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How to wrap category labels in JfreeChart


I have Stacked Bar Chart created using JFreeChart. The labels of the category are quite big and they overlap with the label of the next Bar. I would like to wrap it to the next line. I did some searching and found that i have to use the below code. setMaximumCategoryLabelLines(2) in the CategoryAxis and still it doesn't wrap to the next line.

Please suggest solutions.


Solution

  • Altering the BarChartDemo1 code as shown and using long category names, I see the chart below. It seems to work with stacked rendering, too. Is that the desired effect?

    private static JFreeChart createChart(CategoryDataset dataset) {
        ...
        // OPTIONAL CUSTOMISATION COMPLETED.
        domainAxis.setMaximumCategoryLabelLines(2);
        ...
    }
    

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