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Samples : Properties associated with samples

# highlightSmp
Name of samples to highlight
Type: array
Default: []
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

highlightSmp : []

highlightSmp : ["Row00", "Row05"]


# maxSmpStringLen
Maximum length in characters a sample label or description can have so anything above is truncated
Type: integer
Default: 25
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

maxSmpStringLen : 25

maxSmpStringLen : 4


# showSampleNames
Flag to show/hide the sample names
Type: boolean
Default: true
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

showSampleNames : true

showSampleNames : false


# smpHighlightColor
Color for the DEPRECATED (use highlightColor): color for highlighted samples; inherits highlightColor when not set
Type: color
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpHighlightColor : "#9e0adb"

smpHighlightColor : "#ff7d00"


# smpLabelAutoAlignPosition
Flag to use best position for sample labels depending on the location of them. It will align them right when placed in the left of the graphs and viceversa
Type: boolean
Default: true
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpLabelImage
Flag to use images as sample labels when possible
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpLabelImage : true

smpLabelImage : false


# smpLabelImageRound
Flag to use round images as sample labels
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpLabelImageRound : true

smpLabelImageRound : false


# smpLabelInterval
Interval for the sample labels in one dimensional and circular plots
Type: integer
Default: 1
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpLabelInterval : 1

smpLabelInterval : 3


# smpTextAlign
Alignment (or position) for the sample labels
Type: string
Default: right
Options: left, center, right
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTextBaseline
Baseline (or reference line) for the sample labels
Type: string
Default: middle
Options: top, middle, bottom
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTextColor
Color for the text in sample labels
Type: color
Default: rgb(77,77,77)
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTextColor : "rgb(77,77,77)"

smpTextColor : "red"

smpTextColor : "blue"


# smpTextFontSize
Font size for the text in sample labels. Be aware that auto scaling font must be turned off for this property to take effect. A more convenient way to modify the size is to use the smpTextScaleFontFactor
Type: integer
Default: 10
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTextFontStyle
Font style for the sample labels
Type: string
Default:
Options: , bold, italic, bold italic
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTextFontStyle : "bold"

smpTextFontStyle : "italic"


# smpTextMargin
Margin to pad or separate the characters in the sample labels
Type: float
Default: 5
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTextRotate
Rotation in degrees for the sample labels
Type: integer
Default:
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTextRotate : 0

smpTextRotate : 45


# smpTextRotateAuto
Flag to automatically keep the sample (or grouping-factor) labels of vertical one-dimensional plots horizontal when the longest label fits its band, falling back to smpTextRotate otherwise. Re-evaluated on resize
Type: boolean
Default: true
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTextRotateAuto : true

smpTextRotateAuto : false


# smpTextScaleFontFactor
Scaling factor used to increase or decrease the sample labels font size in the canvas
Type: float
Default: 1
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTextScaleFontFactor : 0.5

smpTextScaleFontFactor : 1.5


# smpTitle
Title for the sample axis in one dimensional plots
Type: string
Default:
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTitle : false

smpTitle : "Sample Title"


# smpTitleAlign
Alignment (or position) for the sample title
Type: string
Default: center
Options: left, center, right
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTitleBaseline
Baseline (or reference line) for the sample title
Type: string
Default: middle
Options: top, middle, bottom
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTitleColor
Color for the text in sample title
Type: color
Default: rgb(0,0,0)
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTitleColor : "red"

smpTitleColor : "green"


# smpTitleFontSize
Font size for the text in sample title. Be aware that auto scaling font must be turned off for this property to take effect. A more convenient way to modify the size is to use the smpTitleScaleFontFactor
Type: integer
Default: 10
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTitleFontStyle
Font style for the sample title
Type: string
Default:
Options: , bold, italic, bold italic
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTitleFontStyle : "bold"

smpTitleFontStyle : "italic"


# smpTitleMargin
Margin to pad or separate the characters in the sample title
Type: float
Default: 5
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTitleRotate
Rotation in degrees for the sample title
Type: integer
Default:
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

# smpTitleScaleFontFactor
Scaling factor used to increase or decrease the sample title font size in the canvas
Type: float
Default: 1
Used in: Area, AreaLine, Bar, BarLine, Boxplot, Bubble, Bullet, Chord, Circular, Contour, Correlation, Density, DotLine, Dotplot, Dumbbell, Fish, Gantt, Heatmap, Histogram, Line, Lollipop, Map, Meter, OptionsWall, ParallelCoordinates, Pie, Radar, SPLOM, Sankey, Scatter2D, Scatter3D, ScatterBubble2D, Stacked, StackedLine, StackedPercent, StackedPercentLine, Streamgraph, Sunburst, TagCloud, Tree, Treemap, Violin, Waterfall

smpTitleScaleFontFactor : 0.5

smpTitleScaleFontFactor : 1.5


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