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worthywow1988
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Fixed Stacked Bar Height?

Hi!

 

I have some survey data where a topic has a few questions ranging to a topic that has lots. When switching between these on a stacked bar chart, it (as expected) expands to fill the space available and IMHO looks a bit inelegant and "shouty"!

 

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There doesn't seem to be an option to set an absolute bar height (I might be wrong so please let me know!)

 

Is there anyway to achieve this?

 

One thought I had was to create a summary table that has a set number of rows for questions and if less than the set number then it puts in dummy questions "-" with zero values though not entirely sure how to do this - would this work?

 

Thanks for any help/ideas.

 

Richard

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lbendlin
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You should prefer a visual that does not have scroll bars.  Vertical scroll bars may be acceptable, horizontal scroll bars are a sure red flag.

 

While you cannot change the bar height you can change the ratios.

 

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Consider custom visuals like Deneb if you want more control over the layout.

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worthywow1988
Frequent Visitor

Thanks! I always try and avoid scroll bars 😀 I'll check out Deneb - thanks again

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

You should prefer a visual that does not have scroll bars.  Vertical scroll bars may be acceptable, horizontal scroll bars are a sure red flag.

 

While you cannot change the bar height you can change the ratios.

 

lbendlin_0-1726936823500.png

 

Consider custom visuals like Deneb if you want more control over the layout.

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