In this help document, we will guide you through the different options for labeling your lines and data points of your line, bar and pie template visualizations.
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Head to the labels settings
Head to the labels settings and turn on Show labels on lines.
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Customize the line labels
You can specify the maximum allowed label width, the space between the labels when they are spread out to avoid overlapping, and the distance between the data point and the label.
Additionally, you can choose the label behavior when they are overlapping.
For greater control, you are also able to manually specify which line labels you want displayed in case you need to draw attention to a specific facet of your chart. Just add each one in a separate line in the Show only certain labels text box. The labels should match the headers from the Values columns.
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Customize the text
You are also able to change the color of the label text, its outline and size.
It is also possible to specify the line height of the text, its weight as well as the maximum number of lines that each label can occupy.
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Customize the lines
It is also easy to change the appearance of the lines connecting to the labels. With this set of options, you can change the display of the line style, width, color and length.
Padding can also be customized.
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Customize the text
You are also able to change the color of the label text, its outline and size.
It is also possible to specify the line height of the text, its weight as well as the maximum number of lines that each label can stretch to.
Adding data point labels
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Head to the data point labels settings
Switch on Show labels on data points.
You have the following options:
- Display all of the data points.
- Display only the last of the data points of the series.
- Display the minimum and maximum values of the data points.
By choosing Custom, you can manually display specific labels by adding the labels with the format Column name: Value.
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Choose between a set of data point label options
It is also possible to add specific data points by clicking on the paintbrush and clicking one or more pills. The following options are available:
- Highest data point per series
- Lowest data point per series
- First data point per series
- Last data point per series
- Maximum data point of the dataset
- Minimum data point of the dataset
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Customize the style
Flourish provides a host of styling options for the data point labels of your chart.
You can position them at the center of the dot in case this works better for your needs. Additionally, you can choose an automatic text color or a color that matches the data. It is also possible to opt for a contrasting color, or a fixed one that you can set yourself.
In case the automatic sizing of the labels does not cut it, by choosing Fixed, you can specify a custom label size.
You can also switch on or off an optional outline to the text labels, which sometimes make them easier to read.
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Data label contents
It is also possible to change the content of the labels. They can either display the Value, the Name of the series or both.
But what about axis labels? You can find out more about them here.