Item Label Position

Property

Name

Type

Description

Item Label Anchor

itemLabelAnchor

String

An item label anchor is used by a renderer to calculate a fixed point (the item label anchor point) relative to a data item on a chart. This point becomes a reference point that an item label can be aligned to.

There are 25 anchors available. The numbers 1 to 12 are used and roughly correspond to the positions of the hours on a clock face. In addition, positions are defined relative to an "inside" ring and an "outside" ring - see the below image for an illustration.

With 12 points on the inside circle, 12 points on the outside circle, plus a "center" anchor point, in all there are 25 possible anchor points.

For some renderers (e.g. Bar Renderer), the circular arrangement of anchor points doesn't make sense, so the renderer is free to modify the anchor positions.

Text Anchor

textAnchor

String

A point relative to the item label text which will be aligned with the item label anchor point above.

Available anchor values are Center, Center Left, Center Right, Top Center, Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Center, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Baseline Center, Baseline Left, Baseline Right, Half Ascent Center, Half Ascent Left, Half Ascent Right.

Rotation Anchor

rotationAnchor

String

Another point somewhere on the item label about which the text will be rotated (if there is a rotation).

Available anchor values are Center, Center Left, Center Right, Top Center, Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Center, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Baseline Center, Baseline Left, Baseline Right, Half Ascent Center, Half Ascent Left, Half Ascent Right.

Angle

angle

Float

Specifies the amount of rotation about the rotation point.