Quadrant Charts

A quadrant chart places things by two measures on a square split into four. It starts with quadrant and its title.

quadrant What to build first
x axis: Little effort .. Much effort
y axis: Little value .. Much value
top left: Do now
top right: Plan
bottom left: Maybe
bottom right: Skip
Search: 0.3, 0.85
Dark mode: 0.2, 0.4
Offline sync: 0.8, 0.75
New logo: 0.65, 0.2
Export to PDF: 0.45, 0.6

The text above: a square in four washed quarters - Do now, Plan, Maybe and Skip - with five named points

Settings

Setting Also Value
x axis x, horizontal, xaxis the axis' low end and high end, apart by .., ->, --> or to
y axis y, vertical, yaxis the same, upwards
top right quadrant 1, q1 the top right quarter's name
top left quadrant 2, q2 the top left quarter's name
bottom left quadrant 3, q3 the bottom left quarter's name
bottom right quadrant 4, q4 the bottom right quarter's name
range both axes' range: 0..1 (the default), 0..10, 0..100

The quarters are numbered as Mermaid numbers them, from the top right round to the bottom right.

Points

Each line is a point: a name, a colon and its two values, across then up. Brackets round the values are allowed - Search: (0.3, 0.85) - and a colour in brackets after the name colours the point: Dark mode [teal]: 0.2, 0.4. A point outside the range is drawn at its edge, and warned of.