Javascript – Chart.js – Styling Legend

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I'm making a chart with chart.js and I'm trying to figure out how I can change the label/legend styling.
I want to remove the rectangle part and instead use a circle. I've read that you can make your custom legend (using legendCallback), but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do it. This is how my chart looks now – image.

This is my HTML:

<div class="container">
<canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
</div>

And this is my JS:

var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart");
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
    type: 'line',
    data: {
        labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
        datasets: [{
            label: 'Link One',
            data: [1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1.5, 1],
            backgroundColor: [
                '#D3E4F3'
            ],
            borderColor: [
                '#D3E4F3',
                'rgba(54, 162, 235, 1)',
                'rgba(255, 206, 86, 1)',
                'rgba(75, 192, 192, 1)',
                'rgba(153, 102, 255, 1)',
                'rgba(255, 159, 64, 1)'
            ],
            borderWidth: 1
        }]
    },
    options: {
        legend: {
            display: true,
          position: 'bottom',
            labels: {
                fontColor: '#333',
            }
        }
}
});

I'm new to JS in general, so please be as specific as possible with your answers. Thank you so much!

Best Answer

No need to use legendCallback function. You can set usePointStyle = true to turn that rectangle into a circle.

Chart.defaults.global.legend.labels.usePointStyle = true;

var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext("2d");
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
    type: 'line',
    data: {
        labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
        datasets: [{
            label: 'Link One',
            data: [1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1.5, 1],
            backgroundColor: [
                '#D3E4F3'
            ],
            borderColor: [
                '#D3E4F3',
                'rgba(54, 162, 235, 1)',
                'rgba(255, 206, 86, 1)',
                'rgba(75, 192, 192, 1)',
                'rgba(153, 102, 255, 1)',
                'rgba(255, 159, 64, 1)'
            ],
            borderWidth: 1
        }]
    },
    options: {
        legend: {
            display: true,
            position: 'bottom',
            labels: {
                fontColor: '#333'
            }
        }
    }
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.5.0/Chart.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
  <canvas id="myChart"></canvas>
</div>

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