Series: Style

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Subtab menu: Mode | Range/Bins | Style | Error Bars | Color Bar | Color Bar Ticks

The Style tab is used to set more details about the plot display.

Some controls only appear for certain plots or with certain options selected.

Control Name Use/Options
Opacity Change the opacity of the whole series.
Line Sets the options for the line.
  • Style -- select the line type

  • Width -- select the width of the line

  • Color -- see Color picker
Shape Selects the way the line behaves between data points.

  • Straight
  • Curved/spline
  • Right angle after/horizontal-vertical
  • Right angle before/vertical-horizontal
  • Right angle before and after/horizontal-vertical-horizontal
  • Horizontal right angle before and after/vertical-horizontal-vertical
Smoothing Sets the smoothness of the line if line shape is curved/spline.
Marker Sets the marker options.
  • Symbol -- select the symbol for the marker. The symbol list varies depending on which marker field it is for.

  • Size -- select the size of the marker.

  • Color -- see Color picker
...Max # Displayed Sets the maximum number of points that can be displayed on a plot.
...Opacity Sets the opacity of the points on the plot. (Note that the higher-level Opacity field determines the maximum opacity allowed by this field.)
Outline Sets the outline for the marker.
  • Width -- the width of the outline around the point

  • Color -- see Color picker
Auto Color Sets if the auto-color is used.
  • On -- use the default values for the gradient color
  • Off -- allows a pre-set gradient color to be selected. Is also automatically selected if a pre-set color is selected.
Color bars Selects the gradient color scale from the preset colors.

Min/max color Sets the min and max color on the color scale, as an alternate to the Color Bars.
Scale Determines the direction for the color scale when Auto Color is "On". This field does not affect manual color settings.
  • Normal
  • Reversed
Smooth color Selects a smoothing algorithm for the data.
  • Fast
  • Off
  • Best
Coloring Determines the coloring method of the contour values.
  • Fill -- coloring is done evenly between each contour level
  • Heatmap -- heatmap gradient coloring is applied between each contour level
  • Lines -- the background is blank, and the lines themselves are colored
  • None
Lines Determines if the contour lines are drawn.
  • Show
  • Hide
Bar Gap Sets the distance between bars.
Group Gap Sets the distance between groups from multiple series.
Data Gaps Sets whether the data across gaps resulting from "not a number" (NaN) or missing values in the provided data arrays are connected.
  • Connect -- connects across the gap
  • Blank -- does not connect across the gap
Box Gap Sets the distance between boxes.
Whisker Width Sets the width of the whiskers relative to the box' width. For example, with 1, the whiskers are as wide as the box(es).
Box Line Sets the size of the box line.
Suspected Outlier Color Sets the color of the outlier markers.

See Also: Data Explorer

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