Question

Is it possible to tell flex to display a chart with no visible axis? I want the contents of the chart to take up all the available space. I can set the visibility on the AxisRenderer to false which will hide the axis but that leaves an empty space where the axis would usually be. How can I remove this empty space?

   <mx:horizontalAxis>
      <mx:DateTimeAxis id="xAxis" dataUnits="hours" />
   </mx:horizontalAxis>
   <mx:horizontalAxisRenderers>
      <mx:AxisRenderer axis="{xAxis}" visible="false" height="0" />
   </mx:horizontalAxisRenderers>

I’ve tried setting the height on the renderer but that has no effect, and there is no height style on the axis itself.

Answer 1

This goes for all flex components – visible='false' makes them disappear from the view. But they are actually still there, not being drawn, but taking place. There’s a second parameter called includeInLayout which, when set to false, makes them stop taking place.