Hide some category labels in JFreeChart to avoid overlapping

Question

I\'m generating a StackedBarChart using JFreeChart. Depending on the input data I can have a lot of categories (usually between 20 and 40), leading to overlapping of the lab

Answer 1

One simple solution is to set the Category lables to the backround colour (in this case white).

    CategoryPlot plot = (CategoryPlot) chart.getPlot();
    CategoryAxis domainAxis = plot.getDomainAxis();
    domainAxis.setTickLabelPaint("Category 2", Color.white);
    domainAxis.setTickLabelPaint("Category 4", Color.white);

This will produce a chart like this