var raceEntities = [
'United States',
'China',
'Germany',
'Japan',
'France',
'United Kingdom',
'India',
'Brazil',
'Canada',
'Italy',
]
// A fixed color per country. With distributed bars the color is applied by bar
// POSITION, but this is a race where the bars re-sort every tick, so raceFrame()
// re-orders this palette to match the current ranking below. That keeps each
// country's color stable as it rides up and down the ranks.
var raceColors = {
'United States': '#3B82F6',
China: '#EF4444',
Germany: '#F59E0B',
Japan: '#10B981',
France: '#8B5CF6',
'United Kingdom': '#EC4899',
India: '#14B8A6',
Brazil: '#F97316',
Canada: '#6366F1',
Italy: '#84CC16',
}
// A flag emoji per country, prepended to its axis label by
// yaxis.labels.formatter. SVG axis labels are plain text, so an emoji is the
// simplest way to put an icon in front of a label (real image flags would need
// custom DOM work). Emoji flags render on most platforms; a few Windows
// browsers show the two-letter country code instead.
var raceFlags = {
'United States': '🇺🇸',
China: '🇨🇳',
Germany: '🇩🇪',
Japan: '🇯🇵',
France: '🇫🇷',
'United Kingdom': '🇬🇧',
India: '🇮🇳',
Brazil: '🇧🇷',
Canada: '🇨🇦',
Italy: '🇮🇹',
}
// Persistent value per entity, nudged a little each tick so ranks swap
// gradually (a smooth race rather than a random shuffle).
var raceValues = {}
raceEntities.forEach(function (name, i) {
raceValues[name] = 300 + (raceEntities.length - i) * 90
})
function raceFrame() {
raceEntities.forEach(function (name) {
raceValues[name] = Math.max(
50,
raceValues[name] + (Math.random() - 0.45) * 220,
)
})
var ranked = raceEntities
.map(function (name) {
return { name: name, value: Math.round(raceValues[name]) }
})
.sort(function (a, b) {
return b.value - a.value
})
return {
categories: ranked.map(function (r) {
return r.name
}),
data: ranked.map(function (r) {
return r.value
}),
// Colors follow the ranking so each country keeps its own color (see above).
colors: ranked.map(function (r) {
return raceColors[r.name]
}),
}
}
var raceInitial = raceFrame()
var options = {
series: [
{
name: 'Value',
data: raceInitial.data,
},
],
chart: {
id: 'horizontal-bar-race',
type: 'bar',
height: 420,
animations: {
dynamicAnimation: {
speed: 800,
},
},
toolbar: {
show: false,
},
},
plotOptions: {
bar: {
borderRadius: 4,
borderRadiusApplication: 'end',
horizontal: true,
// Each bar gets its own color, taken from the `colors` palette by position.
distributed: true,
},
},
colors: raceInitial.colors,
dataLabels: {
enabled: true,
// Opt-in race polish: the value labels ride to each bar's new rank and
// count up/down from their previous value on every tick.
animate: {
enabled: true,
},
countUp: {
enabled: true,
},
},
title: {
text: 'Bar Chart Race',
align: 'left',
},
xaxis: {
categories: raceInitial.categories,
},
yaxis: {
labels: {
// Prepend each country's flag emoji to its axis label.
formatter: function (val) {
return (raceFlags[val] || '') + ' ' + val
},
},
},
legend: {
show: false,
},
}
var chart = new ApexCharts(document.querySelector('#chart'), options)
chart.render()
var raceRuns = 0
var raceInterval = window.setInterval(function () {
raceRuns++
var frame = raceFrame()
chart.updateOptions({
series: [{ data: frame.data }],
xaxis: { categories: frame.categories },
colors: frame.colors,
})
if (raceRuns === 2 && window.isATest === true) {
clearInterval(raceInterval)
}
}, 1200)