observablehq / observablehq/plot
Axis label position: Allow customizing vertical position of axis label for Y axis
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Description
The distance between the axis label and the chart is customizable in one direction. It'd be great to be able to expose a setting for the other direction (or for styling it in general) to allow more flexibility.
.attr("dy", labelAnchor === "center"
? axis === "right"
? "-0.32em"
: "0.75em"
: labelAnchor === "bottom"
? "1.4em"
: "-1em")
The last condition ("-1em") seems too tight for my chart:
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Research direction
Search the repository for the shown .attr("dy", labelAnchor...) expression and read the surrounding axis-label implementation. Determine how axis-label positioning is currently configured and what API surface is appropriate; done means Y-axis labels support an additional vertical-position or styling setting without breaking existing placement behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- d3, javascript
- Domain
- data-visualization, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100