Plot Area Properties
- General Plot Area Properties
- Zooming Properties

Plot Area Properties

These properties affect the plot area and zooming for a chart. In the Property Inspector they appear in the Plot Area and Zooming sections.

For a guide to using charts, see Designing Charts.

General Plot Area properties and Zooming properties in the Property Inspector

General Plot Area Properties

These properties affect the appearance of a plot area.

Gridlines

Gridlines
Defines which gridlines are displayed in the plotting area of the chart. You can choose None, Horizontal, Vertical, or Both. Default is Horizontal.

For radar charts, the Radar Line properties are shown instead of the horizontal and vertical gridline properties.

The Gridlines property

Horizontal Stroke Color

Horiz Line (Horizontal Stroke Color)
Defines the stroke color for horizontal gridlines.

The Horizontal Stroke Color property

Horizontal Stroke Style

Horizontal Stroke Style
Defines the stroke style for horizontal gridlines.

The Horizontal Stroke Style property

Horizontal Stroke Weight

Horizontal Stroke Weight
Defines the stroke weight for horizontal gridlines.

The Horizontal Stroke Weight property

Horizontal Fill

Fill (Horizontal Fill)
Defines the first of two fills that alternate in the plotting area between horizontal gridlines.

The Horizontal Fill property

Horizontal Alternate Fill

Alt Fill (Horizontal Alternate Fill)
Defines the second of two fills that alternate in the plotting area between horizontal gridlines.

The Horizontal Alternate Fill property

Horizontal Tick Aligned

Tick Aligned (horizontal gridlines)
Specifies whether horizontal gridlines are aligned to the major ticks of the vertical axis. Default is TRUE.

Vertical Stroke Color

Vert Line (Vertical Stroke Color)
Defines the stroke color for vertical gridlines.

The Vertical Stroke Color property

Vertical Stroke Style

Vertical Stroke Style
Defines the stroke style for vertical gridlines.

The Vertical Stroke Style property

Vertical Stroke Weight

Vertical Stroke Weight
Defines the stroke weight for vertical gridlines.

The Vertical Stroke Weight property

Vertical Fill

Fill (Vertical Fill)
Defines the first of two fills that alternate in the plotting area between vertical gridlines.

The Vertical Fill property

Vertical Alternate Fill

Alt Fill (Vertical Alternate Fill)
Defines the second of two fills that alternate in the plotting area between vertical gridlines.

The Vertical Alternate Fill property

Vertical Tick Aligned

Tick Aligned (vertical gridlines)
Specifies whether vertical gridlines are aligned to the major ticks of the horizontal axis. Default is TRUE.

Radar Gridlines

Radar Line Form
For radar charts, defines the shape of the gridlines: Line (polygon) or Arc (circle). Default is Line.

Radar Line, Stroke
The color, style, and weight of the radar gridlines.

Fill and Alt Fill
Two fills that alternate between radar gridlines.

Fills Table and Table Column
Optionally, a table and the name of one of its columns that lists the fills to use between radar gridlines, instead of Fill and Alt Fill.

Plot Area X

Plot Area X
Returns the view x-coordinate at the left edge of the plotted area. This is a read-only property, so changing it manually does nothing.

The Plot Area X property

Plot Area Y

Plot Area Y
Returns the view y-coordinate at the top edge of the plotted area. This is a read-only property, so changing it manually does nothing.

The Plot Area Y property

Plot Area Width

Plot Area Width
Returns the width of the plot area in pixels. This is a read-only property, so changing it manually does nothing.

The Plot Area Width property

Plot Area Height

Plot Area Height
Returns the height of the plot area in pixels. This is a read-only property, so changing it manually does nothing.

The Plot Area Height property

The following properties are in the Advanced part of the Plot Area section, together with Plot Area X, Y, Width, and Height.

Clip Content

Clip Content
Specifies whether series content is clipped to the plot area. Default is TRUE.

Vertical Axes and Horizontal Axes

Vertical Axes / Horizontal Axes
Comma-separated list of axis indices (for example 0,1) that the gridlines are drawn for. If empty, the default axis is used.

Zooming Properties

These properties affect the chart's zooming behavior. Zooming does not work on a category axis. For more information, see How do I zoom a chart?

Zoomer Mode

Zoomer Mode
Sets or returns the Zoomer Mode of the chart. Zoomer Modes allow the user to zoom in by dragging a marquee, and zoom out by clicking on the chart. Zoomer Modes work only with linear, log, and datetime axes. When any Zoomer Mode is enabled, both horizontal and vertical ranges can also be defined in the Property Inspector.

None
No zooming is enabled.

Horizontal
The user can zoom in to a specific horizontal range. The user cannot change the vertical zoom by dragging.

Vertical
The user can zoom in to a specific vertical range. The user cannot change the horizontal zoom by dragging.

Both
The user can zoom in to a specific horizontal and vertical range by dragging once in each direction.

Rectangle
The user can zoom in to a specific horizontal and vertical range by dragging a rectangle.

The Zoomer Mode property

Zoomer Stroke Style

Zoomer Line Stroke style
Defines the stroke style for the outline of the zoom marquee.

The Zoomer Stroke Style property

Zoomer Stroke Color

Zoomer Line color
Defines the stroke color for the outline of the zoom marquee.

The Zoomer Stroke Color property

Zoomer Stroke Weight

Zoomer Line stroke weight
Defines the stroke weight for the outline of the zoom marquee.

The Zoomer Stroke Weight property

Zoomer Fill

Zoomer Area Fill
Defines the fill of the zoom marquee.

The Zoomer Fill property

Zoom All Axes

Zoom All Axes
If the chart has more than one horizontal or vertical axis, specifies whether zooming applies to all axes. If FALSE, only the first axis in each direction is zoomed. Default is FALSE.

Horizontal Zoom Minimum

Horiz Zoom Minimum
Sets or returns the minimum of the range on the horizontal axis for the zoomed view. If either Minimum or Maximum is null, the zoom does not happen.

Zooming works only with linear, log, and datetime axes. For dates, use the format "yyyyMMdd".

The Horizontal Zoom Minimum property

Horizontal Zoom Maximum

Horiz Zoom Maximum
Sets or returns the maximum of the range on the horizontal axis for the zoomed view. If either Minimum or Maximum is null, the zoom does not happen.

Zooming works only with linear, log, and datetime axes. For dates, use the format "yyyyMMdd".

The Horizontal Zoom Maximum property

Horizontal Zoom Trigger

Horiz Zoom Trigger
Zooms the chart to the range specified by the Horizontal Zoom Minimum and Maximum. To return the chart to its pre-zoom view, the user can click on the chart. Zooming works only with linear, log, and datetime axes.

The Horizontal Zoom Trigger property

Vertical Zoom Minimum

Vert Zoom Minimum
Sets or returns the minimum of the range on the vertical axis for the zoomed view. If either Minimum or Maximum is null, the zoom does not happen.

Zooming works only with linear, log, and datetime axes. For dates, use the format "yyyyMMdd".

The Vertical Zoom Minimum property

Vertical Zoom Maximum

Vert Zoom Maximum
Sets or returns the maximum of the range on the vertical axis for the zoomed view. If either Minimum or Maximum is null, the zoom does not happen.

Zooming works only with linear, log, and datetime axes. For dates, use the format "yyyyMMdd".

The Vertical Zoom Maximum property

Vertical Zoom Trigger

Vert Zoom Trigger
Zooms the chart to the range specified by the Vertical Zoom Minimum and Maximum. To return the chart to its pre-zoom view, the user can click on the chart. Zooming works only with linear, log, and datetime axes.

The Vertical Zoom Trigger property

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Table of Contents

Plot Area Properties

General Plot Area Properties

Zooming Properties