How to display inline values in a stacked bar chart with Chart.js?

Question

I am using the Chart.js library to display some values in stacked bars but I am struggling in trying to find out how to display the values inside of the bars, that is,

Right now, I have the following code that displays the numbers on top of the bars but I would like to know how can I display them inside of the bars.

var numberWithCommas = function(x) {
    return x.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ",");
  };

var dataPack1 = [50000, 22000, 26000, 35000, 55000, 55000, 56000, 59000, 60000, 61000, 60100, 62000];

var dataPack2 = [0, 6000, 13000, 14000, 50060, 20030, 20070, 35000, 41000, 4020, 40030, 70050];

var dates = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];

// Chart.defaults.global.elements.rectangle.backgroundColor = '#FF0000';

var bar_ctx = document.getElementById('bar-chart');
var bar_chart = new Chart(bar_ctx, {
    type: 'bar',
    data: {
        labels: dates,
        datasets: [
        {
            label: 'SoftEnterprises, Sales',
            data: dataPack1,
      backgroundColor: "rgba(55, 160, 225, 0.7)",
      hoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(55, 160, 225, 0.7)",
      hoverBorderWidth: 2,
      hoverBorderColor: 'lightgrey'
        },
        {
            label: 'SmartSystems, Sales',
            data: dataPack2,
      backgroundColor: "rgba(225, 58, 55, 0.7)",
      hoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(225, 58, 55, 0.7)",
      hoverBorderWidth: 2,
      hoverBorderColor: 'lightgrey'
        },
        ]
    },
    options: {
       animation: {
         duration: 10,
          onComplete: function(){
                var chartInstance = this.chart,
                ctx = chartInstance.ctx;
                ctx.font = Chart.helpers.fontString(Chart.defaults.global.defaultFontSize, Chart.defaults.global.defaultFontStyle, Chart.defaults.global.defaultFontFamily);
                ctx.textAlign = 'center';
                ctx.textBaseline = 'bottom';
                ctx.fillStyle = '#000';
                                this.data.datasets.forEach(function(dataset, i) {
                var isHidden = dataset._meta[0].hidden; //'hidden' property of dataset
                if (!isHidden) { //if dataset is not hidden
                    var meta = chartInstance.controller.getDatasetMeta(i);
                    meta.data.forEach(function(bar, index) {
                    var data = dataset.data[index];
                    ctx.fillText(data, bar._model.x, bar._model.y - 5);
                });
               }
            });
          
          }
        },
        tooltips: {
     mode: 'label',
          callbacks: {
          label: function(tooltipItem, data) { 
           return data.datasets[tooltipItem.datasetIndex].label + ": " + numberWithCommas(tooltipItem.yLabel);
          }
          }
         },
        scales: {
          xAxes: [{ 
           stacked: true, 
            gridLines: { display: false },
            }],
          yAxes: [{ 
           stacked: true, 
            ticks: {
           callback: function(value) { return numberWithCommas(value); 
              },
         }, 
            }],
        }, // scales
        legend: {display: true}
    } // options
   },
   
);

user_7750640 · Answer

This can be easily achieved using a Chart.js plugin called : chartjs-plugin-datalabels.

Here is the minimum options that need to be set for this plugin to display values inside (middle) of the stacked bars :

options: { //your chart options
   plugins: {
      datalabels: {
         display: true,
         align: 'center',
         anchor: 'center'
      }
   }
}

although, there are tons of other options that you can use to further customize these values/labels (inside bars), which can be found here.

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var numberWithCommas = function(x) {
   return x.toString().replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ",");
};

var dataPack1 = [50000, 22000, 26000, 35000, 55000, 55000, 56000, 59000, 60000, 61000, 60100, 62000];

var dataPack2 = [0, 6000, 13000, 14000, 50060, 20030, 20070, 35000, 41000, 4020, 40030, 70050];

var dates = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];

// Chart.defaults.global.elements.rectangle.backgroundColor = '#FF0000';

var bar_ctx = document.getElementById('bar-chart');
var bar_chart = new Chart(bar_ctx, {
   type: 'bar',
   data: {
      labels: dates,
      datasets: [{
         label: 'SoftEnterprises, Sales',
         data: dataPack1,
         backgroundColor: "rgba(55, 160, 225, 0.7)",
         hoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(55, 160, 225, 0.7)",
         hoverBorderWidth: 2,
         hoverBorderColor: 'lightgrey'
      }, {
         label: 'SmartSystems, Sales',
         data: dataPack2,
         backgroundColor: "rgba(225, 58, 55, 0.7)",
         hoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(225, 58, 55, 0.7)",
         hoverBorderWidth: 2,
         hoverBorderColor: 'lightgrey'
      }, ]
   },
   options: {
      tooltips: {
         mode: 'label',
         callbacks: {
            label: function(tooltipItem, data) {
               return data.datasets[tooltipItem.datasetIndex].label + ": " + numberWithCommas(tooltipItem.yLabel);
            }
         }
      },
      scales: {
         xAxes: [{
            stacked: true,
            gridLines: {
               display: false
            },
         }],
         yAxes: [{
            stacked: true,
            ticks: {
               callback: function(value) {
                  return numberWithCommas(value);
               },
            },
         }],
      }, // scales
      legend: {
         display: true
      },
      plugins: {
         datalabels: {
            display: true,
            align: 'center',
            anchor: 'center'
         }
      }
   } // options
});

How to display inline values in a stacked bar chart with Chart.js?

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