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# Charts

This section contains options that change the amount of information that is shown in the chart related views of TreeSize and the way that they are displayed.

## General Options

### Show long tooltips

Activate this option to include additional tooltip information to the charts about the data that is currently being displayed.

### Show background

Adds a color gradient to the background of the charts tab.

### Show legend

Provides a description of the different segments that are included in a chart. The legend is shown below the chart.

### Show free space

Includes a separate segment to the chart that indicates the amount of free space that is available on the drive that is currently being displayed.

## Bar chart

### Show grid

Adds a grid to the chart that corresponds to the current segmentation on the x-axis on the chart.

### Show labels

Additional labels for each segment that contain name and size information.

### Pie chart

“Show legend” provides a description of the different segments that are included in a chart. The legend is shown below the chart.

## Treemap Chart

### Show full hierarchy

If activated, TreeSize will show the full directory structure when displaying the treemap chart. If deactivated, it will only show the deepest nesting of the hierarchy, which means that only files and folders without subfolders will be shown.

### Show labels

These labels describe which file, or folder is currently being displayed in the different tiles of the treemap chart.

### Show legend

Provides a description of the different segments that are included in a chart.

### Colorize items of the treemap chart

This option allows to change how items are colorized in the treemap chart. You can either select to use different colors for different file types, or to highlight the level of a file within the file system with a corresponding color.