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dushyantp
dushyantp

Reputation: 4728

Windows Form C# Graph Axes Label on both X & Y axes

Can anyone please tell me how to write the labels on the x-y-axes on the graph? The ones that say "Time(s)" & "Speed (m/s)".

I am using System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart. There should be a simple property somewhere which I am missing or is it something more complicated?

graph with labeled axes

Upvotes: 10

Views: 28489

Answers (2)

Mytroy2050
Mytroy2050

Reputation: 198

None of the solutions worked for me. I used the following code which helped me to add Axis title on windows form chart. I am adding a couple of useful properties so anyone who is working on it can have an idea how to use it. I searched a lot to find out all those properties. There are very few examples of this types.

chartESTOr.Titles.Add("Est OR Date " + " (" + Year + ")").Font = new Font("Arial", 10, FontStyle.Bold); // Chart Title
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.Title = "Month";  // Chart X Axis Title
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.TitleAlignment = StringAlignment.Center; // Chart X axis Text Alignment 
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.TextOrientation = TextOrientation.Rotated270; // Chart X Axis Text Orientation 
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.TitleFont = new Font("Arial", 8, FontStyle.Bold); // Chart X axis Title Font
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.Interval = 1; // Chart X Axis Interval
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.Title = "Quote Value (USD)"; // Chart Y Axis Title 
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.TitleAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;  // Chart Y axis Text Alignment 
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.TextOrientation = TextOrientation.Horizontal; // Chart Y Axis Text Orientation
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.TitleFont = new Font("Arial", 8, FontStyle.Bold); // Chart Y axis Title Font
chartESTOr.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.LabelStyle.Format = "{0:0,}K"; // Chart Y Axis lable format

Upvotes: 2

Philip Fourie
Philip Fourie

Reputation: 117047

I am using the charts control on the web and setting the X and Y axis titles are done in the following way.

I assume the API would be the same for winforms.

var chartArea = new ChartArea("MyChart");
...
chartArea.AxisX.Title = "Times(s)";
chartArea.AxisY.Title = "Speed (m/s)";

Upvotes: 25

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