SideBySideBarSeriesView.BarDistance Property

Gets or sets the variable distance value (as a fraction of axis units) between two bars of different series shown at the same argument point.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Layout)]
public double BarDistance { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Layout)>
Public Property BarDistance As Double

Property Value

Type	Description
Double	A Double value that represents the distance between two neighboring bars as a fraction of axis units, where an axis unit is the distance between two major values on the axis.

Remarks

The BarDistance property specifies the distance between two bars in a Side-by-Side Bar series. This property’s value is given as a fraction of axis units (the distance between two major axis tickmarks). This means that the distance is being auto-adjusted when the chart is resized. For instance, if the BarDistance property is set to 0.5, then the distance between the two bars will be always equal to half the range between the two major values on the axis.

To specify the distance between two bars in pixels, use the SideBySideBarSeriesView.BarDistanceFixed property. If both the BarDistance and SideBySideBarSeriesView.BarDistanceFixed properties are specified, their values are accumulated together as constant and variable distances.

Note

The BarDistance property is synchronized in all Side-by-Side Bar series which are present in a ChartControl, and all of them always return the same value. So, changing the BarDistance property for any such series, affects the BarDistance property value in all other similar series.

For the same reason, when trying to set the BarDistance property before a Series is added to a chart’s collection, an ArgumentException is thrown.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create a ChartControl with two series of the SideBySideBarSeriesView type at runtime:

• Add a chart to the WinForms project and specify the chart’s data source.
• Create two series and add them to the chart.
• Specify data members for the series.
• Configure series view settings.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
// ...

namespace SideBySideBar2D {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create an empty chart.
            ChartControl chart = new ChartControl();

            // Bind a chart to a data source.
            chart.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints();

            // Create the first series and specify its data members.
            Series series1 = new Series("2018", ViewType.Bar);
            series1.ArgumentDataMember = "Region";
            series1.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value1");

            // Create the second series and specify its data members.
            Series series2 = new Series("2019", ViewType.Bar);
            series2.ArgumentDataMember = "Region";
            series2.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value2");

            // Add series to the chart.
            chart.Series.AddRange(new Series[] { series1, series2 });

            // Change the first series's view settings.
            SideBySideBarSeriesView view1 = series1.View as SideBySideBarSeriesView;
            // The BarDistance, BarDistanceFixed, and EqualBarWidth property values are synchronized 
            // in all Side-by-Side Bar Series in a ChartControl.
            // So, you can specify them only for one series view.
            view1.BarDistance = 0.1;
            view1.BarDistanceFixed = 2;
            view1.BarWidth = 0.4;
            view1.EqualBarWidth = true;
            view1.Color = Color.MediumSeaGreen;

            // Change the second series's view settings.
            SideBySideBarSeriesView view2 = series2.View as SideBySideBarSeriesView;
            view2.BarWidth = 0.4;
            view2.Color = Color.MediumVioletRed;

            // Change the legend position.
            chart.Legend.AlignmentHorizontal = LegendAlignmentHorizontal.Right;
            chart.Legend.AlignmentVertical = LegendAlignmentVertical.Bottom;

            // Rotate the diagram.
            ((XYDiagram)chart.Diagram).Rotated = true;

            // Configure the x-axis appearance.
            ((XYDiagram)chart.Diagram).AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = false;
            ((XYDiagram)chart.Diagram).AxisX.Reverse = true;

            // Add a title to the chart.
            ChartTitle chartTitle1 = new ChartTitle();
            chartTitle1.Text = "Sales by Region";
            chart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1);

            // Add the chart to the form.
            chart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            this.Controls.Add(chart);
        }
    }

    public class DataPoint {
        public string Region { get; set; }
        public double Value1 { get; set; }
        public double Value2 { get; set; }
        public DataPoint(string region, double value1, double value2) {
            this.Region = region;
            this.Value1 = value1;
            this.Value2 = value2;
        }
        public static BindingList<DataPoint> GetDataPoints() {
            BindingList<DataPoint> data = new BindingList<DataPoint> {
                new DataPoint("Asia", 4.7685, 5.289),
                new DataPoint("Australia", 1.9576, 2.2727),
                new DataPoint("Europe", 3.0884, 3.7257),
                new DataPoint("North America", 3.7477, 4.1825),
                new DataPoint("South America", 1.8945, 2.1172),
            };
            return data;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace SideBySideBar2D
    Public Partial Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent
        End Sub

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            ' Create an empty chart.
            Dim chart As ChartControl = New ChartControl

            ' Bind a chart to a data source.
            chart.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints

            ' Create the first series and specify its data members.
            Dim series1 As Series = New Series("2018", ViewType.Bar)
            series1.ArgumentDataMember = "Region"
            series1.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value1")

            ' Create the second series and specify its data members.
            Dim series2 As Series = New Series("2019", ViewType.Bar)
            series2.ArgumentDataMember = "Region"
            series2.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value2")

            ' Add series to the chart.
            chart.Series.AddRange(New Series() {series1, series2})

            ' Change the first series's view settings.
            Dim view1 As SideBySideBarSeriesView = TryCast(series1.View, SideBySideBarSeriesView)

            ' The BarDistance, BarDistanceFixed, and EqualBarWidth property values are synchronized 
            ' in all Side-by-Side Bar Series in a ChartControl.
            ' So, you can specify them only for one series view.
            view1.BarDistance = 0.1
            view1.BarDistanceFixed = 2
            view1.BarWidth = 0.4
            view1.EqualBarWidth = True
            view1.Color = Color.MediumSeaGreen

            ' Change the second series's view settings.
            Dim view2 As SideBySideBarSeriesView = TryCast(series2.View, SideBySideBarSeriesView)
            view2.BarWidth = 0.4
            view2.Color = Color.MediumVioletRed

            ' Change the legend position.
            chart.Legend.AlignmentHorizontal = LegendAlignmentHorizontal.Right
            chart.Legend.AlignmentVertical = LegendAlignmentVertical.Bottom

            ' Rotate the diagram.
            CType(chart.Diagram, XYDiagram).Rotated = True

            ' Configure the x-axis appearance.
            CType(chart.Diagram, XYDiagram).AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = False
            CType(chart.Diagram, XYDiagram).AxisX.Reverse = True

            ' Add a title to the chart.
            Dim chartTitle1 As ChartTitle = New ChartTitle
            chartTitle1.Text = "Sales by Region"
            chart.Titles.Add(chartTitle1)

            ' Add the chart to the form.
            chart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
            Me.Controls.Add(chart)
        End Sub
    End Class

    Public Class DataPoint
        Public Property Region As String
        Public Property Value1 As Double
        Public Property Value2 As Double

        Public Sub New(ByVal region As String, ByVal value1 As Double, ByVal value2 As Double)
            Me.Region = region
            Me.Value1 = value1
            Me.Value2 = value2
        End Sub

        Public Shared Function GetDataPoints() As BindingList(Of DataPoint)
            Dim data As BindingList(Of DataPoint) = New BindingList(Of DataPoint) From {
                New DataPoint("Asia", 4.7685, 5.289),
                New DataPoint("Australia", 1.9576, 2.2727),
                New DataPoint("Europe", 3.0884, 3.7257),
                New DataPoint("North America", 3.7477, 4.1825),
                New DataPoint("South America", 1.8945, 2.1172)
            }
            Return data
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace