AxisBase – amCharts Version 2 Documentation

Type class

AxisBase is the base class for ValueAxis and CategoryAxis. It can not be instantiated explicitly.

Inheritance

AxisBase does not extend any other symbol.

AxisBase is extended by ValueAxis, ValueAxis, CategoryAxis, CategoryAxis.

Properties

autoGridCount #	Type `boolean` Default `true` Specifies whether number of gridCount is specified automatically, acoarding to the axis size.
axisAlpha #	Type `number` Default `1` Axis opacity. Value range is 0 - 1.
axisColor #	Type `string` Default `#000000` Axis color.
axisThickness #	Type `number` Default `1` Thickness of the axis.
color #	Type `string` Default Color of axis value labels. Will use chart's color if not set.
dashLength #	Type `number` Default `0` Length of a dash. 0 means line is not dashed.
fillAlpha #	Type `number` Default `0` Fill opacity. Every second space between grid lines can be filled with color. Set fillAlpha to a value greater than 0 to see the fills.
fillColor #	Type `string` Default `#FFFFFF` Fill color. Every second space between grid lines can be filled with color. Set fillAlpha to a value greater than 0 to see the fills.
fontSize #	Type `number` Default Size of value labels text. Will use chart's fontSize if not set.
gridAlpha #	Type `number` Default `0.2` Opacity of grid lines.
gridColor #	Type `string` Default `#000000` Color of grid lines.
gridCount #	Type `number` Default `5` Number of grid lines. In case this is value axis, or your categoryAxis parses dates, the number is approximate. The default value is 5. If you set autoGridCount to true, this property is ignored.
gridThickness #	Type `number` Default `1` Thickness of grid lines.
guides #	Type `array` Default The array of guides belonging to this axis.
ignoreAxisWidth #	Type `boolean` Default `false` If autoMargins of a chart is set to true, but you want this axis not to be measured when calculating margin, set ignoreAxisWidth to true.
inside #	Type `boolean` Default `false` Specifies whether values should be placed inside or outside plot area.
labelFrequency #	Type `number` Default `1` Frequency at which labels should be placed. Doesn't work for CategoryAxis if parseDates is set to true.
labelRotation #	Type `number` Default `0` Rotation angle of a label. Only horizontal axis' values can be rotated. If you set this for vertical axis, the setting will be ignored.
labelsEnabled #	Type `boolean` Default `true` Specifies whether axis displays category axis' labels and value axis' values.
offset #	Type `number` Default `0` The distance of the axis to the plot area, in pixels. Negative values can also be used.
position #	Type `string` Default Possible values are: "top", "bottom", "left", "right". If axis is vertical, default position is "left". If axis is horizontal, default position is "bottom".
showFirstLabel #	Type `boolean` Default `true` Whether to show first axis label or not.
showLastLabel #	Type `boolean` Default `true` Whether to show last axis label or not.
tickLength #	Type `number` Default `5` Length of the tick marks.
title #	Type `string` Default Title of the axis.
titleBold #	Type `boolean` Default `true` Specifies if title should be bold or not.
titleColor #	Type `string` Default Color of axis title. Will use text color of chart if not set any.
titleFontSize #	Type `number` Default Font size of axis title. Will use font size of chart plus two pixels if not set any.

Methods

addGuide( `guide` ) #	Returns `void` Adds guide to the axis. guide - instance of Guide
removeGuide( `guide` ) #	Returns `void` Removes guide from the axis. guide - instance of Guide

addGuide(
guide
)

Returns void

Adds guide to the axis.

guide - instance of Guide

removeGuide(
guide
)

Returns void

Removes guide from the axis.

guide - instance of Guide

Events

AxisBase does not have any events.

Adapters

AxisBase does not have any adapters.