topic Re: Removing Empty Figure Portions in Discussions

Removing Empty Figure Portions

SigFigs — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 22:33:58 GMT

I often want to graph a number of factors in a single figure but regularly run into a situation were I have tested two variables or used diferent assays and introduce a significant amount of whitespace into a figure that is representing. Is there a way to selectively remove portions of a graph?

As an example in this figure I tested multiple cell lines using GFP and I want to compare to results I have generated with another assay but by doing so I create a ton of white space.

Re: Removing Empty Figure Portions

jthi — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:14:16 GMT

You would have to remove those columns from Y-axis to remove them from the graph. Other option could be to stack your data and then plot it slightly differently.

Re: Removing Empty Figure Portions

Ben_BarrIngh — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:58:34 GMT

Hi @SigFigs,

To add on to @jthi 's comment - stacking the data and using a Local Data Filter on the graph will help you remove the variable causing the white space.

Thanks,

Ben