Tim:
I gave this a shot am I missing something here? Wordrapping isn't
working for me,
the text is still cut off.
I appreciate your time in showing me this. Regex is all new to me, but
it's all the rage.
Thanks,
Patrick
Tim Hoff wrote:
>
> Patrick,
>
> Sorry to highjack your thread. Here's a method to display a
> multi-lined Axis label:
>
> *labelFunction:
> *public function
> wrapLabel(cat:Object,pcat:Object,ax:CategoryAxis,catItem:Object):String
> {
> var pattern:RegExp = /-/;
> return cat.replace(pattern, "-\n");
> }
>
> *Axis:*
> <mx:horizontalAxis>
> <mx:CategoryAxis categoryField="CategoryField"
> labelFunction="wrapLabel"/>
> </mx:horizontalAxis>
>
> This example changes:
>
> 11/17/06 - 12/16/06
>
> to
>
> 11/17/06 -
> 12/16/06
>
> By using regular expresions, you have quite a bit of flexibility.
>
> -TH
> __________________________________
>
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>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks Ely, that makes sense now. I'll give it a try. Luckily, both
> > series are using the same dataProvider, so I'll have access to the data
> > property and probably be able to eliminate the second axis completely.
> > Thanks for the tips and the source to your interactive calendar
> > component
> > <http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/components/interactive-calendar/> .
> > Great Stuff!
> >
> > -TH
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Ely Greenfield" egreenfi@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Tim. yes, the AxisRenderer supports a property called
> > > 'labelRenderer' which is very much like an item renderer. Pass the
> > > AxisRenderer a reference to a class (wrapped in a classFactory, just
> > as
> > > with itemRenderers) that extends UIComponent, ProgrammaticSkin, or one
> > > of the existing Flex components, and implements the IDataRenderer
> > > interface. The AxisRenderer will instantiate one of these for each
> > > label it needs to show, and assign the label to the labelRenderer's
> > > 'data' property.
> > >
> > > I don't think there are any examples out there of how to do this
> > today.
> > >
> > > Ely.
> > >
> > >
> > > p.s. You could also consider writing a custom axisRenderer...there's a
> > > pretty exhaustive example of how to do that in the Interactive Bubble
> > > Chart on my blog, http://www.quietlyscheming.com/. You could
> > > theoretically create two axis renderers that stack on the left hand
> > side
> > > that way, although that's a pretty big undertaking.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On
> > > Behalf Of Tim Hoff
> > > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 3:37 PM
> > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Ely: How do you wordwrap a label on a bar
> > > chart?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Ely,
> > >
> > > I got this far with wordwrapping the label text, but my question is
> > > more complicated. I want to have two verticalAxisRenderers, side-by-
> > > side, on the same side of a ColumnChart. Or, create a single
> > > LabelRenderer to simulate this. One of the labels needs a shaded
> > > background with text, while the other is just text. While digging
> > > into it, the docs say to use IFactory for a chart LabelRenderer. Is
> > > this similar to an ItemRenderer for a DataGrid? Understandably,
> > > there aren't any examples yet that show how to do this.
> > >
> > > If you have the time, thanks,
> > > -TH
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Ely Greenfield" egreenfi@
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Patrick. THe only way would be to use a labelFunction on your
> > axis
> > > > and manually insert a line break yourself.
> > > >
> > > > Ely.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > >
> > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > On
> > > > Behalf Of dj
> > > > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:34 PM
> > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Ely: How do you wordwrap a label on a bar
> > chart?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > A Vertical Axis why Field, my labels are being cut off, my width
> > > > dimension is fixed to 280 pixels, so the column needs to wrap down?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Patrick
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
