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Styling Chart Elements

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.

WinForms RadChart Styling Chart Elements

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

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