Text wrapping is needed in Bar/Line chart dimension labels
The most frequently used Qlik charts like Bar/Line hides the full dimension label via ellipses (..., yes the undesired three dots at the end of the trimmed dimension label). We need the wrapped dimension label, at least have two lines to fit the dimension value or there could be a chart property that allows to choose the number of characters we would like to have for dimension values.
There are some extensions which provide this feature so it would be great if Qlik can provide this feature natively.
Text wrapping is very useful for nprinting reports where users cannot hover over and see remaining text.
We need more options for data series & point labels in general. There are probably loads of good ideas, but here's a few off the top of my head:
• Truncation of Data series labels to be optional.
• Option to apply text wrapping to Data series labels.
• Vertical data series labels.
• Option to display labels inside or outside bars on a bar chart and to orient horizontally or vertically.
• Option to display labels above or below points on a line chart.
• Expressions on Measure labels should work as on Dimension labels, e.g. ='Text: ' & [field] doesn't currently work, but would be very handy (e.g. on pie charts).
• Option to show or hide data point labels when the value is small (rather than them just not being displayed at all). e.g. on smaller pie chart slices. Also, we shouldn't lose some data point labels when rotating a pie chart.
* The ability to customise Segment and Total value labels in a stacked bar chart - e.g. If segments show a averages, we should have the option for the total label to also be an average. At present, it is the sum of the segment values only.
The critical piece is available in the lib/functions.js. The wrap function over there does the real work. Thanks to the owner JVS, its being quite helpful in absence of native feature for text wrapping. In its current form, its very good for nprinting usage. All Credit goes to Yianni Ververis, the owner of this code. 🙂
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