topic Tick Values/Labels GLT in Graphics Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/Tick-Values-Labels-GLT/m-p/25229#M723 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I see lots of options for fitting TICK value labels THIN STAGGER ROTATE etc.</P><P></P><P>I would like to make the tick labels on the X axis occupy two rows. </P><P>+----+----|----+----|----+----|</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 30</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 40</P><P></P><P>Is there a way to do this perhaps with TICKDISPLAYLIST.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:20:19 GMT data_null__ 2012-01-06T14:20:19Z Tick Values/Labels GLT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/Tick-Values-Labels-GLT/m-p/25229#M723 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I see lots of options for fitting TICK value labels THIN STAGGER ROTATE etc.</P><P></P><P>I would like to make the tick labels on the X axis occupy two rows. </P><P>+----+----|----+----|----+----|</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 30</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 40</P><P></P><P>Is there a way to do this perhaps with TICKDISPLAYLIST.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:20:19 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/Tick-Values-Labels-GLT/m-p/25229#M723 data_null__ 2012-01-06T14:20:19Z Tick Values/Labels GLT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/Tick-Values-Labels-GLT/m-p/25230#M724 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>There is no way to do this with SAS 9.2 GTL or SG Procedures.&nbsp; SAS 9.3 SG procedures support annotation, and you can achieve this result by drawing the ticks yourself.&nbsp; See example in this <A href="https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings11/277-2011.pdf">paper</A> by Dan Heath.&nbsp; SAS 9.3 GTL supports DRAWTEXT statements, which you could use to draw the ticks yourself too.&nbsp; You can also use these to draw the unicode or rich text.</P><P></P><P>Tick value splitting into multiple lines has been added and will be released with SAS 9.4.&nbsp; You can only split text on a discrete axis, not numeric values on interval axiw.&nbsp; Not much help to you now, but it is coming.&nbsp; <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:35:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/Tick-Values-Labels-GLT/m-p/25230#M724 Jay54 2012-01-06T14:35:23Z