Re: Labelbar Boxes

Hi Carl,

I started working on an example offline, but it was a klutzy method and I wasn't happy with it. Basically, I was having to create the labelbar myself, so I could control the size of it exactly. I was using example lb_13.ncl at:

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/labelbar.shtml

to figure how to control the size of the labelbar (minus its labels), so I knew exactly where in the viewport it sat.

Then, I was using gsn_polyline_ndc to draw the box. This is not a good method, because you won't be able to panel this style of labelbar. I've included the example here, in case you want to have a look.

I think your method is probably just as good, and maybe better because you can panel it. You would need to attach the two plots using gsn_add_annotation, however, if you want to panel them later.

-Mary

On Aug 3, 2012, at 6:13 AM, Carl Schreck wrote:

> On second thought, I figured out a workaround... Just draw the labelbar twice. Once with really thick boxlines, and then overlay it with no boxlines. That's probably a little more difficult for a regular plot, but it's pretty easy when drawing the colorbar manually.
>
> Carl
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Carl Schreck <carl@cicsnc.org> wrote:
> I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there a way to draw the outline around a labelbar without having every level boxed.
>
> In the attached image, I've hand-drawn what I want on the right. Currently, I only know how to do the version on the left (lbBoxLinesOn = True) and the version in middle (lbBoxLinesOn = False).
>
> Thanks!
> Carl
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