How do I change a JFreeChart's size
I've added a JFreeChart
to a JPanel
(using a BorderLayout
), and it's huge. Is there something I can do to make it smaller?
public void generateChart()
{
DefaultCategoryDataset dataset = new DefaultCategoryDataset();
//set the values of the chart
for(int i=0; i<8; i++)
{
dataset.setValue(income_array[i], "Income",
Double.toString(percent_array[i]));
}
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createBarChart(
"Required Annual Income for a Variety of Interest Rates",
"Percent", "Income", dataset, PlotOrientation.VERTICAL,
false,true, false);
ChartPanel cp = new ChartPanel(chart);
chart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.white);
chart.getTitle().setPaint(Color.black);
CategoryPlot p = chart.getCategoryPlot();
p.setRangeGridlinePaint(Color.blue);
//cp.setMaximumDrawHeight(5);
//cp.setMaximumDrawWidth(5);
//cp.setZoomOutFactor(.1);
JPanel graph = new JPanel();
graph.add(cp);
middle.add(graph, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
Solution 1:
When you create your ChartPanel
, you have several options that affect the result:
Accept the
DEFAULT_WIDTH
andDEFAULT_HEIGHT
: 680 x 420.Specify the preferred
width
andheight
in the constructor.Invoke
setPreferredSize()
explicitly if appropriate.-
Override
getPreferredSize()
to calculate the size dynamically.@Override public Dimension getPreferredSize() { // given some values of w & h return new Dimension(w, h); }
Choose the layout of the container to which the
ChartPanel
will be added. Note that the default layout ofJPanel
isFlowLayout
, while that ofJFrame
isBorderLayout
. As a concrete example,ThermometerDemo
uses both preferred values in the constructor and aGridLayout
for the container to allow dynamic resizing.
Solution 2:
In addition to answer "4" of @trashgod, I had the same problem and managed to solve it like this: (1) create a custom class which extends JPanel (2) get the size somehow, that you would like to pass to your chart (3) create a method which returns a "ChartPanel" object like this:
ChartPanel chart() {
//... custom code here
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createPieChart(title, pieDataset, false, false, false );`enter code here`
// Now: this is the trick to manage setting the size of a chart into a panel!:
return new ChartPanel(chart) {
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(width, height);
}
};
}
I prepared a SSCCE to let you know how it works:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.data.general.DefaultPieDataset;
public class MyPieChart extends JPanel {
public static void main(String[] args) {
example1();
example2();
example3();
}
public static void example1() {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBounds(50, 80, 100, 100);
MyPieChart piePanel = new MyPieChart("Example 1", dataset(), panel);
panel.add(piePanel);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(null);
frame.setBounds(10, 10, 200, 300);
frame.add(panel);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void example2() {
MyPieChart piePanel = new MyPieChart("Example 2", dataset(), 30, 50, 100, 100);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(null);
frame.setBounds(210, 10, 200, 300);
frame.add(piePanel);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void example3() {
MyPieChart piePanel = new MyPieChart("Example 3", dataset(), 100, 100);
piePanel.setLocation(0,0);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setLayout(null);
frame.setBounds(410, 10, 200, 300);
frame.add(piePanel);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
static ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> dataset() {
ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> dataset = new ArrayList<ArrayList<String>>();
dataset.add(row( "Tom", "LoggedIn", "Spain" ));
dataset.add(row( "Jerry", "LoggedOut", "England" ));
dataset.add(row( "Gooffy", "LoggedOut", "France" ));
return dataset;
}
static ArrayList<String> row(String name, String actualState, String country) {
ArrayList<String> row = new ArrayList<String>();
row.add(name); row.add(actualState); row.add(country);
return row;
}
ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> dataset;
DefaultPieDataset pieDataset = new DefaultPieDataset();
int width, height, posX, posY;
int colState = 1;
String title;
String LoggedIn = "LoggedIn";
String LoggedOut = "LoggedOut";
public MyPieChart(String title, ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> dataset, int...args) {
if(args.length==2) {
this.width = args[0];
this.height = args[1];
this.setSize(width, height);
}
else if(args.length==4) {
this.posX = args[0];
this.posY = args[1];
this.width = args[2];
this.height = args[3];
this.setBounds(posX, posY, width, height);
}
else {
System.err.println("Error: wrong number of size/position arguments");
return;
}
this.title = title;
this.dataset = dataset;
this.add(chart());
}
public MyPieChart(String title, ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> dataset, JPanel panel) {
this.title = title;
this.dataset = dataset;
this.width = panel.getWidth();
this.height = panel.getHeight();
this.setBounds(panel.getBounds());
this.add(chart());
}
ChartPanel chart() {
int totalLoggedIn = 0;
int totalLoggedOut = 0;
for(ArrayList<String> user : dataset) {
if(user.get(colState).equals(LoggedIn)) totalLoggedIn++;
else totalLoggedOut++;
}
pieDataset.clear();
pieDataset.setValue(LoggedIn +": "+ totalLoggedIn, totalLoggedIn);
pieDataset.setValue(LoggedOut +": "+ totalLoggedOut, totalLoggedOut);
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createPieChart(title, pieDataset, false, false, false );
return new ChartPanel(chart) { // this is the trick to manage setting the size of a chart into a panel!
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(width, height);
}
};
}
}
I really hope it helps!
Solution 3:
I had a problem with my pie chart being too big with BorderLayout too. I ended up solving my problem by converting the chart to an image instead.
Before
After
Code
private PieDataset updateCSFDataSet(){
DefaultPieDataset dataSet = new DefaultPieDataset();
dataSet.setValue("Clear(" + clearCount + ")" , clearCount);
dataSet.setValue("Smoky(" + smokyCount + ")", smokyCount);
dataSet.setValue("Foggy(" + foggyCount + ")", foggyCount);
dataSet.setValue("Skipped(" + skipCount + ")", skipCount);
dataSet.setValue("Unlabeled(" + unlabeledCount + ")", unlabeledCount);
return dataSet;
}
private ImageIcon createChart(String title, PieDataset dataSet){
JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createPieChart(
title,
dataSet,
true,
false,
false
);
PiePlot plot = (PiePlot) chart.getPlot();
plot.setLabelFont(new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 12));
plot.setNoDataMessage("No data available");
plot.setCircular(true);
plot.setIgnoreZeroValues(true);
plot.setLabelGap(0.02);
return new ImageIcon(chart.createBufferedImage(400,300));
}