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JMP 17.2 > Windows > GRAPH BUILDER > How do I maintain the size of the Y Label box when using Y-labels of different length?

Thierry_S — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:04:32 GMT

Dear JMP Community,

I thought I knew Graph Builder, but I encountered an annoying behavior with Y-labels of differing lengths.

In the example below, I use a Local Data Filter to plot different categories of data (RColor). Each category has a set of labels (plotted as Y-labels) that can vary in length from 8 characters to > 50. As shown in the two graphs below (identical script), the plot dimensions change according to the length of the Y-labels. Is there a way to lock the dimensions of the Y-axis box, or to wrap the long labels to a fixed length? Of note, the "Line Wrap" setting in AXIS SETTINGS does not seem to do too much in my case.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Re: JMP 17.2 > Windows > GRAPH BUILDER > How do I maintain the size of the Y Label box when using Y-labels of different length?

hogi — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:05:00 GMT

[In Jm18] Wrap lines has an effect :

Depending on the number of labels and the available space, JMP arranges the labels into fewer lines and may even skip part of a label:

(view in My Videos)

If you try to adjust the size of the labels to get graphs with consistent size, you could skip the fist step and use Frame Size :

Names Default to Here(1);
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
Graph Builder(
	Variables( X( :height ), Y( :name ) ),
	Elements( Bar( X, Y ) )
);

:name[2] = "This is a very long name which has an influence on the size of the Framebox";

current report()[FrameBox(1)] << Frame Size ( 500, 500)

Re: JMP 17.2 > Windows > GRAPH BUILDER > How do I maintain the size of the Y Label box when using Y-labels of different length?

hogi — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:28:00 GMT

Interesting:
the Size() option in Graph builder controls the green region (including the axis labels).

Via the Frame Size(), one can control the blue region:

And up to now there is no function in JMP to control the purple region:
https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Graph-builder-Frame-size-JSL/m-p/702694/highlight/true#M88706

if you need such a functionality, please vote here: