The Icon Chart widget allows you to create an infographic that uses the size of the data value for an area using a set of repeating icons.
The section below describes specific settings for the Icon Chart widget. Note that generic widget settings are described on the Widget Generic Settings page, so if you cannot find the setting you are looking for check there too.
Icon(s)
Type
Choose an icon type.
Image
Type the URL to an image or use the browse button to the right of the box. This setting will be greyed out if Type is not ‘image’.
Tooltip
Type a tooltip format for the icon(s) e.g. #COLOR #FNAME, #INAME: #IVALUE
Icon(s)
Choose an icon for the widget. Type some text in the box to see any matching icons e.g. ‘male’ or use the arrow to the right of the box to access the list of available icons. You can add more than one icon if you wish. There is a button to toggle direct edit view if you wish to enter a list of icon names with a space between each e.g. ‘arrow-left arrow-right’
Size
Type or use the arrow buttons to set the size of the icon(s).
Value per icon
Type or use the arrow buttons to set a value per icon e.g. ‘100’ if you want each icon to represent a value of 100.
Palette
Choose a color palette for the icons. You can edit the active palette by clicking the x buttons to remove colors or the + button to add colors. There are also buttons to change to a different palette completely, to copy/paste color codes to/from the clipboard and to toggle the direct edit view that allows you to type in color codes delimited by commas e.g. #a6cee3 #b2df8a #fb9a99 #fdbf6f #cab2d6 #ffff99 #1f78b4 #33a02c #e31a1c #ff7f00.
Layout
Choose a layout for the icons.
Bar labels
Type a label format for the bars in the chart e.g. #INAME<br/><b>#IVALUE</b>
Bar labels alignment
Choose an alignment for bar labels.
Bar labels width
Choose a width for bar labels.
Bar Value labels
Choose a label format for bar value labels e.g. #IVALUE
Bar separation
Type of use the arrow buttons to set a bar separation value.
Icons – Layout
Alignment
Choose an alignment for the icons.