How to move labels' position on Chart.js pie

Question

I'm using Chart.js and I'm trying to move the labels on my Pie chart outside of the pie area (see red X's):

This my code right now:

<div class="container" id="pieContainer">
    <h4 class="title">Title</h4>
    <center><canvas id="pie"></canvas></center>
</div>

<script>                                  
    var pieData = [
    {
        value: 39,
        color:"#335478",
        label: "Blue"
    },
    {
        value : 4,
        color : "#7f7f7f",
        label: "Grey"
    },
    {
        value : 57,
        color : "#99cb55",
        label: "Green"
    }
    ];

    var optionsPie = {
        responsive : true,
        tooltipEvents: [],
        showTooltips: true,
        onAnimationComplete: function() {
             this.showTooltip(this.segments, true);
        },
        tooltipTemplate: "<%= label %> - <%= value %>%"
    };
    new Chart(document.getElementById("pie").getContext("2d")).Pie(pieData, optionsPie);
</script>

I don't want to use legends and I couldn't find a built-in method to move labels. Is there a way to do that without changing chart.js? What's the best way to achieve my goal?

Answer 1

Just extend the chart to do this. If your labels are static, it might be simpler to just change the tooltipPosition method instead.

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Preview

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Script

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

        var requiredSpace = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
            requiredSpace = Math.max(ctx.measureText(Chart.helpers.template(this.options.tooltipTemplate, data[i])).width, requiredSpace);
        this.outerRadius -= (requiredSpace + 20);
    },
    draw: function(data){
        Chart.types.Pie.prototype.draw.apply(this, arguments);

        var self = this;
        ctx.save();
        ctx.font = Chart.helpers.fontString(self.options.scaleFontSize, self.options.scaleFontStyle, self.options.scaleFontFamily);
                ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
        self.segments.forEach(function (segment) {
            var outerEdge = Chart.Arc.prototype.tooltipPosition.apply({
                x: this.chart.width / 2,
                y: this.chart.height / 2,
                startAngle: segment.startAngle,
                endAngle: segment.endAngle,
                outerRadius: segment.outerRadius * 2 + 20,
                innerRadius: 0
            })

            var normalizedAngle = (segment.startAngle + segment.endAngle) / 2;
            while (normalizedAngle > 2 * Math.PI) {
                normalizedAngle -= (2 * Math.PI)
            }

            if (normalizedAngle < (Math.PI * 0.4) || (normalizedAngle > Math.PI * 1.5))
                ctx.textAlign = "start";
            else if (normalizedAngle > (Math.PI * 0.4) && (normalizedAngle < Math.PI * 0.6)) {
                outerEdge.y += 5;
                ctx.textAlign = "center";
            }
            else if (normalizedAngle > (Math.PI * 1.4) && (normalizedAngle < Math.PI * 1.6)) {
                outerEdge.y - 5;
                ctx.textAlign = "center";
            }
            else
                ctx.textAlign = "end";

            ctx.fillText(Chart.helpers.template(self.options.tooltipTemplate, segment), outerEdge.x, outerEdge.y);
        });

        ctx.restore();
    }
});

and then

new Chart(ctx).PieAlt(data, {
    showTooltips: false
});

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Fiddle - http://jsfiddle.net/h8rggkhp/

Answer 2

I recently ran into the same issue, and chartsjs-plugin-labels solved the issue for me.

Example:

import {Chart} from 'chartjs';
import 'chartjs-plugin-labels';

let options = {
  plugins: {
    labels: {
      position: 'outside',
      render: (args) => {
        return `${args.label}: ${args.value}%`;
      }
    }
  }
}

let data = {
  datasets: [
    {
      data: [39, 4, 57],
      labels: ['Blue', 'Gray', 'Green'],
    },
  ],
}

new Chart(ctx, {
  type: 'pie',
  data: data,
  options: options
}