Minor Ticks and Stripes

As of R2 2022 the RadChartView control allows you to display minor ticks and stripes in addition to the major ticks and stripes.

Minor Ticks

The minor ticks functionality is supported by the following types of axes:

• NumericalAxis (LinearAxis and LogarithmicAxis)
• DateTimeContinuousAxis
• PolarAxis
• NumericRadialAxis

The visibility and appearance of the minor ticks can be controlled via the following properties of these axes:

• MinorTicksPerMajor—The number of minor ticks per major interval.
• MinorTickLength—The length of the minor tick.
• MinorTickOffset—Index-based offset of the first tick to be displayed.
• MinorTickTemplate—The template that defines the appearance of all minor ticks present on the axis.
• MinorTickStyle—The style for each Rectangle instance created to represent a minor tick when no MinorTickTemplate is specified.

Cartesian Chart with customized minor ticks

<telerik:RadCartesianChart> 
    <telerik:RadCartesianChart.HorizontalAxis> 
        <telerik:LinearAxis Maximum="100" 
                            DesiredTickCount="10"  
                            MinorTicksPerMajor="3" 
                            MinorTickLength="10"> 
            <telerik:LinearAxis.MinorTickStyle> 
                <Style TargetType="Rectangle"> 
                    <Setter Property="Fill" Value="Blue" /> 
                </Style> 
            </telerik:LinearAxis.MinorTickStyle> 
        </telerik:LinearAxis> 
    </telerik:RadCartesianChart.HorizontalAxis> 
    <telerik:RadCartesianChart.VerticalAxis> 
        <telerik:LinearAxis Maximum="100" /> 
    </telerik:RadCartesianChart.VerticalAxis> 
    <telerik:RadCartesianChart.Series> 
        <telerik:ScatterPointSeries> 
            <telerik:ScatterPointSeries.DataPoints> 
                <!-- ... --> 
            </telerik:ScatterPointSeries.DataPoints> 
        </telerik:ScatterPointSeries> 
    </telerik:RadCartesianChart.Series> 
</telerik:RadCartesianChart> 

Stripes

In addition to the new minor tick functionality, both the CartesianChartGrid and PolarChartGrid now expose properties to control the visibility and appearance of the minor grid and strip lines.

CartesianChartGrid

The CartesianChartGrid provides the following properties for customization of the grid and strip lines:

• MinorLinesVisibility—The visibility of minor grid lines. A value of type GridLineVisibility which can be either None, X, Y or XY.
• MinorStripLinesVisibility—The visibility of the grid's stripes. A value of type GridLineVisibility which can be either None, X, Y or XY.
• MinorXLineStyle—The style that defines the appearance of the minor lines along the X-axis.
• MinorYLineStyle—The style that defines the appearance of the minor lines along the Y-axis.
• MinorXLineDashArray—The dash array used to define each minor X-line StrokeDashArray
• MinorYLineDashArray—The dash array used to define each minor X-line StrokeDashArray

Cartesian Chart with customized CartesianChartGrid

<telerik:RadCartesianChart> 
    <telerik:RadCartesianChart.Grid> 
        <telerik:CartesianChartGrid MajorLinesVisibility="None" 
                            MinorLinesVisibility="X" 
                            StripLinesVisibility="None" 
                            MinorStripLinesVisibility="X" 
                            MinorXLineDashArray="6 3"> 
            <telerik:CartesianChartGrid.MinorXLineStyle> 
                <Style TargetType="Line"> 
                    <Setter Property="Stroke" Value="Blue" /> 
                </Style> 
            </telerik:CartesianChartGrid.MinorXLineStyle> 
        </telerik:CartesianChartGrid> 
    </telerik:RadCartesianChart.Grid> 
    <!-- Axes defined in previous example --> 
</telerik:RadCartesianChart> 

PolarChartGrid

The PolarChartGrid provides the following properties for customization of the grid and strip lines:

• MinorGridLineVisibility—The visibility of minor grid lines. A value of type PolarGridLineVisibility which can be either None, Radial, Polar or Both.
• MinorStripesVisibility—The visibility of the grid's stripes. A value of type PolarGridLineVisibility which can be either None, Radial, Polar or Both.
• MinorPolarLineStyle—The style that defines the appearance of the minor polar (radius) lines within the grid.
• MinorPolarLineDashArray—The DoubleCollection that defines the pattern of the minor polar (radius) lines within the grid.
• MinorRadialLineStyle—The style that defines the appearance of the minor radial (angle) lines within the grid.
• MinorRadialDashArray—The DoubleCollection that defines the pattern of the minor radial (angle) lines within the grid.

Polar Chart with customized PolarChartGrid

<telerik:RadPolarChart Palette="Windows8"> 
    <telerik:RadPolarChart.PolarAxis> 
        <telerik:PolarAxis MinorTicksPerMajor="1" /> 
    </telerik:RadPolarChart.PolarAxis> 
    <telerik:RadPolarChart.RadialAxis> 
        <telerik:NumericRadialAxis MinorTicksPerMajor="2" /> 
    </telerik:RadPolarChart.RadialAxis> 
    <telerik:RadPolarChart.Series> 
        <telerik:PolarLineSeries> 
            <telerik:PolarLineSeries.DataPoints> 
                <!-- ... --> 
            </telerik:PolarLineSeries.DataPoints> 
        </telerik:PolarLineSeries> 
    </telerik:RadPolarChart.Series> 
    <telerik:RadPolarChart.Grid> 
        <telerik:PolarChartGrid GridLineVisibility="Both" 
                                MinorGridLineVisibility="Both" 
                                MinorStripesVisibility="Radial" 
                                MinorRadialDashArray="2 1" 
                                MinorPolarLineDashArray="6 3"> 
            <telerik:PolarChartGrid.MinorPolarLineStyle> 
                <Style TargetType="Line"> 
                    <Setter Property="Stroke" Value="Blue" /> 
                </Style> 
            </telerik:PolarChartGrid.MinorPolarLineStyle> 
            <telerik:PolarChartGrid.MinorRadialLineStyle> 
                <Style TargetType="Ellipse"> 
                    <Setter Property="Stroke" Value="Red" /> 
                </Style> 
            </telerik:PolarChartGrid.MinorRadialLineStyle> 
        </telerik:PolarChartGrid> 
    </telerik:RadPolarChart.Grid> 
</telerik:RadPolarChart> 

See Also

• Chart Grid
• Axis