Having problems with jqPlot bar chart

Question

I\'m using jqPlot to create a bar graph, but I ran into a few problems.

Problem 1: The first and last bars on the graph are cut off. Only half of it is

Answer 1

From how you want your plot to look, you'll save yourself a lot of trouble if you switch to using a CategoryAxisRenderer instead of the DateAxisRenderer. The CategoryAxisRenderer is a lot better at displaying discreet groupings of data as opposed to a true time series.

var axisDates = ["Jan 19", "Jan 20", "Jan 21"]
var chartData = [2.61,5.00,6.00]

        $.jqplot.config.enablePlugins = true;
             var plot2 = $.jqplot('chart2', [chartData], {
                title: 'Some Plot',
                 seriesDefaults:{
                     renderer: $.jqplot.BarRenderer,
                     rendererOptions: {
                        barPadding: 1,
                        barMargin: 15,
                        barDirection: 'vertical',
                        barWidth: 50
                    }, 
                    pointLabels: { show: true }
                },
                axes: {
                    xaxis: {                            
                            renderer:  $.jqplot.CategoryAxisRenderer,
                            ticks: axisDates
                    },
                    yaxis: {
                        tickOptions: {
                            formatString: '$%.2f'
                        }
                    }
                },
                highlighter: {
                    sizeAdjust: 7.5
                },
                cursor: {
                    show: true
                }
            });