cfchart horizontal bar labels crowded

Question

I have created a simple chart in coldfusion 10. For some reason the labels on Y-axis are too crowded. Granted they are long texts (not more than 100 characters though), they should still appear on single lines instead of wrapping. Here is the screen-shot:

<cfchart chartheight="1000" chartwidth="1000" showxgridlines="no" showygridlines="no" showborder="no" fontbold="no" fontitalic="no" show3d="no" rotated="no" sortxaxis="no" showlegend="no" showmarkers="no"  format="jpg" xaxistitle="Issues">
<cfchartseries type="horizontalbar" serieslabel="Survey Count"  >
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lknevfvfv ghthrtg y;l;lm;'m jkbjed lknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn" value="10">
<cfchartdata item="lewfll; ;lmrtgbjweb vkn wkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfewflfojewmlrm" value="20">
<cfchartdata item="efklnwkln lknkleng lwkencfkenefe klnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn ewe" value="40">
<cfchartdata item="lkenglk klkn kjbghdchg lwk ewefrewf ncfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn" value="10">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="60">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lkneffvlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="80">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="50">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="5">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="100">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfke btgnklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="20">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lknevlvvrgr knl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="10">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenklnr lkneffvfg vlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="50">
<cfchartdata item="lwkffdfdf encfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="60">
<cfchartdata item="lwkenc hy jujuyjj fkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="10">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencrfrf fkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="80">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfrfrf  h thtt yyuyu kenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="25">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencefef ferrgrg fkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="38">
<cfchartdata item="lwken hthththcfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="2">
<cfchartdata item="jjkjkkjbjk lwkencfkeefefnklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="120">
<cfchartdata item=";l;m;';' frfegtgrt tgt kencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="12">
<cfchartdata item="knklnknk lknlkne lknklnewf lwkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="55">
<cfchartdata item="el;mvlml ;lmlmll ';,;lwkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="88">
<cfchartdata item="lwkg;lm;l ';,;' nkneknfv encfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="6">
<cfchartdata item="knklnekgn klnqd legegwkeeg ncfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="10">
<cfchartdata item="lwgerg;,e;' ';,hytlhmwjkbfh kjkencfkenklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="25">
<cfchartdata item="lwkencfkenfwekfnwkln  knklnklnd l;ml;fklnr lknevlknl klnelvkn lknlknrweknn wcwfojewmlrm" value="150">
</cfchartseries>

Thanks.

Answer 1

CF10 uses multiple charting engines: ZingChart for format="html" and WebCharts3D for all other formats ie "flash|jpg|png".

As mentioned, using ZingCharts directly would offer more control. However, to answer your question your current chart is generated with WebCharts3D. You can modify the chart's behavior by using a custom style. To disable wrapping use isMultiline="false". (See also the charting utility in {cfroot\charting\webcharts.bat}).

<cfsavecontent variable="customStyle"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<frameChart>
   <xAxis>
      <labelStyle isMultiline="false" isHideOverlapped="false" orientation="Horizontal"/>
   </xAxis>
</frameChart>
</cfsavecontent>

<cfchart style="#customStyle#" 
       chartheight="1000" 
       chartwidth="1000" ....>

</cfchart>