Align labels of the category axis (Y)

Hi. How can I align labels of the category axis (Y) to the left?
I suppose, it is aligned to the right, take a look on the picture. Thank you

Badunit,
The only way I have found to get the labels to wrap at all is to create the chart in Pages and insert Line Breaks into the Chart Table Label field. I'd be surprised if that Chart began its life in Numbers and I have to idea how to change the justification of the labels. The justification controls are grayed out in Pages when editing the chart data.
Your suggestion of making labels in a table or text box is the only practical solution I can imagine.
Jerry

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import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart.Series;
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