Plugin

Plugins are the most efficient way to customize or change the default behavior of a chart.

How to use plugins

1. Global registeration for plugins

   const plugin1 = { /* plugin implementation */ };
   const plugin2 = { /* plugin implementation */ };
   // Global registeration, plugin will be registered to all the chart plugins
   Chart.plugins.register(plugin1); 
   // Global registeration for multiple plug-in
   Chart.plugins.register([ plugin1, plugin2 ]);

2. Register for a chart instance

   const plugin1 = { /* plugin implementation */ };
   const plugin2 = { /* plugin implementation */ };
   
   // chart1 use "plugin1"
   const chart1 = new Chart({
     plugins: plugin1
   );
   // chart2 use "plugin2"
   const chart2 = new Chart({
     plugins: plugin2
   );
   // chart3 doesn't use "plugin"
   const chart3 = new Chart({});

Unregister plugins

Use Chart.plugins.unregister(plugins) to unregister a plug-in.

Clear plugins

Use Chart.plugins.clear() to clear all the plugins.

Get registered plugins

Use Chart.plugins.getAll() to get all successfully registered plug-ins.

How to define plugin

The implementation of a plugin is very simple, all you need to do is define the behaviors of the plugin during the life circle of the chart.

const plugin = {
    init(chart) {
       // do something when initialize the chart 
    }
};

Available hooks

• init: After initialization of the chart

• beforeGeomDraw: Before drawing the geometry

• afterGeomDraw: After drawing the geometry

• beforeCanvasDraw: before drawing the canvas

• clear: Clear the chart, remove geometry

• clearInner: Clear the layers

• repaint: Redraw