Horizontal Bar Chart Issue

[Muhammad Irfan]

Hi Guys,

I have a horitontal bar chart with XAxis and YAxis2. YAxis2 Item labels appear on the top from left to right in ascending order. Take a look at the attached image. However, XAxis item labels start from bottom to top in ascending order. I want them to appear from top to bottom so that they look consitent with YAxis2 items labels. Is this possible?

Many thanks.
Irfan

[Petar Kirov]

Hi Irfan,

The axes of the ASP.NET RadChart don't expose an API for reversing, however a relatively easy workaround exists.
Basically you have to change the Series Items' XValue sign to the opposite one in the DataBound event, and in the BeforeLayout, you have to change axis labels numbers sign back to the original state. Here is a code example: 

//Register for the events before the DataBind() method is called
this.RadChart1.DataBound +=
        new EventHandler(RadChart1_DataBound);
this.RadChart1.BeforeLayout +=
        new EventHandler<EventArgs>(RadChart1_BeforeLayout);
this.RadChart1.DataBind();

void RadChart1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    foreach (var series in RadChart1.Series)
    {
        foreach (var seriesItem in series.Items)
        {
            seriesItem.XValue *= -1.0;
        }
    }
}

void RadChart1_BeforeLayout(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    foreach (var axisItem in RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Items)
    {
        axisItem.TextBlock.Text =
            (double.Parse(axisItem.TextBlock.Text) * -1.0).ToString();
    }
}

 

All the best,
Petar Kirov
the Telerik team

[Muhammad Irfan]

Hi Petar,

Very clever. I will try that. One more question, I am keeping both the required registered directives (see below) on the page itself for the chart to work. Is it possible to put them in the web.config?

<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Charting" TagPrefix="telerik" %>

Thanks.

[Petar Kirov]

Hi Irfan,

Yes it is possible. You can find it described in this blog post.
 
Kind regards,
Petar Kirov
the Telerik team