Styling Chart Elements

Updated on Jul 8, 2026

RadChart has been deprecated since Q3 2014 and is marked as obsolete as of the 2026 Q2 SP1 (v2026.2.708) release. This is the last release that includes the RadChart component — its source code will be removed from the assembly in the next release. We strongly recommend using RadHtmlChart, Telerik's modern client-side charting component. To transition from RadChart to RadHtmlChart, refer to the following migration articles:

• Migrating Series
• Migrating Axes
• Migrating Date Axes
• Migrating Databinding
• Features parity

Explore the RadHtmlChart documentation and online demos to determine how it fits your development needs.

RadChart offers a set of properties to modify the look and feel of its elements. See those elements marked on the image below consider the table showing where their customization properties are located in the chart properties grid.

Element	Properties
a. Chart Title	Elements -> ChartTitle -> Appearance; Elements -> ChartTitle -> TextBlock
b. Legend	Elements -> Legend -> Appearance
c. Legend TextBlock (Legend Title)	Elements -> Legend -> TextBlock
d. Y Axis	PlotArea -> YAxis -> Appearance
e. Y Axis Label (Axis Title)	PlotArea -> YAxis -> AxisLabel
f. Y Axis Major Tick	PlotArea -> YAxis -> Appearance -> MajorTick
g. Y Axis Major GridLine	PlotArea -> YAxis -> Appearance -> MajorGridLines
h. Y Axis Minor Tick	PlotArea -> YAxis -> Appearance -> MinorTicк
i. Y Axis Minor GridLine	PlotArea -> YAxis -> Appearance -> MinorGridLines
j. Y Axis Label (Digit)	PlotArea -> YAxis -> Appearance -> LabelAppearance
k. X Axis	PlotArea -> XAxis -> Appearance
l. X Axis Label (Axis Title)	PlotArea -> XAxis -> AxisLabel
m. X Axis Major Tick	PlotArea -> XAxis -> Appearance -> MajorTick
n. X Axis Major GridLine	PlotArea -> XAxis -> Appearance -> MajorGridLines
o. X Axis Label (Digit)	PlotArea -> XAxis -> Appearance -> LabelAppearance
p. Series 1	Data -> Series -> [series name] -> Appearance -> Appearance
q. Series 2	Data -> Series -> [series name] -> Appearance -> Appearance
r. Series Item Label	Data -> Series -> [series name] -> Appearance -> Appearance -> TextAppearance
s. PlotArea	Elements -> PlotArea -> Appearance

Common Appearance Properties

All chart elements have common appearance settings, which are:

• Border – border width, color and style

• Corners – corner style and size

• Dimensions – width, height, margin, padding

• FillStyle – background color, image and gradients

• Position

• Shadow – color, distance and position

• Visible – true or false