Charts - Bars
Bar charts express quantities through a bar's length, using a common baseline.
Basics
Bar charts series should contain a data property containing an array of values.
You can customize bar ticks with the xAxis.
This axis might have scaleType='band' and its data should have the same length as your series.
Using a dataset
If your data is stored in an array of objects, you can use the dataset helper prop.
It accepts an array of objects such as dataset={[{x: 1, y: 32}, {x: 2, y: 41}, ...]}.
You can reuse this data when defining the series and axis, thanks to the dataKey property.
For example xAxis={[{ dataKey: 'x'}]} or series={[{ dataKey: 'y'}]}.
Bar size
You can define bar dimensions with categoryGapRatio and barGapRatio properties.
The categoryGapRatio defines the gap between two categories.
The ratio is obtained by dividing the size of the gap by the size of the category (the space used by bars).
The barGapRatio defines the gap between two bars of the same category.
It's the size of the gap divided by the size of the bar.
So a value of 1 will result in a gap between bars equal to the bar width.
And a value of -1 will make bars overlap on top of each over.
import { BarChart } from '@mui/x-charts/BarChart';
<BarChart
// ...
xAxis={[
{
scaleType: 'band'
data: ['Page 1', 'Page 2', 'Page 3']
categoryGapRatio: undefined
barGapRatio: undefined
}
/>Playground
Stacking
Each bar series can get a stack property expecting a string value.
Series with the same stack will be stacked on top of each other.
Stacking strategy
You can use the stackOffset and stackOrder properties to define how the series will be stacked.
By default, they are stacked in the order you defined them, with positive values stacked above 0 and negative values stacked below 0.
For more information, see stacking docs.
Layout
Bar charts can be rendered with a horizontal layout by providing the layout="horizontal" prop.
If you're using composition, you should set the property layout: 'horizontal' to each bar series object.
Animation
To skip animation at the creation and update of your chart, you can use the skipAnimation prop.
When set to true it skips animation powered by @react-spring/web.
Charts containers already use the useReducedMotion from @react-spring/web to skip animation according to user preferences.
// For a single component chart
<BarChart skipAnimation />
// For a composed chart
<ResponsiveChartContainer>
<BarPlot skipAnimation />
</ResponsiveChartContainer>
Number of items
Number of series