Arrange Layers
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## Arrange Layers

This dialog is activated by selecting the command Arrange Layers from the Graph Menu or by the key code Alt-A.

It allows to modify the geometrical arrangement of the plots which are already present in the active window. You can't create a new layer with this, use the Add Layer command to do this.

Figure 5.8. The Arrange Layers dialog: the geometry tab

The Layout tab is used to modify the geometrical arrangement of the plots. You can specify the numbers of rows and columns which will define a table of plots. As pointed out above, you can't create new layers with this command, so the number of layers which are already presents in the active window must be equal to the number of rows times the number of columns.

With the default setting, QtiPlot compute the size of the layers from the size of the window. If you check the Layer Canvas Size, you can set the size of the layers and QtiPlot will modify the size of the window.

The two right zones allows to set the alignement of the layers in the window, and the margins between the layer borders and the window limits.

Figure 5.9. The Arrange Layers dialog: the font tab

The second tab can be used to modify the generals formats of the multilayer plot. Refer to the corresponding dialogs for details. It must be noticed that the formatting commands used here will be applied to all the plots of the window, and the initial formatting of each plot will be cancelled.

The layers will be arranged in order to obtain a good alignment of the vertical and horizontal axis.

Figure 5.10. Exemple of a vertical arrangement for two plots.

If you do some modifications on your plot, the alignment of the different axis may not be conserved. You can exec again the Arrange Layers to re-arrange your plot.

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