{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/3731","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/3731/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/3731/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/3731/events","html_url":"https://github.com/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/3731","id":54747415,"number":3731,"title":"Polar Chart :: Setting width for labels","user":{"login":"simon2k","id":287822,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/287822?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k","html_url":"https://github.com/simon2k","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simon2k/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-01-19T10:27:12Z","updated_at":"2015-01-19T12:24:06Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi guys, \r\n\r\nI have an issue. The idea is that I'd like to set width for the labels displayed next to the circle of the polar chart. I tried to apply styles for the labels, but it doesn't work: by setting \"300px\", not just number: 300.\r\n\r\nBy having a lot of labels, the chart is getting quite unreadable. Here's working example of the issue: http://jsfiddle.net/acm1vneq/"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/comments/70485223","html_url":"https://github.com/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/3731#issuecomment-70485223","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/highslide-software/highcharts.com/issues/3731","id":70485223,"user":{"login":"stephanevanraes","id":5583529,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5583529?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes","html_url":"https://github.com/stephanevanraes","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stephanevanraes/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-19T12:24:06Z","updated_at":"2015-01-19T12:24:06Z","body":"The `width`setting you are trying to use is not defined so logically it does not do anything. You could extend Highcharts and capture the result of the method that defines the bounding box for the label and have the result overwritten with a predefined width. \r\nRoughly like this: http://jsfiddle.net/stephanevanraes/acm1vneq/1/ "}}