Miscellaneous

Axis

Axis(args...)

Represent an Axis with given arguments.

Keyword arguments

Scale information

exponent: When type=:power, this will be used to pass the exponent.
type: The scale to be used for the axis, e.g. :linear, :point, :band, :time, :date, :log, :symlog, :sqrt, :power,... default: :linear

Axis options

d3format: Allow users to directly pass an axis format. It must follow the rules described in d3.format().
d3formattype: If values are time or date, this option can be used to control their format.
dropmissing: When true drops missings from discrete type axis domain. default: false
nice: Automatically round axis domain to make it nice. default: true
offset: The value to offset the axis. default: 1
order: Determine how to order ticks for discrete types axis, e.g. :data, :ascending, :descending. default: :data
padding: Padding to extend axis. For discrete type axis it should be between 0 and 1, and for other type it indicates the amount in pixel.
range: Allow to manually set the domain of the axis.
reverse: Reverse the order of ticks. default: false
show: When it is false, domain, title, ticks, labels are set to false. default: true
values: User can use the keyword argument to manually put ticks. When a tuple of vector is passed, the first element will be used for the location and the second one will be used as displayed values.

Grids

grid: Determine if the grids are shown. default: false
gridcolor: The default color for the mark. User can pass color's name as symbol (e.g. :red), as string (e.g. "red"), as HTML color value (e.g. "#4682b4"). default: :lightgray
griddash: Grids dash style. default: [0]
gridthickness: Grids tickness. default: 0.5

Axis appearance

color: The default color for the mark. User can pass color's name as symbol (e.g. :red), as string (e.g. "red"), as HTML color value (e.g. "#4682b4"). default: :black
font: The default font that will be used for all elements of the axis.
fontweight: The default font weight that will be used for all elements of the axis.
italic: The default font style that will be used for all elements of the axis.

Domain properties

domain: If false the domain line would not be shown. default: true
domaincolor: The default color for the mark. User can pass color's name as symbol (e.g. :red), as string (e.g. "red"), as HTML color value (e.g. "#4682b4").
domaindash: The domain line dash. default: [0]
domainthickness: The domain line thickness. default: 1.01

Ticks properties

tickcolor: The default color for the mark. User can pass color's name as symbol (e.g. :red), as string (e.g. "red"), as HTML color value (e.g. "#4682b4").
tickcount: Number of ticks.
tickdash: Ticks dash style. default: [0]
ticks: If false the ticks will not be shown. default: true
ticksize: Ticks size in pixel. default: 5
tickthickness: Tickness of ticks in pixel. default: 1.01

Title properties

title: Axis title.
titlealign: The text alignment.
titleangle: The text angle.
titlebaseline: The text baseline.
titlecolor: The text color.
titlefont: The font name for displaying text.
titlefontweight: The font weight for displaying text, use 100 for thin font and 900 for the bold one.
titleitalic: If true the italic style will be used for displaying text.
titleloc: Title location, i.e. :middle, :end, :start. default: :middle
titlepadding: Title padding.
titlepos: Title position in the form of [x,y].
titlesize: The font size for displaying text.

Labels properties

align: The text alignment.
angle: The text angle. default: 0
baseline: The text baseline.
labelcolor: The text color.
labelfont: The font name for displaying text.
labelfontweight: The font weight for displaying text, use 100 for thin font and 900 for the bold one.
labelitalic: If true the italic style will be used for displaying text.
labeloverlap: If true, avoids overlapping of labels. default: true
labelpadding: The extra padding between labels and ticks.
labelsize: The font size for displaying text.
showlabels: If false the axis labels will not be shown. default: true

Miscellaneous

translate: The translate amount of the axis, see vega documentations for more information.
zindex: If 1 puts the axis elements on top of other marks in the graph. default: 0

Legend(args...)

Represent a Legend with given arguments.

Keyword arguments

Legend identity

Legend options

d3format: Allow users to directly pass a legend format. It must follow the rules described in d3.format().
d3formattype: If values are time or date, this option can be used to control their format.
limit: The number of elements to be shown in the legend.
values: Allow user manually provide the values for the legend.

Legend appearance

columns: The number of columns to be used to show the legend elements. default: 1
columnspace: The space between columns. default: 1
direction: The direction of the legend. default: :vertical
font: The default font that will be used for all elements of the legend.
fontweight: The default font weight that will be used for all elements of the legend.
gradientlength: Control the size of a gradient type legend.
gradientthickness: Control the size of a gradient type legend (width).
gridalign: Control how to align multiple legends. default: :each
italic: The default font style that will be used for all elements of the legend.
orient: The location of the legend. User can pass [legendX, legendY] for a precise location. default: :right
rowspace: The space between rows. default: 1
size: The legend element size. default: 100
symbol: Indicate the symbol for discrete type legends.

Title properties

title: Legend title.
titlefont: The font name for displaying text.
titlefontweight: The font weight for displaying text, use 100 for thin font and 900 for the bold one.
titleitalic: If true the italic style will be used for displaying text.
titlesize: The font size for displaying text.

Labels properties

labelfont: The font name for displaying text.
labelfontweight: The font weight for displaying text, use 100 for thin font and 900 for the bold one.
labelitalic: If true the italic style will be used for displaying text.
labelsize: The font size for displaying text.