Changing chart title changes position of chart

Hello,

I've written some code to programmatically change the chart title and chart
title font size based on user interaction.

Problem is that each time the title undergoes a smaller font size change,
the chart actually changes position within the chart area by moving up.

Also any labels i've placed in the chart area also changes position and move
up as well.

Anyone have any ideas why and how to stop this?

Thank for helping!

Good Morning Bing,

>Problem is that each time the title undergoes a smaller
font size change,
>the chart actually changes position within the chart area
by moving up.
>
>Also any labels i've placed in the chart area also
changes position and move
>up as well.
>
>Anyone have any ideas why and how to stop this?

well, afaik this is because Excel automatically arranges
all elements within a chart so that every element has the
max size. So if e.g. the chart title becomes smaller,
excel makes the chartarea larger...

I think you could stop this by using the

AutoScaleFont Property

for each element within the chart... e.g.

Selection.AutoScaleFont = False

Best

Markus

Also, once you explicitly set the size/position of an object, Excel doesn't try to
autofit it within the chart. So:

With ActiveChart.PlotArea
' position and size parameters are in points
' choose parameters that suit your situation
'
' shrink plot area first so you can move unconstrained
.Width = 50
.Height = 50
' position and resize plot area
.Left = 10
.Top = 24
.Width = 250
.Height = 175
End With

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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Markus Scheible wrote:

> Good Morning Bing,
>
>
>>Problem is that each time the title undergoes a smaller
>
> font size change,
>
>>the chart actually changes position within the chart area
>
> by moving up.
>
>>Also any labels i've placed in the chart area also
>
> changes position and move
>
>>up as well.
>>
>>Anyone have any ideas why and how to stop this?
>
>
> well, afaik this is because Excel automatically arranges
> all elements within a chart so that every element has the
> max size. So if e.g. the chart title becomes smaller,
> excel makes the chartarea larger...
>
> I think you could stop this by using the
>
> AutoScaleFont Property
>
> for each element within the chart... e.g.
>
> Selection.AutoScaleFont = False
>
> Best
>
> Markus
>

Hi Markus, Jon

Thanks for your help. It works!

Cheers,
Bing

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

> Also, once you explicitly set the size/position of an object, Excel doesn't try to
> autofit it within the chart. So:
>
> With ActiveChart.PlotArea
> ' position and size parameters are in points
> ' choose parameters that suit your situation
> '
> ' shrink plot area first so you can move unconstrained
> .Width = 50
> .Height = 50
> ' position and resize plot area
> .Left = 10
> .Top = 24
> .Width = 250
> .Height = 175
> End With
>
> - Jon
> -------
> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
> Peltier Technical Services
> Tutorials and Custom Solutions
> http://PeltierTech.com/
> _______
>
>
> Markus Scheible wrote:
>
> > Good Morning Bing,
> >
> >
> >>Problem is that each time the title undergoes a smaller
> >
> > font size change,
> >
> >>the chart actually changes position within the chart area
> >
> > by moving up.
> >
> >>Also any labels i've placed in the chart area also
> >
> > changes position and move
> >
> >>up as well.
> >>
> >>Anyone have any ideas why and how to stop this?
> >
> >
> > well, afaik this is because Excel automatically arranges
> > all elements within a chart so that every element has the
> > max size. So if e.g. the chart title becomes smaller,
> > excel makes the chartarea larger...
> >
> > I think you could stop this by using the
> >
> > AutoScaleFont Property
> >
> > for each element within the chart... e.g.
> >
> > Selection.AutoScaleFont = False
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Markus
> >
>
>