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Zoola™ HTML5 Javascript Charts are defined with default formatting. While the Ad Hoc Designer provides some basic formatting control via properties that are selected from the Chart Formatting Dialog, you may require more control over a chart's appearance.

Placing two slashes at the beginning of a property causes it to be commented out. Use this "trick" to disable a property without having to delete it.
Property names and Values are case sensitive. Incorrect casing will cause a Property to be ignored.
If the Properties names or Values are input incorrectly, the chart will not change.

The following chart provides an extensive list of advanced formatting commands. To implement the commands, complete the following steps:

On the Advanced tab of the Chart Format window, click the Add New Property button.
In the Property field, enter a command from the Property column of the table below this list.
In the Value column, enter the necessary value as identified in the Value column of the table, and explained in the Description column of the table.
To save the new formatting command, click the button.
To see the change in your chart with the window still open, click the Apply button.
To apply your change and close the window, click the OK button.

Property	Value	Description
chart.alignTicks	true or false	When using multiple axis, the ticks of two or more opposite axes will automatically be aligned by adding ticks to the axis or axes with the least ticks. This can be prevented by setting alignTicks to false. If the grid lines look messy, it's a good idea to hide them for the secondary axis by setting gridLineWidth to 0. Defaults to true. For example, value set to: false
chart.backgroundColor	"color"	Sets the back ground color of the entire chart. The color value may be a color name (such as 'Black') or a hexadecimal code enclosed in double quotes. For example, value set to: "Grey" Notes: Color Names and Hex Codes should not contain spaces. Hex codes should begin with #. If an unknown color name or code is defined, a black back ground is displayed.
chart.borderColor	"color"	The color of the outer chart border. Defaults to #4572A7. For example, value set to: "Green" Notes: You must include chart.borderWidth in order to work
chart.borderRadius	Value	The corner radius of the outer chart border. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 5 Notes: You must include and chart.borderWidth in order to work You can add chart.borderColor to change border color
chart.borderWidth	Value	The pixel width of the outer chart border. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 2 Notes: You can add chart.borderColor to change border color
chart.plotBackgroundColor	"color"	Sets the back ground color of the chart plot area. The color value may be a color name (such as 'Black') or a hexadecimal code enclosed in double quotes. For example, value set to: "Black" Notes: Color Names and Hex Codes should not contain spaces. Hex codes should begin with #. If an unknown color name or code is defined, a black back ground is displayed.
chart.height	Value	An explicit height for the chart. By default the height is calculated from the offset height of the containing element, or 400 pixels if the containing element's height is 0. For example, value set to: 200
chart.ignoreHiddenSeries	true or false	If true, the axes will scale to the remaining visible series once one series is hidden. If false, hiding and showing a series will not affect the axes or the other series. For stacks, once one series within the stack is hidden, the rest of the stack will close in around it even if the axis is not affected. For example, value set to: true
chart.inverted	true or false	Whether to invert the axes so that the x axis is vertical and y axis is horizontal. For example, value set to: true
chart.margin	Array	The margin between the outer edge of the chart and the plot area. The numbers in the array designate top, right, bottom and left respectively. Use the options marginTop, marginRight, marginBottom and marginLeft for shorthand setting of one option. Since version 2.1, the margin is 0 by default. The actual space is dynamically calculated from the offset of axis labels, axis title, title, subtitle and legend in addition to the spacingTop, spacingRight, spacingBottom and spacingLeft options. Defaults to [null]. For example, value set to: [100, 80, 60, 80]
chart.marginBottom	Value	The margin between the bottom outer edge of the chart and the plot area. Use this to set a fixed pixel value for the margin as opposed to the default dynamic margin. See also. For example, value set to: 100
chart.marginLeft	Value	The margin between the left outer edge of the chart and the plot area. Use this to set a fixed pixel value for the margin as opposed to the default dynamic margin. See also spacingLeft. For example, value set to: 150
chart.marginRight	Value	The margin between the right outer edge of the chart and the plot area. Use this to set a fixed pixel value for the margin as opposed to the default dynamic margin. See also spacingRight. For example, value set to: 270
chart.marginTop	Value	The margin between the top outer edge of the chart and the plot area. Use this to set a fixed pixel value for the margin as opposed to the default dynamic margin. See also spacingTop. For example, value set to: 30
chart.panKey	String	Allows setting a key to switch between zooming and panning. For example, value set to: "shift"
chart.panning	true or false	Allow panning in a chart. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: true
chart.plotBackgroundImage	String	The URL for an image to use as the plot background. To set an image as the background for the entire chart, set a CSS background image to the container element. Note that for the image to be applied to exported charts, its URL needs to be accessible by the server. For example, value set to: "insert URL"
chart.plotBorderColor	"color"	The color of the inner chart or plot area border. Defaults to #C0C0C0. For example, value set to: "blue"
chart.plotBorderWidth	Value	The pixel width of the plot area border. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 2
chart.polar	true or false	When true, cartesian charts like line, spline, area and column are transformed into the polar coordinate system. Requires highcharts-more.js . Defaults to false . For example, value set to: true
chart.reflow	true or false	Whether to reflow the chart to fit the width of the container div on resizing the window. Defaults to true . For example, value set to: false
chart.resetZoomButton.position.x chart.resetZoomButton.position.y	Value	Affects the position of the "Reset zoom" button. This is an object that can hold the properties align, verticalAlign, x and y. For example, value set to: -100 10
chart.resetZoomButton.theme	Object	A collection of attributes for the button. The object takes SVG attributes like fill, stroke, stroke-width or r, the border radius. The theme also supports style, a collection of CSS properties for the text. Equivalent attributes for the hover state are given in theme.states.hover. For example, define the property as follows: chart.resetZoomButton.theme.fill Set value to: "red"
chart.selectionMarkerFill	"color"	The background color of the marker square when selecting (zooming in on) an area of the chart. Defaults to rgba(69,114,167,0.25). For example, value set to: "blue"
chart.showAxes	true or false	Whether to show the axes initially. This only applies to empty charts where series are added dynamically, as axes are automatically added to cartesian series. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: false
chart.spacing	Array	The distance between the outer edge of the chart and the content, like title, legend, axis title or labels. The numbers in the array designate top, right, bottom and left respectively. Use the options spacingTop, spacingRight, spacingBottom and spacingLeft options for shorthand setting of one option. Defaults to [10, 10, 15, 10]. For example, value set to: [20, 20, 25, 20]
chart.style	CSSObject	Additional CSS styles to apply inline to the container div. Note that since the default font styles are applied in the renderer, it is ignorant of the individual chart options and must be set globally. Defaults to: <span style="font-size:12px;">style: { fontFamily: '"Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif', // default font fontSize: '12px' }</span> Defaults to: Lucida Sans Unicode\", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif","fontSize":"12px"} For example, value set to: 'serif'
chart.type	"waterfall" or"gauge" or "solidgauge"	The default series type for the chart. Use this to create a "waterfall" chart or a "gauge". For example, value set to: "waterfall" Notes: Drawing Gauges requires addtional formatting commands to create the desired appearance. For example, a SolidGauge, uses the following properties: chart.type with a value of "solidgauge" pane.startAngle with a value of -90 pane.endAngle with a value of 90 pane.background.innerRadius with a value of "60%" yAxis.min with a value of 0 yAxis.minorTickInterval with a value of null yAxis.lineWidth with a value of 0 yAxis.tickWidth with a value of 0 plotOptions.solidgauge.dataLabels.borderWidth with a value of 0 pane.background.shape with a value of "arc" yAxis.max with a value of 100000 plotOptions.solidgauge.dataLabels.y with a value of -40 colors with a value of ["skyblue"] yAxis.labels.y with a value of 12 yAxis.tickPixelInterval with a value of 10000
chart.width	Value	An explicit width for the chart. By default the width is calculated from the offset width of the containing element. For example, value set to: 350
chart.zoomType	"Value"	Decides in what dimensions the user can zoom by dragging the mouse. Can be one of x, y or xy. For example, value set to: "xy"
colors	["Color1", "Color2", "ColorN"']	A comma seperated list of color values for chart series data. The color value may be a color name (such as 'Blue', 'LightSeaGreen', 'Purple') or hexadecimal codes enclosed in double quotes. For example, value set to: ["red", "DarkTurquoise", "blue", "green", "magenta", "purple", "black", "yellow", "brown", "grey", "gold", "orange", "#7cb5ec"] If there are more series in the chart than specfied in the color list, then default colors are used for the remainig chart series: Notes: Color Names and Hex Codes should not contain spaces. Hex codes should begin with #. If an unknown color name or code is defined, a black series value is returned.
legend.align	"left" or "right" or"center"	Sets the left-to-right alignment of a chart legend. For example, value set to: "left"
legend.backgroundColor	"color"	The background color of the legend. For example, value set to: "blue"
legend.borderColor	color	The color of the drawn border around the legend. Defaults to #909090. For example, value set to: "red"
legend.borderRadius	Value	The border corner radius of the legend. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 10
legend.borderWidth	Value	The width of the drawn border around the legend. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 0
legend.enabled	true or false	Enable or disable the legend. Defaults to true. For example, value set to: false
legend.floating	true or false	When the legend is floating, the plot area ignores it and is allowed to be placed below it. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: true
legend.itemDistance	Value	In a legend with horizontal layout, the itemDistance defines the pixel distance between each item. Defaults to 20. For example, value set to: 50
legend.itemHiddenStyle.color	CSSObject	CSS styles for each legend item when the corresponding series or point is hidden. Only a subset of CSS is supported, notably those options related to text. Properties are inherited from style unless overridden here. Defaults to:`<span style="font-size:12px;">itemHiddenStyle: { color: '#CCC'</span>`. For example, value set to: "green"
legend.itemHoverStyle.color	CSSObject	CSS styles for each legend item in hover mode. Only a subset of CSS is supported, notably those options related to text. Properties are inherited from style unless overridden here. Defaults to:`<span style="font-size:12px;">itemHoverStyle: {color: '#000'}</span>`. For example, value set to: "SandyBrown"
legend.itemMarginBottom	Value	The pixel bottom margin for each legend item. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 4
legend.itemMarginTop	Value	The pixel top margin for each legend item. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 5
legend.itemStyle.color	CSSObject	CSS styles for each legend item. Only a subset of CSS is supported, notably those options related to text. Defaults to { "color": "#333333", "cursor": "pointer", "fontSize": "12px", "fontWeight": "bold" }. For example, value set to: "gray"
legend.itemStyle.fontSize	CSSObject	CSS styles for each legend item. Only a subset of CSS is supported, notably those options related to text. Defaults to { "color": "#333333", "cursor": "pointer", "fontSize": "12px", "fontWeight": "bold" }. For example, value set to: "16px"
legend.itemStyle.fontWeight	CSSObject	CSS styles for each legend item. Only a subset of CSS is supported, notably those options related to text. Defaults to { "color": "#333333", "cursor": "pointer", "fontSize": "12px", "fontWeight": "bold" }. For example, value set to: "bold"
legend.itemWidth	Value	The width for each legend item. This is useful in a horizontal layout with many items when you want the items to align vertically. For example, value set to: 180
legend.layout	String	The layout of the legend items. Can be one of "horizontal" or "vertical". Defaults to horizontal. For example, value set to: "vertical"
legend.navigation.activeColor	"color"	The color for the active up or down arrow in the legend page navigation. Defaults to #3E576F. "#9FF084"
legend.navigation.animation	true or false	How to animate the pages when navigating up or down. A value of true applies the default navigation given in the chart.animation option. Additional options can be given as an object containing values for easing and duration. . Defaults to true. For example, value set to: false
legend.navigation.arrowSize	Value	The pixel size of the up and down arrows in the legend paging navigation. Defaults to 12. For example, value set to: 16
legend.navigation.inactiveColor	"color"	The color of the inactive up or down arrow in the legend page navigation. Defaults to #CCC. For example, value set to: "red"
legend.navigation.style.fontWeight	CssObject	Text styles for the legend page navigation. For example, value set to: "bold"
legend.padding	Value	The inner padding of the legend box. Defaults to 8. For example, value set to: 4
legend.reversed	true or false	Whether to reverse the order of the legend items compared to the order of the series or points as defined in the configuration object. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: true
legend.rtl	true or false	Whether to show the symbol on the right side of the text rather than the left side. This is common in Arabic and Hebraic. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: true
legend.shadow	true or false \| Object	Whether to apply a drop shadow to the legend. A backgroundColor also needs to be applied for this to take effect. Since 2.3 the shadow can be an object configuration containing color, offsetX,offsetY, opacity and width. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: true
legend.symbolHeight	Value	The pixel height of the symbol for series types that use a rectangle in the legend. Defaults to the font size of legend items. For example, value set to: 4
legend.symbolPadding	Value	The pixel padding between the legend item symbol and the legend item text. Defaults to 5. For example, value set to: 12
legend.symbolRadius	Value	The border radius of the symbol for series types that use a rectangle in the legend. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 10
legend.symbolWidth	Value	The pixel width of the legend item symbol. Defaults to 16. For example, value set to: 30
legend.title.style.fontSize	CSSObject	Generic CSS styles for the legend title. Defaults to {"fontWeight":"bold"}. For example, value set to: 20
legend.useHTML	true or false	Whether to use HTML to render the legend item texts. Prior to 4.1.7, when using HTML, legend.navigation was disabled. For example, value set to: true
legend.verticalAlign	"top" or"bottom" or"center"	Sets the top-to-bottom alignment of a chart legend. For example, value set to: "top"
legend.width	Value	The width of the legend box. For example, value set to: 75
legend.backgroundColor	"color"	Sets the background color of the chart legend. For example, value set to: "silver" Notes: Color Names and Hex Codes should not contain spaces. Hex codes should begin with #. If an unknown color name or code is defined, a black background is displayed.
legend.title.text	String	Displays a legend tile. For example, value set to: Key:
legend.x	Value	The x offset of the legend relative to its horizontal alignment align within chart.spacingLeft and chart.spacingRight. Negative x moves it to the left, positive x moves it to the right. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: -105
legend.y	Value	The vertical offset of the legend relative to it's vertical alignment verticalAlignwithin chart.spacingTop and chart.spacingBottom. Negative y moves it up, positive y moves it down. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 20
pane.background.backgroundColor	"color"	For example, value set to: "red"
pane.background.shape	String	For example, value set to: "arc"
pane.background.innerWidth	Value	For example, value set to: 30
pane.background.outerWidth	Value	For example, value set to: 20
pane.background.borderWidth	Value	For example, value set to: 10
pane.background.borderColor	"color"	For example, value set to: "blue"
plotOptions.pie.innerSize	"Value"	Sets the size of a hole in Pie Charts. Value can either be a pixel number or % of Pie enclosed in double quotes. For example, a value of: "50%"
plotOptions.series.dataLabels.enabled	true or false	Displays data values on a chart. For example, value set to: true
plotOptions.series.dataLabels.format	*{format string}*	Applies a formatting to data labels. For example: {point.y:.2f} causes data values to display with 2 decimals {point.y:,.0f} causes data vlaues to display with thousands seperator and zero decimals and causes the chart tp draw as follows: Another example for percent bar chart: {point.percentage:.1f} % Notes: Requires the plotOptions.series.dataLabels.enabled format property to be set
plotOptions.series.dataLabels.rotation	Value	Rotates data labels from 0 to 360 degrees. For example, value set to: 270 Notes: Requires the plotOptions.series.dataLabels.enabled format property to be set
plotOptions.series.dataLabels.x plotOptions.series.dataLabels.y	Value	Defines datalabel offwet position from either X or Y axis. For example, to change the label position on the Y-Axis, use plotOptions.series.dataLabels.y with a value of: -20
plotOptions.series.pointWidth	Value	For example, value set to: 17
series.shadow	true or false	Whether to apply a drop shadow to the graph line. Since 2.3 the shadow can be an object configuration containing color, offsetX, offsetY, opacity and width. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: false
series.borderWidth	Value	For example, value set to: 0
series.groupPadding	Value	For example, value set to: -4
series.pointPadding	Value	For example, value set to: -.5
subtitle.text title.text	String	Displays a Chart Title or Subtitle text string. For example, a title and subtitle values of: Fresh Food Sales Performance State Tree Map by Demographic
title.text	"Value"	The title of the chart. To disable the title, set the text to null. Defaults to Chart title. For example, value set to: "Title"
tooltip.followPointer	true or false	Whether the tooltip should follow the mouse as it moves across columns, pie slices and other point types with an extent. By default it behaves this way for scatter, bubble and pie series by override in the plotOptions for those series types. For touch moves to behave the same way, followTouchMove must be true also. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: true
tooltip.footerFormat	"Value"	A string to append to the tooltip format. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: "</table>"
tooltip.headerFormat	"Value"	The HTML of the tooltip header line. Variables are enclosed by curly brackets. Available variables are point.key, series.name, series.color and other members from the point and seriesobjects. The point.key variable contains the category name, x value or datetime string depending on the type of axis. For datetime axes, the point.key date format can be set using tooltip.xDateFormat. Defaults to <span style="font-size: 10px">{point.key}</span><br/>. For example, value set to: "<table>"
tooltip.pointFormat	"Value"	The HTML of the point's line in the tooltip. Variables are enclosed by curly brackets. Available variables are point.x, point.y, series.name and series.color and other properties on the same form. Furthermore, point.y can be extended by the tooltip.valuePrefix and tooltip.valueSuffix variables. This can also be overridden for each series, which makes it a good hook for displaying units. Defaults to <span style="color:{point.color}">\u25CF</span> {series.name}: <b>{point.y}</b><br/>. For example, value set to: ""
tooltip.useHTML	true or false	Use HTML to render the contents of the tooltip instead of SVG. Using HTML allows advanced formatting like tables and images in the tooltip. It is also recommended for rtl languages as it works around rtl bugs in early Firefox. Defaults to false. For example, value set to: true
xAxis.alternateGridColor	Value	When using an alternate grid color, a band is painted across the plot area between every other grid line. For example, value set to: "false"
xAxis.gridLineWidth	Value	The width of the grid lines extending the ticks across the plot area. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: 5
xAxis.labels.enabled	true or false	Enable or disable the axis labels. Defaults to true. For example, value set to: false
xAxis.tickWidth	Value	The pixel width of the major tick marks. Defaults to 1. For example, value set to: 0
xAxis.title.margin	Value	The pixel distance between the axis labels or line and the title. Defaults to 0 for horizontal axes, 10 for vertical. For example, value set to: 16
xAxis.title.style.fontSize	"Value"	For example, value set to: "20px"
xAxis.title.style.letterSpacing	"Value"	For example, value set to: "3px"
xAxis.title.text	Value	The actual text of the axis title. It can contain basic HTML text markup like <b>, <i> and spans with style. For example, value set to: "title"
xAxis.type	Value	The type of axis. Can be one of "linear", "logarithmic", "datetime" or "category". In a datetime axis, the numbers are given in milliseconds, and tick marks are placed on appropriate values like full hours or days. In a category axis, the point names of the chart's series are used for categories, if not a categories array is defined. Defaults to linear.
yAxis.alternateGridColor xAxis.alternateGridColor	"color"	Sets alternating bands of grid colors along either the x-axis or y-axis of the chart plot area. The color value may be a color name (such as 'Black') or a hexadecimal code enclosed in double quotes. For example, a y-axis value set to: "Pink" Notes: Color Names and Hex Codes should not contain spaces. Hex codes should begin with #. If an unknown color name or code is defined, a black series value is returned.
yAxis.gridLineWidth xAxis.gridLineWidth	Value	Sets the width of chart axis gridlines in pixels. For example, a y-axis value set to: 0
yAxis.labels.distance	Value	Angular gauges and solid gauges only. The label's pixel distance from the perimeter of the plot area. Defaults to 15. For example, value set to: 20
yAxis.labels.rotation	Value	Rotation of the labels in degrees. Defaults to 0. For example, value set to: "auto"
yAxis.lables.style.fontSize	CSSObject	CSS styles for the label. Use whiteSpace: 'nowrap' to prevent wrapping of category labels. Use textOverflow: 'none' to prevent ellipsis (dots). Defaults to{"color":"#6D869F","fontWeight":"bold"}. For example, value set to: "12px"
yAxis.min	Value	The minimum value of the axis. If null the min value is automatically calculated. If the startOnTick option is true, the min value might be rounded down. The automatically calculated minimum value is also affected by floor, minPadding, minRange as well as series.threshold and series.softThreshold. For example, value set to: 0
yAxis.max	Value	The maximum value of the axis. If null, the max value is automatically calculated. If the endOnTick option is true, the max value might be rounded up. The actual maximum value is also influenced bychart.alignTicks. For example, value set to: 300000
yAxis.minorTickPosition	String	The position of the minor tick marks relative to the axis line. Can be one of inside and outside. Defaults to outside. For example, value set to: "inside"
yAxis.tickPosition	String	The position of the major tick marks relative to the axis line. Can be one of inside and outside. Defaults to outside. For example, value set to: "outside"
yAxis.title.margin	Value	The pixel distance between the axis labels and the title. Positive values are outside the axis line, negative are inside. Defaults to 40. For example, value set to: 8
yAxis.title.style.fontSize	"Value"	CSS styles for the title. When titles are rotated they are rendered using vector graphic techniques and not all styles are applicable. Defaults to { "color": "#707070", "fontWeight": "bold" }. For example, value set to: "18px"
yAxis.title.text	Value	The actual text of the axis title. Horizontal texts can contain HTML, but rotated texts are painted using vector techniques and must be clean text. The Y axis title is disabled by setting the text option tonull. Defaults to Values. For example, value set to: "Store Sales"
yAxis.type xAxis.type	"logarithmic" "datetime" "category" "logarithmic" or "datetime"	The type of axis. Can be one of "linear", "logarithmic", "datetime" or "category". In a datetime axis, the numbers are given in milliseconds, and tick marks are placed on appropriate values like full hours or days. In a category axis, the point names of the chart's series are used for categories, if not a categories array is defined. For example, the y-axis value set to: "logarithmic"