Skip labeling?

[ghost]

I have a lot of data points on a single graph and I would like to have the ability to label only every X points on the x axis.

There's a discussion going on right here: #12 but the merge request hasn't been accepted yet. Is there an official way to manage the excessive labeling on the X axis?

[petsuter]

+1

[fulldecent]

Hello, this issue looks like a QUESTION regarding the Chart.js API. It would be very helpful if you could please create an example chart showing your attempt, and even call the methods that don't exist yet which you are expecting to be there. A mockup here of what the result should look like would be for bonus points.

To help, I have created a simple JSBIN which you could fork:
http://jsbin.com/yozobahucero/1/edit?html,js,output

Sorry that this response is templated as we are triaging many issues and ones with test cases will be seen first.

[petsuter]

Here's a fork demonstating the issue, with a simple non-existing API proposal:
http://jsbin.com/biqut/1/edit

(#12 (comment) has a mockup / screenshot of the rejected fix.)

While preparing this I realized a (static) workaround can be to just put empty strings in the labels array e.g. 9 times out of 10. (A big downside of this is that it also kills the label in the tooltip.)

[jivinivan]

👍

[jivinivan]

Similar to #624

[tannerlinsley]

Duplicate, and fixed in v2.0