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Marks, Glyphs and Plot Segments

Each mark and glyph can have 2 type of settings in attribute panel.

Properties - settings with values are the same for all instance of marks in all glyphs. Examples are shape of Shape mark, interactivity properties, Round X, Round Y values. Properties doesn't supports binding data.

Attributes - settings with values are can be different in different glyphs. Examples are height, width of shape, size of symbol e.t.c. Attributes supports data binding. When column binds to attribute, Charticulator creates correspond scale to map values of column to attributes values. Example is binding numerical column to height of Shape.

Glyph​

A glyph is a visual representation of a single data row. A glyph contains one or more marks.

Terms

Glyphs are contained in Plot Segments.

Marks​

Interactivity properties controls user interactions with mark.

Interactivity properties

By default all properties is on. Mark handles mouse over, click and context menu calls.

Rectangle, Triangle, Oval​

Shape is basic mark of Charticulator that represents rectangle, oval, and triangle with height and width attributes.

Shape general settings

In general section shape has Height, Width attributes and Shape, Flipping properties.

Shape property sets visual representation of shape and has values Rectangle, Triangle, Oval. The Shape property doesn't change internal representation of geometry, the Shape still has Height and Width attributes. There is no radiuses for Oval.

Shape style settings

Style section has Fill, Gradient start, Gradient end, Gradient rotation, Stroke, Opacity attributes and Round X, Round Y, Flipping properties.

Round X and Round Y properties applicable for Rectangle shape only.

Round X - the horizontal corner radius of the rectangle.

Round Y - the vertical corner radius of the rect rectangle.

Flipping - allow to rectangle flip horizontally or vertically. For example, if left side (x1 attribute) of rectangle has bigger value that right side (x2 attribute) rectangle is flipped or width attribute has negative value. Unchecking property adds constraint that width >= 0 that prevents flipping the rectangle.

Shape gradient​

Shape gradient

To set gradient attributes, need to remove Fill attribute data binding or value.2

Symbol​

Symbol is a graphical object that have list of predefined shapes. Shape has only position and size attributes, there are no width or height.

Symbol attributes

Line​

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Text​

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Text Box​

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Polygon​

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Icon​

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Image​

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Data Axis​

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Nested Chart​

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Plot Segments​

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Polar Plot Segment​

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Custom Curve Plot Segment​

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Line Plot Segment​

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Guides​

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Single guide​

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Multiple Guides​

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Legends​

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