Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts Overview

Our Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts package delivers a collection of 17 highly customizable charts and series types for data visualization. Along with the most widely used Bar, Line, Donut & Pie charts the Native Vue suite also provides more specific charts like the StockChart and Sparkline.

All Charts are built from scratch with Vue and support all the features and benefits provided by the framework. The components are compatible with both Vue 2 and Vue 3.

Historically, all Kendo UI for Vue Native components support both Vue 2 and Vue 3, however Vue 2 is currently in its end-of-support phase till Nov 2024. After our last major release for 2024, Vue 2 will no longer be supported in the new versions of the Kendo UI for Vue components. Please check our Vue 2 End of Support article for more details.

Based on our experience of making enterprise-ready components for almost 2 decades, the Native Vue Charts cover most of the specific scenarios and customizations one can think about.

The Charts Package is part of Kendo UI for Vue, a professional grade UI library with 100+ components for building modern and feature-rich applications. To try it out sign up for a free 30-day trial.

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Installation

To initialize the Charts, either:

Using CDN

To use the Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts with CDN, follow the below steps:

  1. Reference the charts, intl and drawing packages.
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-vue-intl@latest/dist/cdn/js/kendo-vue-intl.js"></script>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-drawing/dist/cdn/js/kendo-drawing.js">
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-vue-charts@latest/dist/cdn/js/kendo-vue-charts.js"></script>
  1. Reference one of the Kendo UI themes to style your components.
    // Load the Kendo Default Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-default@latest/dist/all.css">

    // Load the Kendo Bootstrap Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-bootstrap@latest/dist/all.css">
    <link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">

    // To load the Kendo Material Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-material@latest/dist/all.css">

    // To load the Kendo Fluent Theme
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@progress/kendo-theme-fluent@latest/dist/all.css">
  1. Follow the instructions in this article to activate your product license. You can skip this step if your application already contains a license key.

Initializing with Webpack

  1. Download and install the package. Use Node.js v5.0.0 or later.

       npm install --save @progress/kendo-vue-charts @progress/kendo-licensing @progress/kendo-vue-intl @progress/kendo-drawing
  2. Once installed, import the package module.

     // ES2015 module syntax
     import {
       ChartSeriesLabels, ChartSeriesMarkers, ChartLegend, ChartLegendTitle, ChartValueAxisTitle, ChartValueAxisLabels, Chart, ChartSeries, ChartSeriesItem, ChartCategoryAxis, ChartCategoryAxisItem, ChartTitle, ChartTooltip, ChartValueAxis, ChartValueAxisItem,   ....... Other Chart sub-components
     } from "@progress/kendo-vue-charts";
    // CommonJS format
    const {
      ChartSeriesLabels, ChartSeriesMarkers, ChartLegend, ChartLegendTitle, ChartValueAxisTitle, ChartValueAxisLabels, Chart, ChartSeries, ChartSeriesItem, ChartCategoryAxis, ChartCategoryAxisItem, ChartTitle, ChartTooltip, ChartValueAxis, ChartValueAxisItem,   ....... Other Chart sub-components
    } = require('@progress/kendo-vue-charts');
  3. You are required to install one of the Kendo UI for Vue themes to style your components. For more information on how to add the styles, refer to the article on getting started.

  4. Follow the instructions on the Kendo UI for Vue My License page to activate your license. You can skip this step if your application already contains a Kendo UI for Vue license file.

Chart Types

Categorical

Circular

Freeform

Scatter

Sparkline

StockChart

Charts Features

Among the many features, which this Kendo UI for Vue Native Chart library delivers are:

  • Rendering modes—The Kendo UI for Vue Charts can be rendered as SVG or Canvas.
  • Export—The Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts can be easily exported and saved to an image, PDF or SVG.
  • Panning and Zooming—For scenarios when you need to focus on a specific data segment, the Kendo UI for Vue Native Chart provides the option to change the displayed range by panning and zooming.
  • Appearance— By default all Kendo UI for Vue components are styled by the three polished themes (Bootstrap, Material, and Default) shipped with the Kendo UI for Vue suite. The Chart component provides options for easier configuration of parameters like dimensions, colors, range, etc.

Dependencies

The Kendo UI for Vue Native Charts package requires you to install the following peer dependencies in your application:

  • vue 2.6.11* or 3.0.0*
  • @progress/kendo-vue-intl
  • @progress/kendo-licensing
  • @progress/kendo-drawing

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