diff --git a/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph-tile.tsx b/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph-tile.tsx
index ac095ac6b..05ceed223 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph-tile.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph-tile.tsx
@@ -1,35 +1,67 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useRef } from "react";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import { useResizeDetector } from "react-resize-detector";
 
+import { ChartArea } from "./chart-area";
+import { LegendArea } from "./legend-area";
 import { BasicEditableTileTitle } from "../../components/tiles/basic-editable-tile-title";
 import { ITileProps } from "../../components/tiles/tile-component";
-import { ChartArea } from "./chart-area";
 import { BarGraphModelContext } from "./bar-graph-content-context";
 import { isBarGraphModel } from "./bar-graph-content";
 import { TileToolbar } from "../../components/toolbar/tile-toolbar";
-import { LegendArea } from "./legend-area";
 
 import "./bar-graph.scss";
 
 import "./bar-graph-toolbar";
 
 const legendWidth = 190;
-const legendHeight = 190; // FIXME
 
 export const BarGraphComponent: React.FC<ITileProps> = observer((props: ITileProps) => {
-
-  const { model, readOnly } = props;
+  const { model, readOnly, onRequestRowHeight } = props;
   const content = isBarGraphModel(model.content) ? model.content : null;
 
-  const {height: containerHeight, width: containerWidth, ref} = useResizeDetector();
+  const requestedHeight = useRef<number|undefined>(undefined);
+
+  const onResize = (width: number|undefined, height: number|undefined) => {
+    let desiredTileHeight;
+    if (height) {
+      if (legendBelow) {
+        const desiredLegendHeight = height;
+        desiredTileHeight = 300 + desiredLegendHeight;
+      } else {
+        const desiredLegendHeight = Math.max(height, 260); // Leave room for at least 5 rows per spec
+        desiredTileHeight = desiredLegendHeight + 66;
+      }
+      if (requestedHeight.current !== desiredTileHeight) {
+        requestedHeight.current = desiredTileHeight;
+        onRequestRowHeight(model.id, desiredTileHeight);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  // We use two resize detectors to track the size of the container and the size of the legend area
+  const { height: containerHeight, width: containerWidth, ref: containerRef } = useResizeDetector();
+
+  const { height: legendHeight, ref: legendRef } = useResizeDetector({
+    refreshMode: 'debounce',
+    refreshRate: 500,
+    skipOnMount: false,
+    onResize
+  });
+
   let svgWidth = 10, svgHeight = 10;
+  // Legend is on the right if the width is >= 450px, otherwise below
   const legendBelow = containerWidth && containerWidth < 450;
   if (containerWidth && containerHeight) {
-    // Legend is on the right if the width is >= 450px
-    svgWidth = legendBelow ? containerWidth : containerWidth-legendWidth;
-    svgHeight = legendBelow ? containerHeight-legendHeight : containerHeight;
+    if (legendBelow) {
+      const vertPadding = 18;
+      svgWidth = containerWidth;
+      svgHeight = containerHeight - vertPadding - (legendHeight || 0);
+    } else {
+      svgWidth = containerWidth - legendWidth;
+      svgHeight = containerHeight;
+    }
   }
 
   return (
@@ -37,12 +69,12 @@ export const BarGraphComponent: React.FC<ITileProps> = observer((props: ITilePro
       <BasicEditableTileTitle />
       <TileToolbar tileType="bargraph" readOnly={!!readOnly} tileElement={props.tileElt} />
       <div
-        ref={ref}
+        ref={containerRef}
         className={classNames("bar-graph-content", legendBelow ? "vertical" : "horizontal", { "read-only": readOnly })}
         data-testid="bar-graph-content"
       >
         <ChartArea width={svgWidth} height={svgHeight} />
-        <LegendArea />
+        <LegendArea legendRef={legendRef} />
       </div>
     </BarGraphModelContext.Provider>
   );
diff --git a/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph.scss b/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph.scss
index 3dd859742..862b76a1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph.scss
+++ b/src/plugins/bar-graph/bar-graph.scss
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@
   align-items: center;
   overflow: auto;
 
-  &.vertical {
-    flex-direction: column;
-  }
-
   svg.bar-graph-svg {
-    // width: 100%;
-    // height: 100%;
 
     .visx-bar-group .visx-bar {
       stroke: black;
@@ -104,12 +98,46 @@
     }
   }
 
-  &.vertical div.bar-graph-legend {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 186px;
-    border-top: 1.5px solid #0592af;
-    border-left: none;
-    padding: 8px 0 0 0;
+  // Overrides for vertical (legend underneath) layout
+  &.vertical {
+    flex-direction: column;
+
+    div.bar-graph-legend {
+      width: 100%;
+      height: auto;
+      border-top: 1.5px solid #0592af;
+      border-left: none;
+      padding: 8px 0 0 0;
+
+      .dataset-header {
+        margin-left: 5px;
+        align-items: center;
+
+        .dataset-label-text, .dataset-name {
+          display: inline-block;
+          margin-right: 5px;
+        }
+      }
+
+      .sort-by {
+        margin: 0 0 10px 20px;
+
+        button.chakra-menu__menu-button {
+          width: auto;
+          margin: 5px 0 0 5px;
+        }
+      }
+
+      .secondary-values {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+        margin-left: 8px;
+
+        .color-button {
+          margin: 0 7px 0 7px;
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   button.chakra-menu__menu-button {
diff --git a/src/plugins/bar-graph/legend-area.tsx b/src/plugins/bar-graph/legend-area.tsx
index 6feb32720..bd68d9eaf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bar-graph/legend-area.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/bar-graph/legend-area.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ import { LegendSecondaryRow } from './legend-secondary-row';
 import RemoveDataIcon from "../../assets/remove-data-icon.svg";
 import DropdownCaretIcon from "../../assets/dropdown-caret.svg";
 
+interface IProps {
+  legendRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+}
 
-export const LegendArea = observer(function LegendArea () {
+export const LegendArea = observer(function LegendArea ({legendRef}: IProps) {
   const model = useBarGraphModelContext();
 
   function unlinkDataset() {
@@ -38,44 +41,46 @@ export const LegendArea = observer(function LegendArea () {
 
   return (
     <div className="bar-graph-legend">
-      <div className="dataset-header">
-        <div className="dataset-icon">
-          <a onClick={unlinkDataset} aria-label={`Unlink ${model.dataSet.name}`}>
-            <RemoveDataIcon/>
-          </a>
+      <div className="inner-container" ref={legendRef}>
+        <div className="dataset-header">
+          <div className="dataset-icon">
+            <a onClick={unlinkDataset} aria-label={`Unlink ${model.dataSet.name}`}>
+              <RemoveDataIcon />
+            </a>
+          </div>
+          <div className="dataset-label">
+            <span className="dataset-label-text">Data from:</span>
+            <span className="dataset-name">{model.dataSet.name}</span>
+          </div>
         </div>
-        <div className="dataset-label">
-          <span className="dataset-label-text">Data from:</span>
-          <span className="dataset-name">{model.dataSet.name}</span>
-        </div>
-      </div>
 
-      <div className="sort-by">
-        <div>
-          Sort by:
+        <div className="sort-by">
+          <span>
+            Sort by:
+          </span>
+          <Menu boundary="scrollParent">
+            <MenuButton>
+              <span className="button-content">
+                <span className="button-text">{currentLabel}</span>
+                <DropdownCaretIcon />
+              </span>
+            </MenuButton>
+            <Portal>
+              <MenuList>
+                <MenuItem onClick={() => setSecondaryAttribute(undefined)}>None</MenuItem>
+                {availableAttributes.map((a) => (
+                  <MenuItem key={a.id} onClick={() => setSecondaryAttribute(a.id)}>{a.name}</MenuItem>
+                ))}
+              </MenuList>
+            </Portal>
+          </Menu>
         </div>
-        <Menu boundary="scrollParent">
-          <MenuButton>
-            <span className="button-content">
-              <span className="button-text">{currentLabel}</span>
-              <DropdownCaretIcon/>
-            </span>
-          </MenuButton>
-          <Portal>
-            <MenuList>
-              <MenuItem onClick={() => setSecondaryAttribute(undefined)}>None</MenuItem>
-              {availableAttributes.map((a) => (
-                <MenuItem key={a.id} onClick={() => setSecondaryAttribute(a.id)}>{a.name}</MenuItem>
-              ))}
-            </MenuList>
-          </Portal>
-        </Menu>
-      </div>
 
-      <div className="secondary-values">
-        {currentSecondary
-         ? secondaryKeys.map((key) => <LegendSecondaryRow key={key} attrValue={key} />)
-         : <LegendSecondaryRow attrValue={currentPrimary.name}/> }
+        <div className="secondary-values">
+          {currentSecondary
+            ? secondaryKeys.map((key) => <LegendSecondaryRow key={key} attrValue={key} />)
+            : <LegendSecondaryRow attrValue={currentPrimary.name} />}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/plugins/graph/graph-registration.ts b/src/plugins/graph/graph-registration.ts
index 7d050940b..b69a54df0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/graph/graph-registration.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/graph/graph-registration.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import { GraphWrapperComponent } from "./components/graph-wrapper-component";
 import { createGraphModel, GraphModel } from "./models/graph-model";
 import { updateGraphContentWithNewSharedModelIds, updateGraphObjectWithNewSharedModelIds }
   from "./utilities/graph-utils";
+  import { AppConfigModelType } from "../../models/stores/app-config-model";
 
 import Icon from "./assets/graph-icon.svg";
 import HeaderIcon from "./assets/graph-tile-id.svg";
-import { AppConfigModelType } from "../../models/stores/app-config-model";
 
 function graphAllowsMultipleDataSets(appConfig: AppConfigModelType) {
   return !!appConfig.getSetting("defaultSeriesLegend", "graph");