Charts — Row Height and Top Offset

Default row height

All rows on a chart share a default height. Change it on the Layout tab of the Chart Properties panel, or use keyboard shortcuts in editing mode:

Growing rows to fit

Tick Grow rows to fit on the Layout tab to let each row take whatever height its tallest person needs. The default row height then acts as a minimum rather than a fixed value, so short rows stay even and only a row with something tall in it — a person carrying a picture above or below their entry, or a long list of stacked children — grows.

This is switched on for new charts. Charts made before this option existed keep their fixed rows until you tick the box.

Note — Growing only ever makes a row taller. To even the rows up again, raise the default row height until it exceeds what any row needs.

Overriding individual rows

Sometimes specific rows benefit from different heights — for example, giving extra height to a row allows narrower boxes, or reducing the height of a double-drop row makes it clear that a generation spans two rows.

Use the Rows tab of the Chart Properties panel. Row numbers are shown along the edge of the chart. Check "Override" for a row and set the desired height in millimetres. With "Grow rows to fit" on, an override is that row’s minimum, in the same way the default row height is the minimum everywhere else.

Note — If you add rows later (by adding double drops or more generations), manually set row heights may need updating.