Formatting and Styling Grids and Charts
Overview
Grids and charts in PhixFlow can be formatted and styled.Â
View Styles Tab
Changing the Chart Header
On the styles tab of a view property editor it is possible to change the style of the header and its components by adding a shared style to:
- Grid Header Style
- Grid Header Button Style
- Grid Header Icon Style
- Grid Header Dropdown Button Style
- Grid Header Dropdown Pane Style
Changing grid styles
On grids it is also possible to change the style of the following using the styles tab:
Grid Paging Style
Grid Row Style
Grid Column Header Style
Row Selection Style
Charts
Colour Maps
The colours can be changed on pie charts, bar charts and line graphs using a colour map; see Colour Map.
Legends
To change how a legend is displayed on a chart:
- Right click on a chart and Show the view configuration.
- Open the Chart Layout section.
- Change any of the following:
- Hide the legend by unticking Show Legend
- Move the legend by ticking Show Legend Below the Chart
- Hide numbers on the chart by unticking Show Values on Charts.
Axis Titles
Axis titles are only relevant to line and bar charts. Too add axis titles and style them:
- Right click on a chart and Show the view configuration.
- Open the Chart Layout section.
- Add a Horizontal Axis Title and/or a Vertical Axis Title.
- Select or add a Title Style in the field below each title.
- Change the Label Angle if required.
Axis Scales
Axis Scales are only relevant to line and bar charts. Too change and format axis scales:
- Right click on a chart and Show the view configuration.
- Open the Chart Layout section.
- Go to the section Show Vertical Axis.
- Optionally set the following:
- Logarithmic scale
- Minimum Value
- Maximum Value
- Fixed Scale
- Vertical Axis Increment
- Show Vertical Gridlines
- Vertical Axis Number Format
- Text Style
More Information
For a complete list of view properties and their functions see View.