this works but causes the plot area to go over the title and if the axis labels are very long it still distorts the plot area size
can the size of horizontal axis are be controlled?
We evaluated your issue further.
I am afraid, the size of horizontal axis cannot be controlled directly. Its size will be changed with the size of plot area accordingly. However if the InnerHeight of PlotArea is set too large (e.g 3116 or longer in our test), the plot area will go over the title and the axis labels become very long.
@yvowell,
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