Squarified Vector Tiling Engine

Treemap

Famous for hierarchical area partitioning, portfolio market share, and budget allocations.

Built as true native InDesign rectangular tile polygons with proportional area sizing. Typography stays 100% intact, automatically following your active document Paragraph and Character Styles.

Renders on your canvas in 3–4 seconds.
No matter how much data and configuration you need.

Native InDesign Vector Treemap Selection Handles

Native InDesign vector polygon selection with active handles & live swatch binding.

Option Controls

Plugin Options for Treemaps

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 InDesign UXP Panel Treemap Options Tab Screenshot

1 Outline

Toggle switch to enable vector border lines around treemap rectangular tiles.

2 Line thickness

Slider setting controlling tile border stroke weight (0.25 to 4.0pt).

3 Line color

Dropdown swatch picker selecting tile separator line color.

4 Corner radius

Slider setting adjusting rectangular tile corner rounding (0 to 50pt).

5 Include Legend

Toggle switch to automatically generate the legend as an InDesign table.

6 Include Node Labels

Toggle switch to display parent category node titles.

7 Include Data Labels

Toggle switch with alignment options (Left Align, Center, Right Align).

8 Show %

Toggle switch to append percentage values to tile text frames.

9 Axis & Grid Controls

All chart types feature comprehensive axis and grid options too — customizable gridline density (Auto, 3, 5, or 10 divisions), tick mark toggles, line stroke weights, zero baselines, and axis typography styling.

Treemap Editorial & Usage Rules

Typical Use & Purpose

Hierarchical Data & Proportions

Exceptional for displaying complex multi-category portfolios, market caps, or budget breakdowns where area represents total mass.

Not Ideal / Working

Avoid Fine Quantity Differences

Do not use treemaps when readers need to discern precise minor numerical differences between similar-sized tiles.

Editorial Tips

Publication Best Practices

Tile Padding: Apply distinct stroke gaps between tiles so borders remain clean and legible on printed pages.
Typography Clipping: Enable text frame auto-fit so tile text never overflows smaller rectangles.
Color Hierarchy: Use color intensity to represent secondary variables like performance growth.

Sample Data Table Structure

Column 1 defines category sectors. Column 2 supplies numerical magnitude for area partitioning.

Asset Sector	Allocation ($M)
Technology	450
Healthcare	280
Financials	210
Consumer	140
Energy	90

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