Chart2 Direct General Borders

Overview

As seen in Chart2 Direct General Area the border are set using style_border_line() method of Class ChartDoc

The style_border_line() method gives the same options as the Chart Area Borders dialog as seen in Fig. 477.

Chart Area Borders Default Dialog — Fig. 477 Chart Area Borders Default Dialog

Setup

from __future__ import annotations
import uno
from pathlib import Path
from ooodev.calc import CalcDoc, ZoomKind
from ooodev.utils.color import StandardColor
from ooodev.loader.lo import Lo


def main() -> int:
    with Lo.Loader(connector=Lo.ConnectPipe()):
        fnm = Path.cwd() / "tmp" / "col_chart.ods"
        doc = CalcDoc.open_doc(fnm=fnm, visible=True)
        Lo.delay(500)
        doc.zoom(ZoomKind.ZOOM_100_PERCENT)

        sheet = doc.sheets[0]
        sheet["A1"].goto()
        chart_table = sheet.charts[0]
        chart_doc = chart_table.chart_doc
        _ = chart_doc.style_border_line(color=StandardColor.GREEN_DARK3, width=2.2)

        Lo.delay(1_000)
        doc.close()
    return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    SystemExit(main())

Setting Line Properties

The style_area_color() method is used to set to set the border line properties.

Before setting the border line properties the chart is seen in Fig. 829.

_ = chart_doc.style_border_line(color=StandardColor.GREEN_DARK3, width=2.2)

The results are seen in Fig. 478 and Fig. 479

Chart with border set to green — Fig. 478 Chart with border set to green

Chart Area Borders Default Dialog — Fig. 479 Chart Area Borders Default Dialog

Getting the border style

# ... other code

f_style = chart_doc.style_border_line_get()
assert f_style is not None