Re: XAxis with rotated labels

Gotcha.  I'll make the current look the default and add an option for
the new one.  Thanks for the feedback.

Gann


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:43:06 +1300, Chris McKay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I put the rotated X axis labels in originally. The only criteria for
> the current label location was that it followed a commercial Charting
> package's location. We successfully replaced that package with
> jCharts.
> 
> So there wasn't a whole lot of thought put into that decision apart
> from "make it look just like the old charts, just don't require a $5k
> payment every time we deploy a new server" customer requirement.
> 
> I would like to optionally retain the current look however.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris
> 
> > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:51:58 -0800
> > From: Gann Bierner <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [jCharts-developers] XAxis with rotated labels
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
> 
> 
> >
> > 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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