Cosmetics I tab settings

Padding & Margins group

This table lists the settings you can make in the Padding & Margin group box of the Cosmetics I tab.

Padding and margin settings are specified using pixels.

Cosmetics I tab Field / Option	Attribute Name	Description / Comments
X-Axis Name Padding	XAxisNamePadding	Specify the distance between the top of the X-Axis title and the bottom of data labels (or canvas, if data labels are not displayed).
Y-Axis Name Padding	YAxisNamePadding	Specify the distance between the Y-Axis name and values.
Y-Axis Values Padding	YAxisValuesPadding	Specify the padding between the left side of the chart canvas and the Y-Axis values.
Label Padding	LabelPadding	Specify the vertical space between the bottom of the canvas and the data labels.
Value Padding	ValuePadding	Specify the space between the columns or anchors and the value text boxes.
Legend Padding	LegendPadding	Specify the space between the edge of the legend and the the edge of the chart canvas.
Plot Space Percent	PlotSpacePercent	On a bar or column chart, define the spacing between bars or columns, from 0 to 80. By default, the spacing is set to 20% of canvas width. For example, if you want bars flush against each other, set this value to 0. If you want thin bars with a lot of space between, set this value to 80.
Left Margin Right Margin Top Margin Bottom Margin	ChartLeftMargin ChartRightMargin ChartTopMargin ChartBottomMargin	Chart margins are the padding between the chart border and the canvas. Each of the margins - left, right, top, and bottom - must be set individually.
Canvas Left Margin Canvas Right Margin Canvas Top Margin Canvas Bottom Margin	CanvasLeftMargin CanvasRightMargin CanvasTopMargin CanvasBottomMargin	Canvas margins are the padding between the edge of the chart canvas and the chart itself. Each of the margins - left, right, top, and bottom - must be set individually. For 2D charts, the canvas is the visible rectangular box. For 3D charts, the canvas is the imaginary box around the 3D canvas. By default, the system calculates the margin space based on the elements placed on the chart. Use this attribute to override the default space with a higher value. You cannot specify a lower value. This attribute is helpful if you have multiple charts on a page and you want all of the canvases to align with each other.
Canvas Padding	CanvasPadding	Specify the space between the canvas border and the first and last data points in the chart. .

Background/Border Cosmetics group

This table lists the settings you can make in the Background/Border Cosmetics group box of the Cosmetics I tab.

Cosmetics I tab Field / Option	Attribute Name	Description / Comments
Back Color	BgColor	Specify the RGB value for the background color of the chart component, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the chart component background. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box. To use a gradient background fill, specify multiple hexadecimal values, separated by commas.
Back Alpha	BgAlpha	For each color you specified above, specify the transparency of the background, from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque). If you are using multiple values (for a gradient fill), separate the alpha values by commas.
Back Ratio	BgRatio	Specify the ratio of each color in the gradient on a scale of 100. The total of the ratios must equal 100. For example, to plot an equidistant gradient for two colors, specify `the` ratio as 0,100.
Back Angle	BgAngle	Specify the angle of the gradient fill, in degrees, from 0 to 360.
Show Border	ShowBorder	When selected, this option displays an outer border around the whole chart component, containing the canvas and the legend as well. Otherwise, no chart component border displays.
Border Color	BorderColor	Specify the RGB value for the color of the chart component border, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the chart component border. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box.
Border Thickness	BorderThickness	Specify the thickness, in pixels, of the chart component border.
Border Alpha	BorderAlpha	Specify the transparency of the chart component border, from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque).
Show V-Line Label Border	ShowVLineLabelBorder	When selected, this option displays a border for the V-Line label. The V-Line is a vertical separator line - or horizontal in the case of bar charts - used to separate blocks of data.

Canvas Cosmetics group

This table lists the settings you can make in the Canvas Cosmetics group box of the Cosmetics I tab.

Field		Description
Canvas Back Color	CanvasBgColor	Specify the RGB value for the background color of the chart canvas, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the chart canvas background. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box. To use a gradient background fill, specify multiple hexadecimal values, separated by commas.
Canvas Back Alpha	CanvasBgAlpha	For each color you specified above, specify the transparency of the background, from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque). If you are using multiple values (for a gradient fill), separate the alpha values by commas.
Canvas Back Ratio	CanvasBgRatio	Specify the ratio of each color in the gradient on a scale of 100. The total of the ratios must equal 100. For example, to plot an equidistant gradient for two colors, specify `the` ratio as 0,100.
Canvas Back Angle	CanvasBgAngle	Specify the angle of the gradient fill, in degrees, from 0 to 360.
Canvas Border Color	CanvasBorderColor	Specify the RGB value for the color of the chart canvas border, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the chart canvas border. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box.
Canvas Border Thickness	CanvasBorderThickness	Specify the thickness, in pixels, of the chart canvas border.
Canvas Border Alpha	CanvasBorderAlpha	Specify the transparency of the chart canvas border, from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque).
Canvas Base Color	CanvasBaseColor	Specify the RGB value for the color of the chart canvas base, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the chart canvas base. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box. Note: This option is functional only for 3D charts.
Canvas Base Depth	CanvasBaseDepth	Specify, in pixels, the height of the canvas base. Note: This option is functional only for 3D charts.
Canvas Back Depth	CanvasBgDepth	Specify, in pixels, the depth of the canvas background. Note: This option is functional only for 3D charts.
Show Canvas Background	ShowCanvasBg	When selected, this option specifies that the canvas background fill is to display. Otherwise, the canvas background is blank. Note: This option is functional only for 3D charts.
Show Canvas Base	ShowCanvasBase	When selected, this option specifies that the canvas base is to display. Otherwise, no canvas base displays. Note: This option is functional only for 3D charts.

Line Cosmetics group

This table lists the settings you can make in the Line Cosmetics group box of the Cosmetics I tab.

Note: These settings are functional only with line charts.

Cosmetics I tab Column / Option	Attribute name	Description / Comments
Color	LineColor	Specify the RGB value for the data line color, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the data line. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box.
Thickness	Thickness	Specify the thickness of the data line, in pixels.
Alpha	Alpha	Specify the transparency of the data line, from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque).
Dashed	Dashed	When selected, this option renders the data line using a dashed line.
Dash Length Dash Gap	DashLen DashGap	Specify the length of the dash and the gap between dashes, in pixels. These values are only applicable if you have selected the Dashed option.

Data Plot Cosmetics group

The term "data plot" refers to:

The columns in a column chart
The lines in a line chart
Pie or doughnut slices in pie or doughnut charts
And so on

This table lists the settings you can make in the Data Plot Cosmetics group box of the Cosmetics I tab.

Cosmetics I tab Column / Option	Attribute name	Description / Comments
Use Round Edges	UseRoundEdges	When selected, this option plots chart objects with rounded edges and fills them with a glass effect gradient. When this option is selected, plot fill settings are ignored.
Show Plot Border	ShowPlotBorder	When selected, this option displays borders around data plot objects.
Plot Border Color	PlotBorderColor	Specify the RGB value for the plot border color, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the plot border. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box.
Plot Border Thickness	PlotBorderThickness	Specify the thickness of the plot border, in pixels.
Plot Border Alpha	PlotBorderAlpha	Specify the transparency of the plot border, from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque).
Plot Border Dashed	PlotBorderDashed	When selected, renders the plot borders as dashed lines.
Plot Border Dash Length Plot Border Dash Gap	PlotBorderDashLen PlotBorderDashGap	If the Plot Border Dashed option is selected, use these settings to control the length of the dashes and the gaps between them.
Plot Fill Angle	PlotFillAngle	If you have made specifications to use a gradient fill on plot objects, specify the fill angle for the gradient in degrees (0 to 360).
Plot Fill Ratio	PlotFillRatio	If you have made specifications to use a gradient fill on plot objects, specify the ratio of each color in the gradient on a scale of 100. The total of the ratios must equal 100. For example, to plot an equidistant gradient for two colors, specify the ratio as 0,100.
Plot Fill Alpha	PlotFillAlpha	If you have made specifications to use a gradient fill on plot objects, specify the transparency to use for the fills, from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque).
Plot Gradient Color	PlotGradientColor	You can assign a secondary color to globally add a gradient to the entire data plot of the chart. (The primary colors are assigned in the Palette Colors field of the General tab.) For example, if you specified individual colors for columns, to create a gradient that ends in white, specify FFFFFF here, and the chart renders plots will white gradients on all primary colors. Specify the RGB value for the plot gradient color, as a hexadecimal value (000000-FFFFFF). You can double-click to display the Color dialog box, where you can select a color or define a custom color for the plot gradient. The hexadecimal code displays after you click OK to exit the Color dialog box.
Overlap Columns	OverlapColumns	When selected, this option allows columns to overlap to provide a richer 3D look. This setting applies only to 3D column and bar charts. When this option is cleared, columns/bars do not overlap. Note: If there are enough columns/bars on the chart, columns/bars overlap automatically, even if this setting is cleared.

For more information about these and other chart attributes, see the FusionCharts Developer help (www.fusioncharts.com/dev/).