Bar Chart Label Area not wide enough for category labels, needs custom width property in Format

[tchittenden]

When creating a (horizontal) bar chart, often the space allocated for the axis (Y Axis: category or series) is not wide enough if the names are long. There should be an override setting in the Format page to adjust one way or the other. Also, there is the ability to place the labels on the RIGHT side, but no way to reverse or mirror the bars such that the zero point is on the right side. Would also like the ability to RIGHT JUSTIFY labels on the LEFT side of the bars, and LEFT justify labels on the Right side.

[anders_bergmaal]

Totally agree. Also if you want two place a second horizontal bar chart under the first one, the start point of the actual bars depend on the text lenght of your labels. Which makes it impossible to align the charts in a nice way. We need to be able to explicitly set the label area width, either by dragging the "column" in the visual, or by applying a number in format settings pane. Or both.