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Reputation: 593

How can I make colorful background in WPF toolkit chart

I have this colourful graph that has been done in WinForms using a StripLine. I'm trying to reimplement it in WPF, but I'm having trouble with the colored background.

How would I make the ChartArea's background behave like this in WPF Toolkit's Charting Controls?

Colourful Graph

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2448

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 593

Thanks to Nitesh's hint and a bit of research into wpf styles, I've figured it out.

In the .xaml, I added a LinearGradientBrush, and a Style that uses it, like so:

<Window.Resources>
  <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="NormalBrush" EndPoint="1,0" StartPoint="0,0">
    <GradientStop Color="Green" Offset="0.0"/>
    <GradientStop Color="YellowGreen" Offset="{Binding OnTargetColourChange}"/>
    <GradientStop Color="Yellow" Offset="{Binding OnTargetColourChange}"/>
    <GradientStop Color="White" Offset="{Binding OnTargetMiddleColourChange}"/>
    <GradientStop Color="Yellow" Offset="{Binding OverDryColourChange}"/>
    <GradientStop Color="Orange" Offset="{Binding OverDryColourChange}"/>
    <GradientStop Color="Red" Offset="1.0"/>
  </LinearGradientBrush>
  <Style x:Key="PlotAreaStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Grid}">
    <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource NormalBrush}"/>
  </Style>
</Window.Resources>

Then when declaring the chart, I used the style:

<chartingToolkit:Chart 
    Name="SimulatorChart"
    PlotAreaStyle="{StaticResource PlotAreaStyle}">

Finally I only had to update the values that were bound in my DataContext. (OnTargetColourChange, OnTargetMiddleColourChange, and OverDryColourChange)

Upvotes: 2

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