Plugins got you down? Just do it yourself, life it so much simpler then. This is the advantage of flot, compact code that get’s out of your way…
Here’s how I would add those labels:
// draw initial plot
// notice no categories plugin either, why?
// Because it's easier to do it yourself...
var series = {data: [[0, 5.2], [1, 3], [2, 9.2], [3, 10]],
lines: {show: false},
bars: {show: true, barWidth: 0.75, align:'center'}}
var somePlot = $.plot("#placeholder", [ series ], {
xaxis: {
ticks: [[0,"One"],[1,"Two"],
[2,"Three"],[3,"Four"]]
}
});
// after initial plot draw, then loop the data, add the labels
// I'm drawing these directly on the canvas, NO HTML DIVS!
// code is un-necessarily verbose for demonstration purposes
var ctx = somePlot.getCanvas().getContext("2d"); // get the context
var data = somePlot.getData()[0].data; // get your series data
var xaxis = somePlot.getXAxes()[0]; // xAxis
var yaxis = somePlot.getYAxes()[0]; // yAxis
var offset = somePlot.getPlotOffset(); // plots offset
ctx.font = "16px 'Segoe UI'"; // set a pretty label font
ctx.fillStyle = "black";
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++){
var text = data[i][1] + '';
var metrics = ctx.measureText(text);
var xPos = (xaxis.p2c(data[i][0])+offset.left) - metrics.width/2; // place it in the middle of the bar
var yPos = yaxis.p2c(data[i][1]) + offset.top - 5; // place at top of bar, slightly up
ctx.fillText(text, xPos, yPos);
}
Fiddle demonstration is here.
Produces:
