Highlighting Weekends & Holidays With CanvasJS StripLines
Highlighting weekends/holidays on charts with CanvasJS helps users understand seasonal vs exceptional fluctuations. Use stripLines to dynamically shade specific date ranges, keeping charts clean & contextual.
Visualizing time-series data - such as financial charts, project timelines, or event trackers - often requires contextual markers like weekends or holidays to improve insights. CanvasJS charts offer the flexibility to dynamically highlight specific date ranges using stripLines. Why Highlight Weekends/Holidays? Highlighting weekends or holidays on a chart can serve various purposes: Weekends often have predictable patterns (e.g., reduced sales or web traffic). Holidays can cause atypical spikes or drops in data. Highlighting these days helps users understand whether fluctuatio...