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Vertical Bar Chart

Animated bar chart with tooltip, legend, and responsive layout. Great for comparing categorical data.

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Customization Guides & Code Snippets

◆Responsive Sizing with ResponsiveContainer

Always wrap your Bar chart inside <ResponsiveContainer width="100%" height={320}> to ensure it scales cleanly across mobile and desktop displays.

◆Custom Dark Theme Tooltip

Style the hover tooltip to match your dark UI with contentStyle={{ background: '#13161a', border: '1px solid #2a3038', borderRadius: 8 }}.

When to use a Vertical Bar Chart

A Vertical Bar Chart is ideal for developers and designers who need to display data clearly and effectively. Use this chart type when:

  • ✓Comparing values across multiple categories (e.g. monthly revenue per region)
  • ✓Showing ranked data where order matters (e.g. top 10 products by sales)
  • ✓Displaying survey results or poll responses
  • ✓Visualizing before/after comparisons
Tips for Recharts Vertical Bar Chart
TIP 1Always start the Y-axis at zero to avoid misleading comparisons
TIP 2Use rounded corners (radius prop) for a modern, polished look
TIP 3Add a Tooltip component so users can see exact values on hover
TIP 4Use Cell components to color individual bars differently
TIP 5For long category names, switch to a horizontal bar chart layout
Key Recharts Props
PROPTYPEDESCRIPTION
dataarrayArray of objects with your data values
dataKeystringThe key in your data objects to use for bar height
fillstringBar color — accepts hex, rgb, or CSS variable
radius[number,number,number,number]Corner radius [topLeft, topRight, bottomRight, bottomLeft]
stackIdstringGroup bars with the same stackId into a stacked bar
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