Vis.js is a dynamic, browser based visualization library. The library is designed to be easy to use, handle large amounts of dynamic data, and enable manipulation of the data.
The library is developed by Almende B.V.. Vis.js runs fine on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, IE9+, and most mobile browsers (with full touch support).
Vis.js contains of the following components:
npm install vis
bower install vis
To load vis.js, include the javascript and css files of vis in your web page:
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <script src="components/vis/vis.js"></script> <link href="components/vis/vis.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> // ... load a visualization </script> </body> </html>
or load vis.js using require.js:
require.config({ paths: { vis: 'path/to/vis', } }); require(['vis'], function (math) { // ... load a visualization });
A timeline can be instantiated as follows. Other components can be created in a similar way.
var timeline = new vis.Timeline(container, data, options);
Where container
is an HTML element, data
is
an Array with data or a DataSet, and options
is an optional
object with configuration options for the component.
A basic example on using a Timeline is shown below. More examples can be found in the examples directory of the project.
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Timeline basic demo</title> <script src="components/vis/vis.js"></script> <link href="components/vis/vis.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <style type="text/css"> body, html { font-family: sans-serif; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="visualization"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var container = document.getElementById('visualization'); var data = [ {id: 1, content: 'item 1', start: '2013-04-20'}, {id: 2, content: 'item 2', start: '2013-04-14'}, {id: 3, content: 'item 3', start: '2013-04-18'}, {id: 4, content: 'item 4', start: '2013-04-16', end: '2013-04-19'}, {id: 5, content: 'item 5', start: '2013-04-25'}, {id: 6, content: 'item 6', start: '2013-04-27'} ]; var options = {}; var timeline = new vis.Timeline(container, data, options); </script> </body> </html>
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