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Script to swap positions of a column from one graph builder drop zone to another

shampton82 — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:01:51 GMT

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if we can script the ability to move a column from one panel element to another in graph builder easily. If it is a simple graph then just dragging columns around is easy enough, but if the chart gets really large and you can't see all the possible drop zones then it gets cumbersome to have to try and wait for the screen to scroll to where you want to go. As an example, if I wanted to move the column that was in "PAGE" to "OVERLAY" and the chart is really tall, it is a pain to scroll all the way up while dragging the column. I can relaunch the graph builder and use the set-up menu to make the move easily but then I lose the data filter set up and all the customizations. I'm thinking if there was just a user interface that listed all the possible drop areas on the left-hand side to select where to move from and then a list of all the drop zones which would be where you wanted to move the column.

I'm thinking this would be possible but not sure if it will be too "fragile" to be practical.

Thanks for any input!

Re: Script to swap positions of a column from one graph builder drop zone to another

jthi — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:10:11 GMT

Are you just looking to move variable (column) to other role (drop zone) which isn't being used? It could be somewhat fragile to script this as you would most likely have to use << Add Variable and << Remove Variable.

Maybe there should be one additional option in right-click menu for graph builder: instead of just Swap there should also be a Move option. This would let you move the variable to other role instead of just swapping it with other variable (wish list item?). In my opinion, the user-experience in JMP with "long report windows" isn't really that good (especially in graph builder and tabulate) and you have to rely on local data filter.

Re: Script to swap positions of a column from one graph builder drop zone to another

shampton82 — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:55:59 GMT

Hey @jthi ,

Yeah that correct, just move from one drop zone to another. Kinda like how we can do with right clicking and using "swap" but instead of just showing a list of all the active columns, show a list of all drop zones. So you could right click on something in the "PAGE" zone and select "OVERLAY" and the column would move drop zones. Maybe I need to just put in a wish list item.

Re: Script to swap positions of a column from one graph builder drop zone to another

shampton82 — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:28:32 GMT

@jthi I added in a wish list item here

Add in a right click option to move a column to a new drop zone in graph builder... - JMP User Community