Properties in this group control the appearance of the plot area, the rectangular area that serves as background for the bars (but not for the legend or axis labels; see Bar graph: Background group).

The group includes the following properties:

Sets the color of the plot area. Select the ... button and choose a color from the palette. Close the Color Chooser window when you are done.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.

Select to display a gradient in the grid background. Set the color of the grid background with the labelTextAlignX property.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.

Specify an image (.gif, .jpg, or .png file) to display in the plot area. Select the name of the image file from the drop down menu, or enter the pathname of the file. The drop down menu contains the names of image files located in the current directory (typically, the dashboards directory of your project directory, under your Apama installation's work directory), as well as image files located in the first level of subdirectories. If you enter a pathname, use an absolute pathname or a pathname that is relative to the current directory.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.

Sets the color of the horizontal line or lines in the plot area that mark y-axis major divisions. Select the ... button and choose a color from the palette. Close the Color Chooser window when you are done.

This property is in the Plot Area property group.