When axis labels are aligned left, space reserveSpace option is no longer respected.

[eggers]

Expected behaviour

Labels should take the same space whether align: "left" or align: "center" is used

Actual behaviour

When labels are aligned left (xAxis labels on a bar chart), space is no longer reserved for the labels.

Live demo of the issue

http://jsfiddle.net/w315zkaf/

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Modify the sample bar chart, just addinging: labels: {align: 'left'} to the xAxis options.

Affected browser(s)

[eggers]

My jsfiddle sample wasn't added: http://jsfiddle.net/w315zkaf/

[eggers]

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[SpacePrez]

I'm also experiencing this same issue. HighCharts StackBar has serious bugs with labels due to the x-axis being on the left side.

[SpacePrez]

I'm also experiencing this same issue. HighCharts StackBar has serious bugs with labels due to the x-axis being on the left side.

[TorsteinHonsi]

The rationale is that Highcharts assumes you want to put the labels inside, like this: http://jsfiddle.net/highcharts/w315zkaf/2/ .

That looks good on a value axis, not so good on a category axis with a stacked bar.

We need to modify the reserveSpace option. Currently it can be set to false to ignore the space of the label, but it should also be possible to set it to true to force the axis to reserve space, regardless of alignment. Then the default value should be null, which will be the current behaviour, a best guess based on alignment.

Related source code.

[TorsteinHonsi]

The rationale is that Highcharts assumes you want to put the labels inside, like this: http://jsfiddle.net/highcharts/w315zkaf/2/ .

That looks good on a value axis, not so good on a category axis with a stacked bar.

We need to modify the reserveSpace option. Currently it can be set to false to ignore the space of the label, but it should also be possible to set it to true to force the axis to reserve space, regardless of alignment. Then the default value should be null, which will be the current behaviour, a best guess based on alignment.

Related source code.

[Izothep]

+1

[Izothep]

+1

[TorsteinHonsi]

It's fixed now, but allowing the reserveSpace option to be set to true explicitly. See the fix applied at http://jsfiddle.net/highcharts/w315zkaf/5/.

This will be part of v6.0.4, shipping within a few days.

[TorsteinHonsi]

It's fixed now, but allowing the reserveSpace option to be set to true explicitly. See the fix applied at http://jsfiddle.net/highcharts/w315zkaf/5/.

This will be part of v6.0.4, shipping within a few days.