# StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder ## Methods ### AutoBaseUnitSteps(System.Action) The discrete navigator.categoryAxis.baseUnitStep values when either navigator.categoryAxis.baseUnit is set to "fit" ornavigator.categoryAxis.baseUnitStep is set to "auto". #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisAutoBaseUnitStepsSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxisautobaseunitstepssettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the autobaseunitsteps setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### AxisCrossingValue(System.Object\[]) Category index at which the first value axis crosses this axis (when set as an object).Category indices at which the value axes cross the category axis (when set as an array). #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Object[]` The value for AxisCrossingValue #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Background(System.String) The background color of the axis. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.String` The value for Background #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### BaseUnitStep(System.Int32) The step (interval) between categories in base units. Setting it to "auto" will set the step to such value that the total number of categories does not exceed categoryAxis.maxDateGroups.This option is ignored if categoryAxis.baseUnit is set to "fit". #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Int32` The value for BaseUnitStep #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Color(System.String) The color to apply to all axis elements. Accepts a valid CSS color string, including hex and rgb. Can be overridden by categoryAxis.labels.color andcategoryAxis.line.color. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.String` The value for Color #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Crosshair(System.Action) The crosshair configuration options. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisCrosshairSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxiscrosshairsettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the crosshair setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### Field(System.String) The data item field which contains the category name. Requires the dataSource option to be set. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.String` The value for Field #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Justified(System.Boolean) If set to true the chart will position categories and series points on major ticks. This removes the empty space before and after the series.The default value is false except for "area" and "verticalArea". #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Boolean` The value for Justified #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Justified() If set to true the chart will position categories and series points on major ticks. This removes the empty space before and after the series.The default value is false except for "area" and "verticalArea". #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Labels(System.Action) The axis labels configuration. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisLabelsSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxislabelssettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the labels setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### Line(System.Action) The configuration of the axis lines. Also affects the major and minor ticks, but not the grid lines. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisLineSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxislinesettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the line setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### MajorGridLines(System.Action) The configuration of the major grid lines. These are the lines that are an extension of the major ticks through the body of the chart. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisMajorGridLinesSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxismajorgridlinessettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the majorgridlines setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### MajorTicks(System.Action) The configuration of the category axis major ticks. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisMajorTicksSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxismajortickssettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the majorticks setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### Max(System.Object) The last date displayed on the category date axis. By default, the minimum date is the same as the last category. This is often used in combination with the categoryAxis.min and categoryAxis.roundToBaseUnit options to set up a fixed date range. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Object` The value for Max #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### MaxDateGroups(System.Double) The maximum number of groups (categories) to display whencategoryAxis.baseUnit is set to "fit" orcategoryAxis.baseUnitStep is set to "auto". #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Double` The value for MaxDateGroups #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### MaxDivisions(System.Double) The maximum number of ticks and labels to display. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Double` The value for MaxDivisions #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Min(System.Object) The first date displayed on the category date axis. By default, the minimum date is the same as the first category. This is often used in combination with the categoryAxis.min and categoryAxis.roundToBaseUnit options to set up a fixed date range. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Object` The value for Min #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### MinorGridLines(System.Action) The configuration of the minor grid lines. These are the lines that are an extension of the minor ticks through the body of the chart. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisMinorGridLinesSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxisminorgridlinessettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the minorgridlines setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### MinorTicks(System.Action) The configuration of the category axis minor ticks. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisMinorTicksSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxisminortickssettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the minorticks setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### PlotBands(System.Action) The plot bands of the category axis. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsPlotBandFactory](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsplotbandfactory)> The configurator for the plotbands setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### Reverse(System.Boolean) If set to true the category axis direction will be reversed. By default categories are listed from left to right and from bottom to top. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Boolean` The value for Reverse #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Reverse() If set to true the category axis direction will be reversed. By default categories are listed from left to right and from bottom to top. #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### RoundToBaseUnit(System.Boolean) If set to true the chart will round the first and last date to the nearest base unit.The roundToBaseUnit option will be ignored if series.type is set to "bar", "column", "ohlc" or "candlestick". #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Boolean` The value for RoundToBaseUnit #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Title(System.Action) The title configuration of the category axis. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisTitleSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxistitlesettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the title setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### Visible(System.Boolean) If set to true the chart will display the category axis. By default the category axis is visible. #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Boolean` The value for Visible #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### WeekStartDay(System.Double) #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Double` The value for WeekStartDay #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Notes(System.Action) The category axis notes configuration. #### Parameters ##### configurator - System.Action<[StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisNotesSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxisnotessettingsbuilder)> The configurator for the notes setting. #### RETURNS Returns the current instance of [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) . ### BaseUnit(Kendo.Mvc.UI.ChartAxisBaseUnit) Specifies the base time interval for the axis. #### Parameters ##### value - [ChartAxisBaseUnit](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui/chartaxisbaseunit) The value for BaseUnit #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Categories(System.Object\[]) #### Parameters ##### value - `System.Object[]` The value for Categories #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance. ### Type(Kendo.Mvc.UI.ChartCategoryAxisType) Specifies the category axis type. #### Parameters ##### value - [ChartCategoryAxisType](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui/chartcategoryaxistype) The value for Type #### RETURNS Returns the current [StockChartNavigatorCategoryAxisSettingsBuilder](https://www.telerik.com/aspnet-core-ui/documentation/api/kendo.mvc.ui.fluent/stockchartnavigatorcategoryaxissettingsbuilder) instance.