Index: /workspace/rel-2-1/src/components/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/AxisGraph.java
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--- /workspace/rel-2-1/src/components/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/AxisGraph.java	(revision 408847)
+++ /workspace/rel-2-1/src/components/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/AxisGraph.java	(working copy)
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     
     protected double[][] data = null;
     protected String title, xAxisTitle, yAxisTitle, yAxisLabel;
+    protected int maxLenght;
     protected String[] xAxisLabels;
     protected int width, height;
     
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@
     public void setTitle(String title) {
         this.title = title;
     }
+
+    public void setMaxLenght(int maxLength) {
+        this.maxLenght = maxLength;
+    }    
     
     public void setXAxisTitle(String title) {
         this.xAxisTitle = title;
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@
         if (data != null && this.title != null && this.xAxisLabels != null &&
                 this.xAxisTitle != null && this.yAxisLabel != null &&
                 this.yAxisTitle != null) {
-            drawSample(this.title,this.xAxisLabels,this.xAxisTitle,
+            drawSample(this.title,this.maxLenght,this.xAxisLabels,this.xAxisTitle,
                     this.yAxisTitle,this.data,this.width,this.height,g);
         }
     }
@@ -132,16 +137,39 @@
         return max;
     }
     
-    private void drawSample(String _title, String[] _xAxisLabels, String _xAxisTitle,
+    private String squeeze (String input, int maxLength){
+        if (input.length()>maxLength){
+            String output="";
+            output = input.substring(0,maxLength-3)+"...";
+            return output;
+        }
+        else return input;
+    }
+    
+    private void drawSample(String _title, int _maxLength, String[] _xAxisLabels, String _xAxisTitle,
             String _yAxisTitle, double[][] _data, int _width, int _height, Graphics g) {
         double max = findMax(_data);
         try {
+            /** These controls are already done in StatGraphVisualizer
             if (_width == 0) {
                 _width = 450;
             }
             if (_height == 0) {
                 _height = 250;
             }
+			**/
+            if (_maxLength < 3) {
+                _maxLength = 3;
+            }
+            // if the "Title of Graph" is empty, we can assume some default
+            if (_title.equals("") ) {
+                _title = "Graph";
+            }
+            // if the labels are too long, they'll be "squeezed" to make the chart viewable.
+            for (int i = 0; i < _xAxisLabels.length; i++) {
+                String label = _xAxisLabels[i];
+                _xAxisLabels[i]=squeeze(label, _maxLength);
+            }
             this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(_width,_height));
             DataSeries dataSeries = new DataSeries( _xAxisLabels, _xAxisTitle, _yAxisTitle, _title );