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title: "Charting - Right Click Menu"
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# Charting - Right Click Menu

> Note that many of the behaviors listed below may be overridden by a property on the parent component. For example, the **Easy Chart** provides a way to define the plot background color with the [Easy Chart Customizer](appendix/components/charts/easy-chart/easy-chart-customizer.md), so the Background options on the right-click menu would not modify the behavior on the component when the user selects them.

## Right Click Menu Functions
When viewed from the client (or the Designer's Preview Mode) many chart components, such as the **Easy Chart** or **Bar Chart**, allows users to right-click and access a menu with additional features. Explanations of these features are listed below. 
![](ecRighClick.png)

| Item | Description |
|------|-------------|
| Mode | Specifies the functionality of a left-click on the chart. The following modes are available: **Zoom** - **Zoom in**: Users can left-click and drag on the chart to zoom in or out. Dragging to the right creates a hollow rectangle. When the user releases the mouse button, the viewable space in the chart will zoom in to a rectangle. ![](chartZoom.png) **Zoom out**: Left-click and dragging to the left will not create a rectangle, but releasing the mouse button will zoom back out.**Pan** - Allows users to **Pan** the chart horizontally or vertically by left-click and dragging. The **Pan** mode may be used after using the Zoom mode: doing so allows panning within the zoomed in view-space.**Mark** - While in **Mark** mode, a left click will target the closest point on the nearest pen, and return the value and timestamp of that point.  ![](chartMark.png)**X-Trace** - Similar to **Mark**, X-Trace will instead show the values of all pens at the selected point in time. ![](chartXTrace.png) |
| Background | Allows the user to change the background color. Available options include **Black** and **White**. |
| Save as... | Provides a Save window that allows the user to save a PNG of the chart locally. |
| Print... | Provides a Print dialog that allows the user to print an image of the chart. This will send the chart to a physical printer. **Note:** a printer must be installed on the client computer. |
| Zoom In | Allows the user to Zoom in on the chart. There are three possible options:**All axes**: Zooms in on both the Range and Domain.**Domain axis**: Zooms in on just the Domain, or X- axis. Reduces the range of viewable values on the domain (typically a datetime), while leaving the Range axis untouched.**Range axis**: Zooms in on just the Range, or Y-axis. Reduces the range of viewable values (typically numeric), while leaving the Domain axis unmodified. This is helpful when a trend shows very little change over a period of time, as this allows the user to view the trend with increased granularity. |
| Zoom Out | Allows the user to Zoom out on the chart. There are three possible options: **All axes**: Zooms out on both the Range and Domain.**Domain axis**: Zooms out on just the Domain, or X- axis.**Range axis**: Zooms out on just the Range, or Y-axis |
| Auto Range | Automatically updates the range, or **viewable space**, on the chart to incorporate all data points. As mentioned above, many components have properties/customizations that restrict the capability of these (such as the date range on on the Easy Chart). **All axes**: Adjusts the viewable space on both axes.**Domain axis**: Adjusts the viewable space on just the Domain, or X-axis.**Range axis**: Adjusts the viewable space on just the Range, or Y-axis. |
| Reset Axes | Adjusts the Axes back to their initial state. |