Class CategoryAxis

The category axis is an index-based axis that plots values based on the index of the data point collection. It displays string values in the axis labels.

Inheritance
System.Object
ChartAxis
CategoryAxis
Inherited Members
Namespace: Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Charts
Assembly: Syncfusion.Chart.WinUI.dll
Syntax
public class CategoryAxis : ChartAxis
Remarks

Category axis supports only for the X(horizontal) axis.

To render an axis, create an instance of CategoryAxis and add it to the XAxes collection.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>

        <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
            <chart:CategoryAxis/>
        </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>

The CategoryAxis supports the following features. Refer to the corresponding APIs, for more details and example codes.

Header - To render the header, refer to this Header property.

Grid Lines - To show and customize the grid lines, refer the ShowMajorGridLines, and MajorGridLineStyle properties.

Axis Line - To customize the axis line using the AxisLineStyle property.

Labels Customization - To customize the axis labels, refer to this LabelStyle property.

Inversed Axis - Inverse the axis using the IsInversed property.

Label Placement - To place the axis labels in between or on the tick lines, refer to this LabelPlacement property.

Interval - To define the interval between the axis labels, refer to this Interval property.

Constructors

CategoryAxis()

Declaration
public CategoryAxis()

Fields

IntervalProperty

The DependencyProperty for Interval property.

Declaration
public static readonly DependencyProperty IntervalProperty
Field Value
Type Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty

LabelPlacementProperty

The DependencyProperty for LabelPlacement property.

Declaration
public static readonly DependencyProperty LabelPlacementProperty
Field Value
Type Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty

Properties

Interval

Gets or sets a value that can be used to customize the interval between the axis range.

Declaration
public double Interval { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Double

The default value is double.NaN.
Remarks

If this property is not set, the interval will be calculated automatically.

Examples
<chart:SfCartesianChart>

        <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
            <chart:CategoryAxis Interval="2" />
        </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>

LabelPlacement

Gets or sets a value that determines whether to place the axis label in between or on the tick lines.

Declaration
public LabelPlacement LabelPlacement { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
LabelPlacement

It accepts the LabelPlacement values and the default value is OnTicks.
Remarks

BetweenTicks - Used to place the axis label between the ticks.

OnTicks - Used to place the axis label with the tick as the center.

Examples
<chart:SfCartesianChart>

    <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
        <chart:CategoryAxis LabelPlacement="BetweenTicks" />
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>

Methods

ApplyRangePadding(DoubleRange, Double)

Declaration
protected override DoubleRange ApplyRangePadding(DoubleRange range, double interval)
Parameters
Type Name Description
DoubleRange range
System.Double interval
Returns
Type Description
DoubleRange
Overrides

CalculateActualInterval(DoubleRange, Size)

Declaration
protected override double CalculateActualInterval(DoubleRange range, Size availableSize)
Parameters
Type Name Description
DoubleRange range
Windows.Foundation.Size availableSize
Returns
Type Description
System.Double
Overrides