Tag Cloud Series Layout

<tagCloudSeries>
    <tag>
        <font>

The following tables describe the attributes specific to the TagCloud chart definition (<tagCloudSeries>).

Attribute Type or Value Description
levelColoring integer The depth of coloring areas. Value range is [0, 64].
comparator Weight|Names|Rating The dataset characteristic used to compare words and choose their location
mode Row|Column|Wordle The tag display mode
alignment Left|Center|Right|Justify The text alignment
orientation MainlyHorizontal|HorizontalAndVertical|MainlyVertical|HorizontalOnly|VerticalOnly The text orientation mode
fillRate double The screen fill rate with words. Value range is [0.100, 1.500] with a step of 0.025.
spacingBetweenTags Auto|Fixed The space between tags
spacingValue double The space value in unit if spacingBetweenTags is Fixed.

The following table describes the <tag> attributes.

Attribute Type or Value Description
maxFontRatio Auto|Fixed The method to choose maximum font size of words
maxFontSize integer The word maximum font size if maxFontRatio is Fixed. Value range is [1, 56].
minFontRatio Auto|Fixed The method to choose minimum font size of words
minFontSize integer The word minimum font size if minFontRatio is Fixed. Value range is [1, 256].
minVisibleFontSize integer The font size threshold under which words are removed. Value range is [1, 50].
fontScaling Linear|Exponential|Logarithmic The word font size curve compared to word order

<font> defines the title font properties (face, italic, bold, strikethrough, underline, and RGB color). Font size is ignored. See Title.

Example

<plotArea> 
    <tagCloudSeries levelColoring="45" comparator="Weight" mode="Wordle" orientation="HorizontalAndVertical"
        fillRate="0.65" spacingBetweenTags="Fixed" spacingValue="0.097"> 
        <tag maxFontRatio="Auto" minFontRatio="Auto" minVisibleFontSize="4" fontScaling="Logarithmic"> 
            <font size="6" face="Arial" italic="false" bold="true" strikethrough="false" underline="false" rgb="#555555"/> 
        </tag> 
    </tagCloudSeries> 
</plotArea>