Chart Background Color

[Charles]

I'm working on porting a UWP app to .Net core, and I can't find how to set the chart area color:

In the UWP, I have the graph sitting in a grid, and my code is

                    var tempBrush = new SolidColorBrush(GetBackgroundColor(_theData[0].ModuleType));
                    theGrid.Background = tempBrush;
                    dataGraph.Background = tempBrush;

I'd assume the Graph has the ability to set a style, but nope.

The samples don't seem to show how to set a lot of things like MajorStep, MinorStep, label rotation etc for a TimeAxis - and I can't find a good reference for what is available. (The API docs have almost no examples.)

[Marin Bratanov]

Hello Charles,

There are two open feature requests for background settings on the chart that you can Follow (I've added your Vote to each to raise their priority):

• background on the chart itself
• background of the plot area element

As for other settings - they are far too numerous to provide examples for each and we have added general tips on exploring them, like in the Customize Chart Elements - Nested Tags Settings section or the series-specific articles. We also made the following KBs to offer some examples:

• Style the Series Labels
• Prevent crowded grid lines
• Fix Overlapping Labels
• How to make transparent markers

There's also a pretty large chart with a lot of settings in the Stocks sample app - here is its component file from its repo.

For a time axis - the Date Axis article provides examples and explanations on the features specific to time axes.

I hope this helps you get started and explore the component.

 

Regards,
Marin Bratanov
Progress Telerik