Features Supported by Layout, Legend, and Text Statements

All layout, legend, and text statements have a general set of features that include those listed in the following tables. For more information about these and other options, see the chapters specific to the layouts, text statements, and legends. Also see the SAS Graph Template Language: Reference.

Backgrounds

OPAQUE= FALSE \| TRUE	Whether the background is transparent or not. By default, OPAQUE=FALSE
BACKGROUNDCOLOR= color	If the background is opaque, a color can be assigned to it.

Borders

BORDER= FALSE \| TRUE	Whether a border is displayed. By default, BORDER=FALSE.
BORDERATTRS= ( line-options )	If the border is displayed, its line properties can be set.

Padding

PAD= number	Whether extra space is added inside the border. By default, layouts and legends have PAD=0, while text statements have PAD=(LEFT=3px RIGHT=3px) as the default.
PAD=(<TOP=number> <BOTTOM=number> <LEFT=number> <RIGHT=number>

Positioning

Text

HALIGN= LEFT \| CENTER \| RIGHT	For ENTRY statements, a position can be specified relative to the container. ENTRYTITLE and ENTRYFOOTNOTE statements have fixed vertical positions but can be adjusted horizontally.
VALIGN= TOP \| CENTER \| BOTTOM

Legends and Layouts

HALIGN= LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | value

For legends, and for layouts that are nested within an overlay type layout, a position can be specified relative to the parent container. The values CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, and BOTTOM position the legend or layout at fixed locations horizontally or vertically. You can use value to express the position as a percentage of the available vertical or horizontal space using any numeric value between 0 and 1 inclusive. In order to use these options on a layout block, the layout block must be embedded in an overlay-type layout. Otherwise, the HALIGN= and VALIGN= options are ignored. A note is written to the SAS log in that case. This restriction does not apply to the legend statements.

Note the following equivalencies:

VALIGN=TOP is equivalent to VALIGN=1

VALIGN=BOTTOM is equivalent to VALIGN=0

HALIGN=RIGHT is equivalent to HALIGN=1

HALIGN=LEFT is equivalent to HALIGN=0

VALIGN= TOP | CENTER | BOTTOM | value