I have run into the same problem where the x labels on a line chart
are getting truncated when the label names are too long(shown in the
attachment). I could have many x axis labels. For this reason I would
like to see vertically aligned labels since horizontally aligned
labels could overlap into one another when there are too many labels.
Is there a workaround for this where I could view the whole labels
without being truncated and overlapped?
I have used the following options while drawing my chart:
google.visualization.LineChart(chartDiv).draw(data,{height:500,
width:600, title:aggDate, axisFontSize:11, legend:'right',
legendFontSize:11, titleFontSize:15 });On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Booie <[email protected]> wrote: > I've run into the same problem as VoidNT and I liked his solution. If > I'm correct he was suggesting allowing users to specify max lengths > for both tooltip and legend labels. This would allow you to make a > legend label read something like "This is the...." and the tooltip > label to be the full text "This is the full label". > > The other option is to be able to scroll the labels with a mouse > over. This would let you have something like "This is the ->". > Hovering over or clicking the arrow would scroll the label to the next > three words making it "full label". From what I've seen from the api > this is very doable and wouldn't take much work but I could be wrong. > It would certainly solve A LOT of problems for people using these > visualizations. > > Thoughts? Perhaps we can get it added to the future feature list if > it has not been added already. Thanks. > > > On Nov 26 2009, 10:38 am, VoidNT <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Viz Kid. It's not ideal but better than nothing. >> >> Hopefully Google developers would make this more flexible in the >> future. >> >> On Nov 25, 10:36 am, Viz Kid <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Indeed there are limitation when trying to use long labels. >> > Notice that there is a way to increase the tooltip width and height (using >> > the tooltipWidth and tooltipHeight options which are documented >> > here<http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/piech...>) >> > and this way, using a full screen chart, you would have a lot of room for >> > long text. >> >> > Tooltips do not ignore newline characters so you can use a more complex >> > string in the formatted value of the pie chart elements if needed. The >> > tooltip is constructed by >> > label (formatted value) >> > value (formatted value) >> > percentage >> > You can truncate the label to 20 characters and in the value's formated >> > value put "long label \n value". >> >> > Hope this helps, >> > Viz Kid >> >> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:38 AM, VoidNT <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Thanks for your reply Redidas, >> >> > > yep, there seem to be no relevant options in Visualizations API. My >> > > hope is that there are some hidden abilities which aren't documented >> > > yet. Unfortunately we cannot simplify labels easily because we get >> > > data from third party and ultimately we cannot predict what kind of >> > > labels we would get. >> >> > > For example, one small option in every chart API would save us - the >> > > maximum length of visualized labels. We would still provide lengthy >> > > labels; the algorithm of a visualization which builds the chart and >> > > calculates coordinates of everything in SVG would truncate the labels >> > > shown on picture, but the additional (or even standard) tooltip would >> > > show a full label. >> >> > > It's not specifically about piechart. We have problems with barchart >> > > and columnchart also. And I guess it also revolves around automatic >> > > calculation of coordinates in SVG for chart andlegend, because for >> > > example when we make a big visualization, almost a full screen, >> > > there's still not enough space forlegendto fit: >> > >http://i46.tinypic.com/fvlbh0.png >> > > . So with automatic font size we get unreadably small text inlegend, >> > > but with fixed font size the labels get cut off. >> >> > > On Nov 24, 5:47 am, Redidas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Hi VoidNT, >> >> > > > I'm not aware of any additional options the API offers regarding text >> > > >format. Maybe a text wrapping enhancement could be suggested to the >> > > > API team? >> >> > > > For the time being, I would try to simplify the labels as much as >> > > > possible. Some of the labels are so long I'm spending more time trying >> > > > to figure out what grouping of data I'm looking at. I don't know if >> > > > I'd use pie charts either - some even argue that pie charts limited in >> > > > usefulness. (google Edward Tufte, Stephen Few, or even Jorge Camoes) >> >> > > > Personally, I'd simplify all the wording, and switch to a horizontal >> > > > bar chart (for label readability) >> >> > > > On Nov 23, 10:28 am, VoidNT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > Hi guys, >> > > > > need your advice. I'm working on project which is going to have a >> > > > > dashboard using Google Visualizations API. It should be a highly >> > > > > customizable functionality with user enjoying a lot of freedom with >> > > > > choosing what data he wants to visualize. >> >> > > > > We stuck on problem with long labels. Many labels in our >> > > > > visualizations are going to be considerably long (50 symbols and >> > > > > more). On many visualizations these labels get obscured. If we allow >> > > > > visualization to choose font size automatically the labels can get >> > > > > really small or don't appear at all; if we set a specific font size >> > > > > the labels do not fit and get cut. We truncate labels which are more >> > > > > than 20 characters long, but there's no way to show full labels in >> > > > > tooltip, only the same truncated ones. In any case, it looks >> > > > > horrible. >> >> > > > > We thought we could solve most of such problems by allowing user to >> > > > > view a bigger version of the chart, but the problem remains even on >> > > > > big ones. >> >> > > > > For example: >> > >http://i46.tinypic.com/1z21v9y.pnghttp://i47.tinypic.com/r74tcj.pnght... >> >> > > > > On the first picture thelegendfits (almost) by choosing proper >> > > > > visualization size and font size, but look how much white space >> > > > > remains - it could be much more compact, but we were not able to do >> > > > > so. >> >> > > > > Any solutions how to handle this problem? >> >> > > -- >> >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > > "Google Visualization API" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]<google-visualization-api%[email protected]> >> > > . >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en.- Hide >> > >quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Visualization API" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en. > > -- Shireesha Gopu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" group. 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