Types of Axis in .NET MAUI Chart

6 Sep 202323 minutes to read

Cartesian chart supports the following types of chart axis.

  • NumericalAxis
  • CategoryAxis
  • DateTimeAxis
  • LogarithmicAxis

Numerical Axis

NumericalAxis is used to plot numerical values to the chart. NumericalAxis can be defined for both XAxes and YAxes.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    . . .
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
        <chart:NumericalAxis/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
        <chart:NumericalAxis/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
NumericalAxis primaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

NumericalAxis interval support in MAUI Chart

To customize the NumericalAxis in .NET MAUI Cartesian Charts, you can check the below video.

Interval

Axis interval can be customized by using the Interval property. By default, interval will be calculated based on the minimum and maximum value of the provided data.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
. . .
<chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
    <chart:NumericalAxis Interval="10" />
</chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
<chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
    <chart:NumericalAxis/>
</chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
NumericalAxis primaryAxis = new NumericalAxis()
{
    Interval = 10, 
};
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

NumericalAxis interval support in MAUI Chart

Customizing the Range

Maximum and Minimum properties of axis is used for setting the maximum and minimum value of the axis range respectively.

NOTE

If minimum or maximum value is set, the other value is calculated by default internally.

<chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
    <chart:NumericalAxis Maximum="2750" Minimum="250" Interval="250"/>
</chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis()
{
    Maximum = 2750,
    Minimum = 250,
    Interval = 250
};
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

Category Axis

The CategoryAxis is an indexed based axis that plots values based on the index of the data point collection. The points are equally spaced here.

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

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
CategoryAxis primaryAxis = new CategoryAxis();
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

CategoryAxis support in MAUI Chart

To customize the CategoryAxis in .NET MAUI Cartesian Charts, you can check the below video.

Label placement

The LabelPlacement property in CategoryAxis is used to placed the axis labels based on ticks and between ticks. The default value of LabelPlacement is OnTicks.

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

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
CategoryAxis primaryAxis = new CategoryAxis()
{
    LabelPlacement = LabelPlacement.BetweenTicks
};
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

Axis label placement support in MAUI Chart

Interval

By default, the CategoryAxis axis labels are display with fixed interval 1. It can customized by using the Interval property of axis.

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

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
CategoryAxis primaryAxis = new CategoryAxis()
{
    Interval = 2, 
};
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

CategoryAxis interval support in MAUI Chart

Indexed category axis

In Cartesian Charts, the ArrangeByIndex property is used to determine how the items in a category axis are arranged.

If ArrangeByIndex is set to true, then the items in the category axis will be arranged according to their index values.

If ArrangeByIndex is set to false, then the items in the category axis will be arranged according to their values. By default, ArrangeByIndex is true.

The following code illustrates how to define the property ArrangeByIndex in chart.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
        . . .
        <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
            <chart:CategoryAxis ArrangeByIndex="False" />
        </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
        <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
            <chart:NumericalAxis/>
        </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

        <chart:ColumnSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
                            XBindingPath="Year"
                            YBindingPath="Value"/>

        <chart:ColumnSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
                            XBindingPath="Year1"
                            BindingPath="Value"/>

        </chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
    . . .
    CategoryAxis primaryAxis = new CategoryAxis()
    {
        ArrangeByIndex = false, 
    };
    chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

    NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
    chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);  

    ColumnSeries series1 = new ColumnSeries();
    series1.ItemsSource = Items; 
    series1.XBindingPath = "Year";
    series1.YBindingPath = "Value";

    ColumnSeries series2 = new ColumnSeries();
    series2.ItemsSource = Items;  
    series2.XBindingPath = "Year1";
    series2.YBindingPath = "Value";

    chart.Series.Add(series1);
    chart.Series.Add(series2);

CategoryAxis ArrangeByIndex support in MAUI Chart

DateTime Axis

DateTimeAxis is used to plot DateTime values. The DateTimeAxis is widely used to make financial charts in places like the Stock Market, where index plotting is done every day.

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

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
DateTimeAxis primaryAxis = new DateTimeAxis();
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

DateTimeCategoryAxis support in MAUI Chart

To customize the DateTimeAxis in .NET MAUI Cartesian Charts, you can check the below video.

Interval

In DateTimeAxis, intervals can be customized by using the Interval and IntervalType properties. For example, setting Interval as 6 and IntervalType as Months will consider 6 months as interval.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    ...
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
        <chart:DateTimeAxis Interval="6" IntervalType="Months"/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
        <chart:NumericalAxis/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
DateTimeAxis primaryAxis = new DateTimeAxis()
{
    Interval = 6, 
    IntervalType = DateTimeIntervalType.Months
};
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

DateTimeAxis interval support in MAUI Chart

Customizing the Range

Minimum and Maximum properties behavior is same as in NumericalAxis instead of setting numerical value, have to set date time values.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    . . .
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
        <chart:DateTimeAxis Minimum="2021/05/10" Maximum="2021/11/01"/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
DateTimeAxis primaryAxis = new DateTimeAxis()
{
    Minimum = new DateTime(2021,05,10),
    Maximum = new DateTime(2021,11,01),
};
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

DateTimeAxis range customization support in MAUI Chart

Logarithmic Axis

The LogarithmicAxis uses a logarithmic scale, and it is very useful in visualizing data when the given data range has a big difference. It can be used either on the x-axis or the chart’s y-axis.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>

   . . .
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
        <chart:LogarithmicAxis/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
    
</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();

. . .

LogarithmicAxis secondaryAxis = new LogarithmicAxis();
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

LogarithmicAxis support in MAUI Chart

To customize the LogarithmicAxis in .NET MAUI Cartesian Charts, you can check the below video.

Interval

Axis interval can be customized using the Interval property of the axis. By default, interval will be calculated based on the minimum and maximum value of the provided data. And the default value of the interval is 1.

<chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

    <chart:LogarithmicAxis Interval="2"/>

</chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
chart.YAxes.Add(new LogarithmicAxis( ) { Interval = 2 });

Range customization

To customize the range of the log axis, you can use the Minimum, Maximum properties of the LogarithmicAxis. By default, an excellent range will be calculated automatically based on the provided data.

<chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

    <chart:LogarithmicAxis Minimum="100" Maximum="10000"/>

</chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
chart.YAxes.Add(new LogarithmicAxis() { 
	Minimum = 100, 
	Maximum = 10000 
});

Base customization

The logarithmic axis base can be customized using the LogarithmicBase property of the axis. By default, the base value is 10.

<chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

    <chart:LogarithmicAxis LogarithmicBase="5"/>

</chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
chart.YAxes.Add(new LogarithmicAxis( ) { LogarithmicBase = 5 });

LogarithmicAxis base customization in MAUI Chart

To customize the ChartAxis in .NET MAUI Cartesian Charts, you can check the below video.

Inversed

Axis can be inverted by using the IsInversed property. The default value of this property is False.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    . . .
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
        <chart:NumericalAxis IsInversed="True"/>
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
secondaryAxis.IsInversed = true;
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

Inversed axis support in MAUI Chart

Axis Visibility

Axis visibility can be controlled using the IsVisible property of axis. Default value of IsVisible property is True.

<chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
    <chart:NumericalAxis IsVisible="False"/>
</chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis() { IsVisible = false };
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

Multiple Axes

Cartesian charts provides support to arrange the multiple series inside the same chart area with specified x-axis and y-axis. There are two properties XAxisName and YAxisName in all the Cartesian series type, which is used to provide multiple axes support. These axes can be arranged in a stacking order or in a side by side pattern.

By default, The 0th index value of XAxes and YAxes is used to plot all of the series.

<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
             xmlns:chart="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Charts;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Charts">

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    . . .
	<chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
		<chart:DateTimeAxis ShowMajorGridLines="False" />
	</chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
	<chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
		<chart:NumericalAxis ShowMajorGridLines="False" />
		<chart:NumericalAxis Name="series_YAxis" CrossesAt="{Static x:Double.MaxValue}" ShowMajorGridLines="False" />
	</chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
        <chart:ColumnSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Data1}" 
                            XBindingPath="Date"
                            YBindingPath="Value" YAxisName="series_YAxis"/>
        <chart:SplineSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                            XBindingPath="Date"
                            YBindingPath="Value"/>
</chart:SfCartesianChart>

</ContentPage>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
. . .

ColumnSeries series1 = new ColumnSeries()
{
    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().Demands,
    XBindingPath = "Demand",
    YBindingPath = "Year2011"
};

SplineSeries series2 = new SplineSeries()
{
    ItemsSource = new ViewModel().Demands,
    XBindingPath = "Date",
    YBindingPath = "Year2011",
};

DateTimeAxis primaryAxis = new DateTimeAxis()
{
    ShowMajorGridLines = false
};
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);

NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis()
{
    CrossesAt = double.MaxValue,
    ShowMajorGridLines = false
};
secondaryAxis.Name = "series_YAxis";
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis1 = new NumericalAxis();
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis1);
series1.YAxisName = "series_YAxis";


chart.Series.Add(series1);
chart.Series.Add(series2);

In the above image, the ColumnSeries is plotted based on additional axes of YAxes collection, and SplineSeries is plotted based on axis of the collection’s 0th index.

Axis Crossing

The chart allows you to customize the origin, by default the axis will be rendered with (0,0) as the origin in x and y-axes. An axis can be positioned anywhere in the chart area by using the CrossesAt property. This property specifies where the horizontal axis intersects or crosses the vertical axis, and vice versa. The default value of the CrossesAt property is double.NaN.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
            <chart:NumericalAxis CrossesAt="0"
								 Minimum="-8"
								 Maximum="8"
								 ShowMajorGridLines="False" />
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
            <chart:NumericalAxis CrossesAt="0"
								 Minimum="-8"
								 Maximum="8"
								 ShowMajorGridLines="False" />
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
NumericalAxis primaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
primaryAxis.CrossesAt = 0;
primaryAxis.Minimum = -8;
primaryAxis.Maximum = 8;
primaryAxis.ShowMajorGridLines = false;
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
secondaryAxis.CrossesAt = 0;
secondaryAxis.Minimum = -8;
secondaryAxis.Maximum = 8;
secondaryAxis.ShowMajorGridLines = false;
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

Axis crossing support in MAUI Chart

Positioning the axis elements while crossing

The RenderNextToCrossingValue property is used to determine whether the crossing axis should be placed at crossing position or not. The default value of RenderNextToCrossingValue property is true.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>
    
    <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
            <chart:NumericalAxis CrossesAt="0" RenderNextToCrossingValue="False" />
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
            <chart:NumericalAxis CrossesAt="0" />
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
NumericalAxis primaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
primaryAxis.CrossesAt = 0;
primaryAxis.RenderNextToCrossingValue = false;
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
secondaryAxis.CrossesAt = 0;
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

RenderNextToCrossingValue support in MAUI Chart

Crossing the date-time axis

For the crossing in date time horizontal axis, date object should be provided as value for CrossesAt property of vertical axis.

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

    <chart:SfCartesianChart.yAxes>
            <chart:NumericalAxis />
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.yAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
NumericalAxis primaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
secondaryAxis.CrossesAt = new DateTime(2021, 01, 01);;
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

DateTimeAxis crossing support in MAUI Chart

Opposite Side Axis with CrossesAt

The chart allows you to position the axis to opposed position by setting the value as double.MaxValue to the CrossesAt property.

<chart:SfCartesianChart>

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

    <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
            <chart:NumericalAxis CrossesAt="{Static x:Double.MaxValue}" />
    </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>

</chart:SfCartesianChart>
SfCartesianChart chart = new SfCartesianChart();
NumericalAxis primaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
chart.XAxes.Add(primaryAxis);
NumericalAxis secondaryAxis = new NumericalAxis();
secondaryAxis.CrossesAt = double.MaxValue;
chart.YAxes.Add(secondaryAxis);

Axis opposite position in MAUI Chart

Events

ActualRangeChanged

The ActualRangeChanged event is triggered when the actual range of the axis is changed. The argument contains the following information:

  • ActualMinimum - used to get the actual minimum value of the axis.
  • ActualMaximum - used to get the actual maximum value of the axis.

NOTE

The actual range is changed by specifying the ZoomPosition and ZoomFactor properties or zooming the chart interactively.

LabelCreated

The LabelCreated event is triggered when the axis label is created. The argument contains the following information:

  • Label - Used to get or set the text of axis label.
  • Position - Used to get the position of label.
  • LabelStyle - Used to customize the appearance of axis labels.