I am facing an issue with using flot.js for charts that have a timestamp on the x-axis. Due to having numerous ticks on these charts, I decided to rotate them vertically to prevent overlap. While this solution works well, the labels are centered on the tick and get cut off due to insufficient room.
Although there is a tickrotor plugin available at tickrotor, I opted not to use it as it presented more problems than benefits. Instead, I found a plain CSS solution on SO through rotate tick labels. However, the post did not address the specific issue I am encountering (could there be missing information?).
In addition, my project requires IE8 support. The aforementioned post briefly mentions using filter or -ms-filter for this purpose but does not provide the necessary CSS details.
I initially thought that rotating the ticks would adjust the height accordingly, but unfortunately, that is not happening in my case. Even after checking flot's github page, where they mention working on this feature, it has yet to be implemented.
While many people may need to rotate ticks, I have not come across any resources addressing my specific problem of centered and cutoff labels.
Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
#flot_chart div.xAxis div.tickLabel
{
transform: rotate(-90deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(-90deg); /* IE 9 */
-moz-transform:rotate(-90deg); /* Firefox */
-webkit-transform:rotate(-90deg); /* Safari and Chrome */
-o-transform:rotate(-90deg); /* Opera */
/*rotation-point:50% 50%;*/ /* CSS3 */
/*rotation:270deg;*/ /* CSS3 */
}