Define an Appearance for Painting All Visual Elements
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This document describes the easiest way to change a chart’s overall look and feel - by choosing one from the built-in appearances.
The ASP.NET Chart Control provides numerous built-in appearance presets that define the look of all the chart’s key elements - its diagram, axes, legend, series, and so on.
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To quickly change the appearance of your chart, you can use the Appearance page of the Chart Wizard.
A chart’s appearance is determined by the WebChartControl.AppearanceName property, and the list of its presets is returned by the WebChartControl.GetAppearanceNames method.
The following images demonstrate a chart with two different appearances.
AppearanceName = Default | AppearanceName = Dark Flat |
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When an appearance is defined, it is often required to individually paint each series, or each point within a series (e.g. for a Bar series), and define a palette that is used to paint them. This is described in the Choose a Palette for Painting Series, Points and Indicators document.
For a step-by-step tutorial, refer to How to: Customize a Chart’s Appearance.
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In addition, you can enable your end-users to specify pallettes and appearance for a chart themselves. The corresponding sample project is available in the DevExpress Code Central database at How to provide end-users with the capability to change a chart’s appearance on the fly.