Title / Legend
Text look, legend position, item order
Style Templates: save the look, not the data
Style templates remember visual settings while keeping the target figure’s data ranges, column bindings, and text labels editable.
Axes
Tick counts, axis lines, grids, label styles
Data Lines
Color, width, markers, fill
Canvas / Margins
Canvas size and plot frame margins
Plot Type Details
Bar gaps, box, heatmap, and more
What gets saved / what stays with the figure
Each scope separates visual standards from data bindings, so you can reuse the look without carrying data assumptions into the next figure.
Title / Legend / Global Style
Save
- Title visibility, size, font, bold/italic style, position, and distance
- Legend visibility, position, border, background, size, font, and item order
- Palette, default line type, default line width, marker defaults, and other global style choices
Keep current figure
- The figure name remains editable
Axes
Tick counts are saved; axis ranges are not saved.
Save
- Axis title visibility and tick label visibility
- Linear / log and normal / reversed direction
- Major tick count and minor tick count
- Number format, decimal places, scientific notation, offset and scale display
- Axis line visibility, top/bottom/left/right axis lines, line thickness, and color
- Tick direction, length, thickness, and color
- Axis title size, font, style, position, and distance
- Tick label size, font, rotation, and distance
- Grid visibility, color, line type, and thickness
Keep current figure
- X/Y axis title text
- Automatic range
- Minimum / maximum values
- Tick start / end / fixed interval
- Broken-axis intervals
Data Lines
Save
- Color, line width, and line type
- Marker shape and marker size
- Line/scatter display modes
- Fill, gradient, and vertical lines
- Histogram, box plot, violin plot, and other series visual styles
Keep current figure
- Series name
- Legend text
- X/Y offset
- Data column binding
Canvas / Margins
Save
- Canvas width and height
- Plot frame margins: top, right, bottom, and left
Plot Type Details
Save
- Plot-type visual settings such as bar orientation, bar gap, group gap, box plot, heatmap, and volcano plot appearance
Keep current figure
- Specific column mapping
- Grouping, value, and error column bindings
- Data range, color range, matrix range, and other settings tightly bound to the current data
Where are templates saved?
A local library that stays useful after updates
Templates are saved in the SmartPlot local template libraryTemplate files are not automatically dropped onto the desktopThey should keep working after app updatesFuture releases can connect this to smart commands and richer library features
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Why not save ranges?
Templates copy style without forcing data ranges
This keeps templates reusable across datasets instead of forcing one figure’s range onto another.