Linear Scale

The linear scale component has two main purposes. The first is to display a series of tick marks and labels that visually represent a linear range between a minimum value and a maximum value. The second purpose is to display indicators that represent a value or range of values, correctly positioned in on the linear scale. In the example above, two linear scales are used to flank a level indicator. The scale on the left has only tick marks, and no indicators. The scale on the right is used to display three indicators and no tick marks.

To configure the indicators, you use the Linea Scale's "Scale Indicators" customizer. To configure the tick marks, you use the scale's various properties that determine the minimum value, maximum value, and the various tick mark spans.

Appearance

Mirror

Mirror the scale so it paints against the opposite edge.

Scripting name	mirror
Data type	boolean

Reverse Range

Reverse the scale so that values go from high to low instead of low to high.

Scripting name	reverseRange
Data type	boolean

Label Angle

Changes the angle that the labels are drawn

Scripting name

labelAngle

Data type

int

Values

0	Right
90	Down
180	Left
270	Up

Margin

The margin to leave blank as a percentage of the total height or width of the scale.

Scripting name	margin
Data type	double

Major Tick Length

The line length for major ticks, in pixels.

Scripting name	majorTickLength
Data type	double

Major Tick Thickness

The line thickness for major ticks, in pixels.

Scripting name	majorTickStroke
Data type	float

Major Tick Color

The line color for major ticks.

Scripting name	majorTickColor
Data type	Color

Label Format

The label format string. Examples: "%.1f" will render numbers like "15.0", "%.0f" will render numbers like "15". Using the empty string "" will disable the labels.

Scripting name	majorTickLabelFormat
Data type	String

Label Font

The font used for drawing tick labels.

Scripting name	majorTickFont
Data type	Font

Label Color

The color used for drawing tick labels.

Scripting name	majorTickLabelColor
Data type	Color

Minor Tick Length

The line length for minor ticks, in pixels.

Scripting name	minorTickLength
Data type	double

Minor Tick Thickness

The line thickness for minor ticks, in pixels

Scripting name	minorTickStroke
Data type	float

Minor Tick Color

The line color for minor ticks.

Scripting name	minorTickColor
Data type	Color

Fine Tick Length

The line length for fine ticks, in pixels.

Scripting name	fineTickLength
Data type	double

Fine Tick Thickness

The line thickness for fine ticks, in pixels

Scripting name	fineTickStroke
Data type	float

Fine Tick Color

The line color for fine ticks.

Scripting name	fineTickColor
Data type	Color

Antialias

Draw with antialias on? Makes text smoother

Scripting name	antialias
Data type	boolean
Flags	expert

Common

Name

The name of this component.

Scripting name	name
Data type	String
Flags	bindable

Visible

If disabled, the component will be hidden.

Scripting name	visible
Data type	boolean
Flags	bindable

Border

The border surrounding this component. NOTE that the border is unaffected by rotation.

Scripting name	border
Data type	Border

Mouseover Text

The text that is displayed in the tooltip which pops up on mouseover of this component.

Scripting name	toolTipText
Data type	String

Cursor

The mouse cursor to use when hovering over this component.

Scripting name

cursorCode

Data type

int

Values

0	Default
1	Crosshair
2	Text
3	Wait
12	Hand
13	Move
4	SW Resize
5	SE Resize
6	NW Resize
7	NE Resize
8	N Resize
9	S Resize
10	W Resize
11	E Resize

Data

Min Value

The lower bound of the scale

Scripting name	minValue
Data type	double
Flags	bindable

Max Value

The upper bound of the scale

Scripting name	maxValue
Data type	double
Flags	bindable

Major Tick Span

The span length for major ticks. Should be a multiple of the minor and fine tick spans.

Scripting name	majorTickSpan
Data type	double

Minor Tick Span

The span length for minor ticks. Should be a factor of the major tick span and a multiple of the fine tick spans. Use zero to disable minor ticks.

Scripting name	minorTickSpan
Data type	double

Fine Tick Span

The span length for fine ticks. Should be a factor of the major and minor tick spans. Use zero to disable fine ticks.

Scripting name	fineTickSpan
Data type	double

Indicators

This dataset stores the indicators (if any) for the scale.

Scripting name	indicators
Data type	Dataset

Data Quality

The data quality code for any tag bindings on this component.

Scripting name	dataQuality
Data type	int
Flags	bindable \| expert

The following event sets are fired by this component. See Component Event Handlers to learn more.