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Main Authors: Li, Shuo, Sun, Jiajun, Wang, Zhekai, Fan, Xiaoran, Li, Hui, Yang, Dingwen, Xi, Zhiheng, Wang, Yijun, Shan, Zifei, Gui, Tao, Zhang, Qi, Huang, Xuanjing
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21694
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author Li, Shuo
Sun, Jiajun
Wang, Zhekai
Fan, Xiaoran
Li, Hui
Yang, Dingwen
Xi, Zhiheng
Wang, Yijun
Shan, Zifei
Gui, Tao
Zhang, Qi
Huang, Xuanjing
author_facet Li, Shuo
Sun, Jiajun
Wang, Zhekai
Fan, Xiaoran
Li, Hui
Yang, Dingwen
Xi, Zhiheng
Wang, Yijun
Shan, Zifei
Gui, Tao
Zhang, Qi
Huang, Xuanjing
contents Charts are a fundamental visualization format for structured data analysis. Enabling end-to-end chart editing according to user intent is of great practical value, yet remains challenging due to the need for both fine-grained control and global structural consistency. Most existing approaches adopt pipeline-based designs, where natural language or code serves as an intermediate representation, limiting their ability to faithfully execute complex edits. We introduce ChartE$^{3}$, an End-to-End Chart Editing benchmark that directly evaluates models without relying on intermediate natural language programs or code-level supervision. ChartE$^{3}$ focuses on two complementary editing dimensions: local editing, which involves fine-grained appearance changes such as font or color adjustments, and global editing, which requires holistic, data-centric transformations including data filtering and trend line addition. ChartE$^{3}$ contains over 1,200 high-quality samples constructed via a well-designed data pipeline with human curation. Each sample is provided as a triplet of a chart image, its underlying code, and a multimodal editing instruction, enabling evaluation from both objective and subjective perspectives. Extensive benchmarking of state-of-the-art multimodal large language models reveals substantial performance gaps, particularly on global editing tasks, highlighting critical limitations in current end-to-end chart editing capabilities.
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spellingShingle ChartE$^{3}$: A Comprehensive Benchmark for End-to-End Chart Editing
Li, Shuo
Sun, Jiajun
Wang, Zhekai
Fan, Xiaoran
Li, Hui
Yang, Dingwen
Xi, Zhiheng
Wang, Yijun
Shan, Zifei
Gui, Tao
Zhang, Qi
Huang, Xuanjing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Charts are a fundamental visualization format for structured data analysis. Enabling end-to-end chart editing according to user intent is of great practical value, yet remains challenging due to the need for both fine-grained control and global structural consistency. Most existing approaches adopt pipeline-based designs, where natural language or code serves as an intermediate representation, limiting their ability to faithfully execute complex edits. We introduce ChartE$^{3}$, an End-to-End Chart Editing benchmark that directly evaluates models without relying on intermediate natural language programs or code-level supervision. ChartE$^{3}$ focuses on two complementary editing dimensions: local editing, which involves fine-grained appearance changes such as font or color adjustments, and global editing, which requires holistic, data-centric transformations including data filtering and trend line addition. ChartE$^{3}$ contains over 1,200 high-quality samples constructed via a well-designed data pipeline with human curation. Each sample is provided as a triplet of a chart image, its underlying code, and a multimodal editing instruction, enabling evaluation from both objective and subjective perspectives. Extensive benchmarking of state-of-the-art multimodal large language models reveals substantial performance gaps, particularly on global editing tasks, highlighting critical limitations in current end-to-end chart editing capabilities.
title ChartE$^{3}$: A Comprehensive Benchmark for End-to-End Chart Editing
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21694