Re: Alignment of Labelbar boxes

Hi Stuart,

Try setting the lbTitleJust resource:

   lbres@lbTitleJust = "CenterLeft"

--Mary

On Oct 2, 2012, at 7:34 AM, Stuart Moore wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if there is a label bar resource that allows you to ensure that the label bar boxes are in (vertical) alignment with the beginning of the label bar title? I can get this to work by adding leading spaces to the label bar title string but have failed to find a more elegant way so far.
>
> The attached images show the alignment of the label bar boxes without (Unaligned.png) and with (aligned.png) the leading spaces on the label bar title string. The aim is to have all the text strings and label bar boxes aligned vertically down the left hand side of the plot.
>
> I am adding the label bar as an annotation to the plot with the following resources,
>
> ;=========================================
> nboxes = 9
> labels = (/"0", "0 - 0.5", "0.5 - 1.4", "1.4 - 2.8", "2.8 - 5", "5 - 10", "10 - 20", "20 - 40", "> 40"/)
>
> lbres = True
> lbres@lbBoxLinesOn = True ; boxes in colour bar
> ;; lbres@lbTitleString = " 24hr Rainfall (mm)"
> lbres@lbTitleString = "24hr Rainfall (mm)"
> lbres@lbAutoManage = True
> lbres@vpWidthF = 0.4 * vpw
> lbres@vpHeightF = 0.4 * vph
> lbres@vpXF = 0.2
> lbres@vpYF = 1.0
> lbres@lbBoxMajorExtentF = 0.85
> lbres@lbBoxMinorExtentF = 0.22
> lbres@lbLabelFontHeightF = 0.012
> lbres@lbAutoManage = False
> lbres@lbTitleFontHeightF = 0.015
> lbres@lbMonoFillPattern = True
> lbres@lbLabelJust = "CenterLeft"
> lbres@lbPerimOn = False
> lbres@lbLabelOffsetF = 0.1
>
> ; reverse labels and colours
> lbres@lbFillColors = res1@cnFillColors(::-1) labels = labels(::-1)
>
> lbid = gsn_create_labelbar(wks,nboxes,labels,lbres)
> ;=========================================
>
> Thanks in advance for any hints, Stuart.
>
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