Scale Labels

Scale Type
Specifies whether the shape of the scale is defined by a circle (Circular) or a straight line (Linear). Default is Circular. The angle and radius properties apply to circular scales; the padding properties apply to linear scales.

The Scale Type property

Start Angle
Defines the start angle of the circular scale, in degrees. A value of zero indicates the top of the circle. Valid values are between −360 and 360. Default is −120.

The Start Angle property

End Angle
Defines the end angle of the circular scale, in degrees. A value of zero indicates the top of the circle. Valid values are between −360 and 360. Default is 120.

The End Angle property

Radius
Defines the radius of the circle that defines the scale, as a percentage of either half the width or half the height of the container, whichever is larger. Default is 90%.

The Radius property

OriginX / OriginY
For scale labels only, define the center of the circular scale as a percentage of the container width and height. Default is 50% for both.

Left Padding
Defines the distance between the left side of a linear scale and the container boundary, in pixels. If a border stroke is defined, defines the distance between the scale and the border stroke. See Borders, Padding, and Content Size.

The Left Padding property

Right Padding
Defines the distance between the right side of a linear scale and the container boundary, in pixels. If a border stroke is defined, defines the distance between the scale and the border stroke. See Borders, Padding, and Content Size.

The Right Padding property

Justify
Specifies whether the labels appear on the Inside, Center, or Outside of the circle or line that defines the scale. Default is Center.

The Justify property

Minimum
Defines the lowest number on the scale. Default is 0.

The Minimum property

Maximum
Defines the highest number on the scale. Default is 100.

The Maximum property

Labels Count
Defines the total number of labels along this scale. Must be an integer greater than or equal to 2. Default is 11. The Only Min/Max Labels property overrides this property.

The Labels Count property

Only Min/Max Labels
Specifies whether the labels for the minimum and maximum of the scale are the only two labels that appear. This property overrides the Labels Count property.

The Only Min/Max Labels property

Format
Defines the number format for scale labels, as a format string.

For example:


• ,##0.00: Labels have a thousands separator and two decimal digits.

• 000.00: Labels have three mandatory digits before the decimal, and two mandatory digits after the decimal.


For more information about supported formatting options, see Scripting and Syntax.

The Format property

Font
Defines the font used for the labels along this scale. To add a font to this project and use it for this property, see Text Component Properties.

The Font property

Size
Defines the height of the scale numbers, as a pixel value or percentage. For circular scales, a percentage is a portion of the circle's radius. For linear scales, a percentage is a portion of half the container width. Default is 10%.

The Labels Size property

Labels Color
Defines the color of the labels. This is the color swatch next to Font.

Italic
Defines whether the labels along this scale are italic.

The Italic property

Bold
Defines whether the labels along this scale are bold.

The Bold property

Underline
Defines whether the labels along this scale are underlined.

The Underline property

Tracking (Character Spacing)
Specifies the horizontal spacing between characters in the scale labels, as a pixel value. A null value means the font's default spacing is used.

The Character Spacing property

Rotation
Rotates each label by the specified angle, in degrees. Valid values are between −180 and 180. Default is 0.

Align
Defines the text alignment of the labels: Left, Center, or Right. Default is Right.