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Set the position of a visual element using X, Y coordinates

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Kurt Buhler on 03 Oct 2022 14:47:45

  • Be able to position the element in a specific place according to the X, Y coordinates of the visual canvas.
  • Example: Set the title to appear at 3, 3 on all visuals, very close to the border, instead of just "top left"


  • Be able to set the position of a data label relative to the X, Y coordinate of the data point (i.e. Data Point + 10%)
  • Example: A bar is at 100, set the data label to appear at the data point + 10%; i.e. the data point renders at 110.
  • Similar to how data labels are specified in other programmatic visualization tools


It would give the user total control of where visual elements render so that they appear where they're intended independent of padding etc. This would make element positioning a lot more flexible.


The user could control this with a slider and/or text input to give a value.