to draw the axis or not.
  • flip: It states if the axis is shown in reverse order or not.
  • position: It is used to set the position of the axis.
  • padding: It is of type object. It describes the padding of the axis which is as follows:
    • top: It is the stated top padding.
    • bottom: It is the bottom padding.
  • title: It is of type object. It describes the title of the axis which is as follows:
    • visible: It is of boolean type. It determines the visibility of the title.
    • text: It is the stated text of the title.
    • class: It is the stated CSS class of the text in the title.
    • horizontalAlignment: It is the stated horizontal alignment.
    • verticalAlignment: It is the stated vertical alignment.
  • tickMarks: It is of type object. It describes the axis's tick marks properties which are as follows:
    • visible: It is used to determine visibility.
    • step: It is the stated step.
    • dashStyle: It is the stated dash style of the tick marks.
    • lineWidth: It is the stated line width of the tick marks.
    •  size: It is the stated size of the tick marks.
    • color: It is the stated color of the tick marks.
  • gridLines: It is of type object. It describes the grid lines properties of the axis which are as follows:
    • visible: It determines the visibility.
    • step: It is the stated step.
    • dashStyle: It is the stated dash style of the grid lines.
    • lineWidth: It is the stated line width of the grid lines.
    • color: It is the color of the grid lines.
  • line: It is of type object. It describes the line properties of the axis which are as follows:
    • visible: It is of boolean type. It determines the axis line's visibility.
    • dashStyle: It is the dash style of the line.
    • lineWidth: It is the width of the line.
    • color: It is the color of the line.
  • labels: It is of type object. It describes the properties of the labels on the axis which are as follows:
    • visible: It determines the visibility of the labels of the axis.
    • step: It is the stated step.
    • class: It is the stated CSS class.
    • angle: It is the rotation angle of the text.
    • horizontalAligment: It is the stated horizontal alignment of the labels.
    • verticalAligment: It is the vertical alignment of the labels.
    • offset: It is the stated offset of the labels.
  • logarithmicScale: It is used to determine if the logarithmic scale needs to be used or not.
  • logarithmicScaleBase: It is the stated base for the logarithmic scale.
  • alternatingBackgroundColor: It is the stated alternating background color in between the grid lines.
  • alternatingBackgroundColor2: It is the second alternating background color between the grid lines.
  • alternatingBackgroundOpacity: It is the stated opacity of the alternating background.
  • formatSettings: It is the stated settings that are used to format the shown values.
  • formatFunction: It is the stated custom function in order to format the shown values.
  • toolTipFormatSettings: It is the stated settings that are used to format the xAxis values in tooltips.
  • toolTipFormatFunction: It is the stated custom function in order to format the xAxis values in tooltips.
  • rangeSelector: It is the stated range selector on the xAxis.

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxchart.core.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdraw.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdata.js”></script>

 <script type="text/javascript" src="jqwidgets/jqxchart.api.js"></script>

Example 1: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxChart xAxis property.

Output:

👁 Image
 

Example 2: The following is another example of the jqxChart xAxis property in jQWidgets.

Output:

👁 Image
 

Reference: https://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-documentation/documentation/jqxchart/jquery-chart-api.htm?search=

Comment

Explore