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Figure D-22: Visualization Browser with Colorbar Properties Displayed

Figure D-22: Visualization Browser with Colorbar Properties Displayed

These properties control colorbar object visualizations. For each property, the type of control and the values that can be assigned are listed. For a description of how a particular control is used, refer to Property Controls

Table D-52: Colorbar Container Properties 

Table D-52: Colorbar Container Properties 
Property
Control Type: Values
Border
Boolean: Set border on or off. Choose True or False.
Default = False
Orientation
Boolean: Set orientation of colorbar. Choose Horizontal or Vertical.
Default = Horizontal
Color
Color: Color to be used for the colorbar in this visualization. Click to choose from the default color palette, or specify RGB values. Default = [0,0,0] (black)
Line style
Line Style: Style of the colorbar lines. Select a line style from the list. Default = (solid line)
Line thickness
Line Thickness: Thickness of the colorbar lines in points. Select a thickness from the list. Default = 1
Major ticks
Number: Set number of major tick marks. Enter value.
Default = 3
Minor ticks
Number: Set number of minor tick marks. Enter value.
Default = 0
Major tick length
Number: Factor from 0 - 1 determining major tick length. Move slider to change the size.
Default = .05
Minor tick length
Number: Factor from 0 - 1 determining minor tick length. Move slider to change the size.
Default = 1
Tick interval
Number: Set tick interval. Enter value.
Default = 0
Tick layout
String List: Set tick layout type. Choose between these values:
  • Axis plus labels
  •  

  • Labels only
  •  

  • Box style
Default = Axis plus labels
Tick direction
String List: Set tick direction. Choose between these values:
  • Right/Above
  •  

  • Left/Below
Default = Right/Above
Logarithmic axis
Default = false
Text show
Boolean: Set text to show or not show. Choose True or False.
Default = True (show)
Text position
String List: Set text position. Choose between these values:
  • Below/left
  •  

  • Above/right
Default = Below/left
Tick format code
Shows the code for the tick format selected. Default = empty
Tick format
String List: Choose a format code or time interval to use for each tick interval. Choose from these values:
  • None
  •  

  • Use Tick Format Code
  •  

  • Filled Fixed Width Integer
  •  

  • Freeform Integer or Float
  •  

  • Float with 2 or 4 decimal places
  •  

  • Exponential with 2 or 4 decimal places
  •  

  • Date (13 formats)
  •  

  • Time (11 formats)
Default = None
Title
Title: Enter title for colorbar.
Default = RGB Table 0
Text color
Color: Color to be used for the legend text. Click to choose from the default color palette, or specify RGB values. Default = [0,0,0] (black)
Text font
String List: Font used for legend text. Select a font from the list. Choose from these values:
  • Helvetica
  •  

  • Courier
  •  

  • Times
  •  

  • Symbol
  •  

  • Hershey
Default = Helvetica
Text style
String List: Style used for legend text. Select a style from the list. Choose from these values:
  • Normal
  •  

  • Bold
  •  

  • Italic
  •  

  • Bold italic
Default = Normal
Text font size
Number: Font size in points for the legend text. Edit the number to change the size. Default = 12

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  IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)