AxisLabelItemBase.TextColor Property

Gets or sets an axis label item’s text color.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Appearance)]
public Color TextColor { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Appearance)>
Public Property TextColor As Color

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color structure which specifies the axis label item’s text color.

Remarks

An axis label item is the specific instance of the AxisLabelItem class, obtained in the ChartControl.CustomDrawAxisLabel (or WebChartControl.CustomDrawAxisLabel) event handler.

For axis labels as a whole (represented by an instance of the AxisLabel class), the TitleBase.TextColor property, which is similar, is provided.

For more information, refer to Axis Labels.

Example

Apart from the capability to customize the overall appearance of axis labels, you can obtain individual axis labels at runtime. Then, it’s possible to apply all the options available for axis labels to them, individually. For example, based on some criteria (e.g. an axis value threshold), you can apply different formatting to axis labels.

For this, the special ChartControl.CustomDrawAxisLabel event is introduced. Handle it to obtain axis labels.

Note

For the WebChartControl you should handle its WebChartControl.CustomDrawSeries event to implement this task.

The following code demonstrates one possible implementation of this capability.

C#

private void chartControl1_CustomDrawAxisLabel(object sender, CustomDrawAxisLabelEventArgs e) {
    AxisBase axis = e.Item.Axis;
    if (axis is AxisY || axis is AxisY3D || axis is RadarAxisY) {
        double axisValue = (double)e.Item.AxisValue;
        if (axisValue < 0) {
            e.Item.TextColor = Color.Red;
        }
        else if (axisValue > 0) {
            e.Item.Text = "+" + e.Item.Text;
            e.Item.TextColor = Color.Green;
        }
        else if (axisValue == 0) {
            e.Item.Text = "Zero";
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Private Sub chartControl1_CustomDrawAxisLabel(sender As Object, e As CustomDrawAxisLabelEventArgs)
   Dim axis As AxisBase = e.Item.Axis
   If TypeOf axis Is AxisY Or TypeOf axis Is AxisY3D Or TypeOf axis Is RadarAxisY Then
      Dim axisValue As Double = CDbl(e.Item.AxisValue)
      If axisValue < 0 Then
         e.Item.TextColor = Color.Red
      Else
         If axisValue > 0 Then
            e.Item.Text = "+" + e.Item.Text
            e.Item.TextColor = Color.Green
         Else
            If axisValue = 0 Then
               e.Item.Text = "Zero"
            End If
         End If
      End If
   End If
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-charts-how-to-individually-customize-axis-labels/CS/CustomAxisLabels/Form1.cs#L18

    // Customize the axis label's color.
    e.Item.TextColor = Color.Red;
else if (axisValue > 0) {

VB.NET

winforms-charts-how-to-individually-customize-axis-labels/VB/CustomAxisLabels/Form1.vb#L21

    ' Customize the axis label's color.
    e.Item.TextColor = Color.Red
ElseIf axisValue > 0 Then