Change the Size of Dimension Text

Occasionally, the textual description for a dimension on the graph very long. The options are either to increase the size of the text length, or to decrease it and leave it up to the user to understand the context.

To change the length of the text for dimensions, navigate to the Axes menu, and adjust the value on the selector Max tick length.

change tick text length

For example, we decreased the text length from 25 to 15; the impact is visible on the columns labeled "District of Columbia":

decreasing the dimension text length from 25 to 15