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The Shadow Style Type helps
you apply shadow effect to any of the chart objects. It extends the following
configurable properties: |
Properties |
Description |
Distance |
The
offset distance for the shadow (in pixels). The default value is
4 |
Angle |
The
angle of the shadow. Valid values are 0 to 360˚. The default
value is 45 |
Color |
The
color of the shadow in hex code (without #). The default value is
CCCCCC |
Alpha |
The
alpha transparency value for the shadow color. Valid values are
0 to 100. For example, 25 sets a transparency value of 25%. |
blurX |
The
amount of horizontal blur. Valid values are 0 to 255. The default
value is 4. Values that are a power of 2 (such as 2, 4, 8, 16 and
32) are optimized to render more quickly than other values. |
Blurry |
The
amount of vertical blur. Valid values are 0 to 255. The default
value is 4. Values that are a power of 2 (such as 2, 4, 8, 16 and
32) are optimized to render more quickly than other values. |
Strength |
The
strength of the imprint or spread. The higher the value, the more
color is imprinted and the stronger the contrast between the shadow
and the background. Valid values are from 0 to 255. The default
is 1. |
Quality |
The
number of times to apply the shadow effect. Valid values are 0 to
15. The default value is 1, which is equivalent to low quality.
A value of 2 is medium quality, and a value of 3 is high quality.
Shadow with lower values are rendered quicker |
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Setting Shadow distance and angle |
The following code helps set the shadow distance and angle: |
<style name='MyFirstShadow' type='Shadow'
distance='6' angle='45'/> |
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Property |
Format |
Example |
Distance |
distance='value
in pixels' |
distance='6'
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Angle |
angle='value
between 0 to 360' |
angle='45' |
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When applied on the columns of a 2D Column Chart, as under:
<apply toObject='DataPlot' styles='MyFirstShadow'
/>, it gives the following output: |
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You can set any distance (in pixels) and any angle between
0-360. |
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Setting shadow cosmetics |
You can configure shadow color and alpha as under:
<style name='MyFirstShadow' type='Shadow' color='FF5904'
alpha='40' distance='6' angle='45' /> |
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Property |
Format |
Example |
Color
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color='Hex
value (without #)' |
color='FF5904'
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Alpha |
alpha='value
(between 0 to 100)' |
alpha='40' |
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The above code changes shadow color to orange (FF5904)
with a transparency of 40% as under: |
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Configuring shadow blur |
You can configure the blur amount of shadow as under: |
<style name='MyFirstShadow'
type='Shadow' distance='6' angle='45' blurX='16' blurY='16'/> |
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Property |
Format |
Example |
blurX
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blurX='value'
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blurX='16'
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Blurry |
blurY='value' |
blurY='16' |
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(Original shadow
– without any blur) |
(With blurX and blurY
as 16) |
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Controlling strength and quality |
The shadow's strength and quality can be controlled
as under:
<style name='MyFirstShadow' type='Shadow' distance='6'
angle='45' quality='10'/> |
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Property |
Format |
Example |
Quality |
quality='value'
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quality='10'
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Strength |
strength='value' |
strength='3' |
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(With default quality) |
(With quality set
as 10) |
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You can also set the strength of the shadow as under:
<style name='MyFirstShadow' type='Shadow'
distance='6' angle='45' strength='3'/> with the following results: |
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(With default strength) |
(With strength set
as 3) |
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Using a combination of the above discussed attributes,
you can create shadow effects the way you like it! |
Let's now shift focus to Glow Style Type. |