Tickmarks Class

Contains specific settings which define the tickmarks appearance for a chart control’s axes

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Charts, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Charts

Declaration

C#

public abstract class Tickmarks :
    TickmarksBase,
    ICustomTypeDescriptor

VB.NET

Public MustInherit Class Tickmarks
    Inherits TickmarksBase
    Implements ICustomTypeDescriptor

Related API Members

The following members return Tickmarks objects:

• Axis2D.Tickmarks

Remarks

The Tickmarks class serves as a base class for the TickmarksX and TickmarksY classes, which provide tickmarks functionality for the axes within a chart’s diagram.

For more information, refer to Grid Lines, Tickmarks and Interlacing.

Example

This example demonstrates how the grid lines and tickmarks of an axis can be customized at runtime.

To access an axis, you should cast your chart’s diagram object to the required diagram type. Then, use the Axis2D.Tickmarks and AxisBase.GridLines properties to access the corresponding elements. To define the number of minor tickmarks (grid lines), use the AxisBase.MinorCount property.

C#

// Cast the chart's diagram to the XYDiagram type, to access its axes.
XYDiagram diagram = (XYDiagram)chartControl1.Diagram;

// Customize the appearance of the axes' tickmarks.
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.CrossAxis = true;
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.Length = 5;
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.Thickness = 2;

diagram.AxisY.Tickmarks.Visible = false;
diagram.AxisY.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = false;

diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorLength = 3;
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorThickness = 1;

diagram.AxisX.MinorCount = 2;
diagram.AxisY.MinorCount = 4;

// Customize the appearance of the axes' grid lines.
diagram.AxisX.GridLines.Visible = false;
diagram.AxisX.GridLines.MinorVisible = false;

diagram.AxisY.GridLines.Visible = true;
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorVisible = true;

diagram.AxisY.GridLines.Color = Color.Red;
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.LineStyle.DashStyle = DashStyle.Solid;
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.LineStyle.Thickness = 2;

diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorColor = Color.Blue;
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorLineStyle.DashStyle = DashStyle.Dash;
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorLineStyle.Thickness = 1;

VB.NET

' Cast the chart's diagram to the XYDiagram type, to access its axes.
Dim diagram As XYDiagram = CType(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram)

' Customize the appearance of the axes' tickmarks.
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.CrossAxis = True
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.Length = 5
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.Thickness = 2

diagram.AxisY.Tickmarks.Visible = False
diagram.AxisY.Tickmarks.MinorVisible = False

diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorLength = 3
diagram.AxisX.Tickmarks.MinorThickness = 1

diagram.AxisX.MinorCount = 2
diagram.AxisY.MinorCount = 4

' Customize the appearance of the axes' grid lines.
diagram.AxisX.GridLines.Visible = False
diagram.AxisX.GridLines.MinorVisible = False

diagram.AxisY.GridLines.Visible = True
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorVisible = True

diagram.AxisY.GridLines.Color = Color.Red
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.LineStyle.DashStyle = DashStyle.Solid
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.LineStyle.Thickness = 2

diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorColor = Color.Blue
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorLineStyle.DashStyle = DashStyle.Dash
diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorLineStyle.Thickness = 1

Inheritance

Object

ChartElement

TickmarksBase

Tickmarks

TickmarksX

TickmarksY