JfreeChart: Stacked Bar Chart and CategoryAxis showing dates

Question

I have created a stacked bar chart in which I show a count on the y axis and dates on the x axis. The problem is that when I have many dates on the x

Answer 1

For a CategoryAxis, which is used the for the domain axis in a StackedBarChart, you have considerable flexility with the method setCategoryLabelPositions(). Typical usage is illustrated in the BarChartDemo1 source, shown here.

CategoryAxis domainAxis = plot.getDomainAxis();
domainAxis.setCategoryLabelPositions(
    CategoryLabelPositions.createUpRotationLabelPositions(Math.PI / 6.0));