Axes that follow a cartesian grid are known as 'Cartesian Axes'. Cartesian axes are used for line, bar, and bubble charts. Four cartesian axes are included in Chart.js by default.
All of the included cartesian axes support a number of common options.
| Name | Type | Default | Description
| -----| ---- | --------| -----------
| `type` | `String` | | Type of scale being employed. Custom scales can be created and registered with a string key. This allows changing the type of an axis for a chart.
| `position` | `String` | | Position of the axis in the chart. Possible values are: `'top'`, `'left'`, `'bottom'`, `'right'`
| `offset` | `Boolean` | `false` | If true, extra space is added to the both edges and the axis is scaled to fit into the chart area. This is set to `true` for a category scale in a bar chart by default.
| `autoSkip` | `Boolean` | `true` | If true, automatically calculates how many labels that can be shown and hides labels accordingly. Turn it off to show all labels no matter what.
| `autoSkipPadding` | `Number` | `0` | Padding between the ticks on the horizontal axis when `autoSkip` is enabled. *Note: Only applicable to horizontal scales.*
| `labelOffset` | `Number` | `0` | Distance in pixels to offset the label from the centre point of the tick (in the x direction for the x axis, and the y direction for the y axis). *Note: this can cause labels at the edges to be cropped by the edge of the canvas*
| `maxRotation` | `Number` | `90` | Maximum rotation for tick labels when rotating to condense labels. Note: Rotation doesn't occur until necessary. *Note: Only applicable to horizontal scales.*
| `minRotation` | `Number` | `0` | Minimum rotation for tick labels. *Note: Only applicable to horizontal scales.*
| `mirror` | `Boolean` | `false` | Flips tick labels around axis, displaying the labels inside the chart instead of outside. *Note: Only applicable to vertical scales.*
| `padding` | `Number` | `10` | Padding between the tick label and the axis. When set on a vertical axis, this applies in the horizontal (X) direction. When set on a horizontal axis, this applies in the vertical (Y) direction.
The properties `dataset.xAxisID` or `dataset.yAxisID` have to match the scale properties `scales.xAxes.id` or `scales.yAxes.id`. This is especially needed if multi-axes charts are used.
```javascript
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'line',
data: {
datasets: [{
// This dataset appears on the first axis
yAxisID: 'first-y-axis'
}, {
// This dataset appears on the second axis
yAxisID: 'second-y-axis'
}]
},
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [{
id: 'first-y-axis',
type: 'linear'
}, {
id: 'second-y-axis',
type: 'linear'
}]
}
}
});
```
# Creating Multiple Axes
With cartesian axes, it is possible to create multiple X and Y axes. To do so, you can add multiple configuration objects to the `xAxes` and `yAxes` properties. When adding new axes, it is important to ensure that you specify the type of the new axes as default types are **not** used in this case.
In the example below, we are creating two Y axes. We then use the `yAxisID` property to map the datasets to their correct axes.