DefaultLabelFormat

[Dr.YSG]

I have a Y axis that has numeric values from 2000 to 2008. The default format is coming out as 2.01k, 2.01 k, 2.01 k

This is not very useful all the ticks are labeled the same.

I tried to fix this with a DefaultLabelFormat and fixing the range.

                            <chart:ChartArea.AxisY>
                                <chart:AxisY
                                    AutoRange="False"
                                    MinValue="2000"
                                    MaxValue="2008"
                                    DefaultLabelFormat="#Y{0}"
                                    Step="1" />
                            </chart:ChartArea.AxisY>

But even though there should be 9 steps, I am only seeing 5, and they are still all 2.01 k, 2.01 k.

Also, is there somewhere in the documentation API which describes the meaning of the codes for the label format. I know where to fine find the #X, #Y, #CAT etc. but what is inside the curly braces?

[Velin]

Hi Dr.YSG,

You can switch off the scientific label format behavior which is causing the problem in your scenario:

RadChart1.DefaultView.ChartArea.LabelFormatBehavior = LabelFormatBehavior.None;

More information about custom label formatting in RadChart can be found here. In the curly braces there can be any standard format string that is applicable in the specific scenario.

Hope this will help.

Regards,
Velin
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[Anne Lyon]

I had the same problerm, but setting my axis as DateTime and then setting the format (short date for me) worked fine:

ctlRadChart.DefaultView.ChartArea.AxisX.IsDateTime =

true;

 

ctlRadChart.DefaultView.ChartArea.AxisX.DefaultLabelFormat =

"d";

 

[Dr.YSG]

I tried your suggestion, but I am still getting scientific notation on the Y axis. (but it is giving 9 labels, each one 2.01k). which is sorta correct.
(thanks for the pointers to the documentation, that was helpful, consider adding it to the online API documentation).

                <telerik:RadChart.DefaultView>
                    <chart:ChartDefaultView>
                        <chart:ChartDefaultView.ChartTitle>
                            <chart:ChartTitle
                                Content="Years vs Passengers"
                                HorizontalAlignment="Center" />
                        </chart:ChartDefaultView.ChartTitle>
                        <chart:ChartDefaultView.ChartLegend>
                            <chart:ChartLegend
                                Visibility="Collapsed"/>
                        </chart:ChartDefaultView.ChartLegend>
                        <chart:ChartDefaultView.ChartArea>
                            <chart:ChartArea
                                LabelFormatBehavior="None"
                                EnableAnimations="False">
                                <chart:ChartArea.AxisY>
                                    <chart:AxisY
                                        AutoRange="False"
                                        MinValue="2000"
                                        MaxValue="2008"
                                        DefaultLabelFormat="#Y{D4}"
                                        Step="1" />
                                </chart:ChartArea.AxisY>
                            </chart:ChartArea>
                        </chart:ChartDefaultView.ChartArea>
                    </chart:ChartDefaultView>

[Velin]

Hello Dr.YSG,

Our local tests did not confirm an issue with using the LabelFormatBehavior property. We would ask you to send us a small project which we could further investigate and assist you.

Regards,
Velin
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[Dr.YSG]

In the process of creating a stripped down sample project, I discovered that the problem was the line:

DefaultLabelFormat="#Y{D4}"

By removing that, it performs as expected.

So now I have a follow on question. Given that this is a Y axis, what string should I use if I want a 4 digit wide value for integers (or for any other sort of format. I tried just {D4} but that gives a XAML syntax error. And if I just say "D4" then I get no labels at all.

[Velin]

Hello Dr.YSG,

Indeed, I was able to reproduce this issue and it has been already logged in our bug tracking system. You can expect it to be resolved with one of the upcoming builds.

Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience. Your Telerik points have been updated.

Regards,
Velin
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[Yavor]

Hello Dr.YSG,

As a quick follow up on the issue discussed in this thread.
After additional testing on the reported problem, which manifests itself when setting a format string of
"#Y{D4}". There are two parts to having empty values along the y axis. The first is the improper format string, which should be "#VAL{D4}" for this case.
Another component of the issue is the format string {D4}. Having empty values along the y axis is not a bug, but rather the default behavior of the format string with the specific format used: "{0:D4}", together with a decimal value. When we have a decimal value, for example:

string.Format(Cultureinfo, "{0:D4}", 0.0)

an exception is raised. Internally, the exception is catched, however this returns an empty value.

There is no issue if the we use a different value. For example:

string.Format(info, "{0:D4}", 0), the output will be "0000".

The same issue/exception can be reproduced with the following code:

System.Globalization.CultureInfo info = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
string format = "{0:D4}";
var tokenValue = 0.0;
var test = string.Format(info, "{0:D4}", tokenValue);

I hope this information helps.

Regards,
Yavor
the Telerik team

[Jonam]

how does this work for telerik.reporting.chart. This one doesn't have a defaultview. How can i set the y axe labeltype?

kind regards,

Jonam