topic Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels in QlikView

Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

wonkymeister — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:15:27 GMT

Afternoon!

i have a bar chart, horizontally presented.

my labels that run up the x (?) axis - the labels than run up the left hand side! , i need them left aligned and i cant find where to set this. See below - I'd like Geography left aligned if possible?

any ideas because i cant figure it out!

happy Friday people

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:27:56 GMT

Hi Philip,

Few days back, I also faced a similar difficulty. I wonder whether this can be done in Qlikview or not.

I guess this is probably not supported as such...

Please contact support for further help.

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

wonkymeister — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:30:21 GMT

thanks for the reply - i agree, doesn't look like its possible.

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:33:41 GMT

May be if you want to show the entire names, Select the Chart and then press Ctrl+Shift and then arrange the plot area and the legend.
Although this might take in some efforts..

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

wonkymeister — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:36:52 GMT

yeah cheers, I've tried that one thanks. QlikView can be somewhat bemusing in that it can do some amazing things, yet some of the most simple things seem to have been omitted.

my chart looks rubbish with messy axis labels!

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:51:15 GMT

Click on the chart then press the CTRL and SHIFT keys. You should see red outlines which allow you to change the chart proportions

http://www.qlikcommunity.com/thread/104640

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

lawrenceiow — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:19:21 GMT

I know this is an old post and you may have found out how to do this by now. But if you (or anyone else searching the forums) still want to know, I've found out that in the Axes tab, removing the tick for "Truncate Label" has the side effect of left aligning the labels.

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:47:12 GMT

much better this way, thanks for posting this!

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:45:37 GMT

Yes, thanks for this. Just had same issue. Can still use Limit Legend Characters on Presentation tab to truncate it, but unticking this lets you left align. Right align is OK if all labels are short, but looks messy if there are some very long ones.

Re: Left Align Vertical Axis Bar Chart Labels

JaWa — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:44:19 GMT

Thank you very much! Simple, but works!