Increase Chart.js Scale Padding/Margin

Question

How do I increase the separation between the border and the bar?

Example image:
http://imgur.com/a/AamLT

Current Code:

var canvas = document.getElementById('myChart');
var data = {
    labels: ["January"],
    datasets: [
        {
            label: "My First dataset",
            backgroundColor: "rgba(255,99,132,0.2)",
            borderColor: "rgba(255,99,132,1)",
            borderWidth: 2,
            hoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(255,99,132,0.4)",
            hoverBorderColor: "rgba(255,99,132,1)",
            data: [65, 59, 30, 81, 56, 55, 40],
        }
    ]
};
var option = {

};


var myBarChart = Chart.Bar(canvas,{
	data:data,
  options:option
});

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.1.3/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="myChart" width="400" height="500"></canvas>

JSFiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/palaceslittle/mfvmoy64/217/

Answer 1

Once you update to a latest version of Chart.js (currently v2.6.0), in the bar config section, you can set a maxBarThickness. Doing this will allow you to increase the chart canvas width, without needing to worry about the bar getting larger.

Your options section would look as following:

var option = {
    scales: {
        xAxes: [{
            maxBarThickness: 100
        }]
    }
};

JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/dhhnssgc/

See the below documentation for more information about the bar chart configuration options:
http://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/charts/bar.html#configuration-options

Depending on how you set up the rest of your chart, the barPercentage and barThickness options may also work for you.

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If you want to move your entire chart away from the edge of the canvas, you can use the layout padding option: http://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/configuration/layout.html

options: {
    layout: {
        padding: {
            left: 0,
            right: 50,
            top: 0,
            bottom: 0
        }
    }
}

JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/dhhnssgc/2/