Re: XAxis with rotated labels

"Nathaniel G. Auvil" <[email protected]> Sun, 14 Nov 2004 05:44:39 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.krysalis.jcharts.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sounds cool to me


--- Gann Bierner <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Currently if you rotate the x-labels of an axis chart they are placed
> in a somewhat funny location, in my opinion.
> 
> For one thing, the bounding box of the rotated label is centered under
> the datapoint (or tic mark).  I prefer top-most part of the label (the
> one closest to the axis) to be directly below the datapoint.  Also, I
> prefer to have the rotated labels be aligned at the top (right) as
> they are when the labels are set to vertical.  Right now they are
> aligned at the bottom.  In a nutshell, I like my labels to look as
> though you set them to vertical then rotated around the y position
> closest to the axis (if that makes any sense).  Btw, the first change
> looks quite bad without the second change as well.
> 
> Anyway, I've successfully made both of these changes and I was
> wondering whether people liked the idea enough to commit them.  I can
> also add an option to enable them if people think that's appropriate.
> 
> Please let me know what you think.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gann
> 
> 
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