I'll look into the subclassing, but it might be a good idea to put on
the
wishlist. The problem is that frequently the text color that
would look good
on one wedge doesn't look good on others. Compare a
yellow wedge with a dark
blue one, for example. Or, if a callout has
to be used for a small slice, the
text color might be unreadable on
the background. Drop shadows or outlines
are popular because they
avoid these problems. I actually feel outlines are
more readable, but
drop shadows are usually what's provided (if anything).
I'm already
running into this problem and it's my first attempt to make a
real app
with pie charts.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com,
"Ely Greenfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED].> wrote:
>
>
>
> Typically, when you place labels on a chart, you want them to go on
top,
> so they don't get clipped by other data or series. To accomplish
this,
> when you place an element in a chart, the element can provide the
chart
> with a 'label container': a UIComponent that contains all of its
labels.
> The chart will make sure this UIComponent goes above all
data.
>
>
> So one way to get drop shadows on the labels
would be to subclass
> PieSeries, override the get labelContainer
function, and make sure that
> the label container returned by the base
implementation has a nice
> dropshadow filter applied to it.
>
> A more general way would be to replace the class the PieSeries uses
to
> render its labels, but that's not supported by this release.
>
> Ely.
>
>
>
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
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On
> Behalf Of Jason
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:51 AM
>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]ups.com
>
Subject: [flexcoders] drop shadow on pie chart label text
>
>
>
> Is there some way to add a drop shadow to the label text (set
using
> labelFunction) of a pie chart? I've tried poking around with
styles
> and renderers but I can't figure it
out.
>
