ContinuousTimeSpanScaleOptions.GridSpacing Property

Gets or sets a value that specifies the distance between major tickmarks and grid lines.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Charts

Declaration

C#

public double GridSpacing { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property GridSpacing As Double

Property Value

Type	Description
Double	A value that specifies the grid spacing in grid alignment units.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to GridSpacing
AxisY2D	.TimeSpanScaleOptions .GridSpacing
AxisY3D	.TimeSpanScaleOptions .GridSpacing
CircularAxisY2D	.TimeSpanScaleOptions .GridSpacing

Remarks

The following images show charts with different grid spacing values (GridAlignment is set to Hour).

Value	Image
GridSpacing = “3”
GridSpacing = “4”

Disable the AutoGrid property before you specify GridSpacing.

Example

This example shows how to configure a continuous time-span scale options of an x-axis.

XAML

<Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TimeSpanExample"
        xmlns:dxc="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/charts" 
        x:Class="TimeSpanExample.MainWindow"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
    <Window.DataContext>
        <local:ChartViewModel/>
    </Window.DataContext>
    <Grid>
        <dxc:ChartControl>
            <dxc:XYDiagram2D>
                <dxc:XYDiagram2D.AxisX>
                    <dxc:AxisX2D>
                        <dxc:AxisX2D.TimeSpanScaleOptions>
                            <dxc:ContinuousTimeSpanScaleOptions GridAlignment="Hour" 
                                                                GridSpacing="3" 
                                                                AutoGrid="False"/>
                        </dxc:AxisX2D.TimeSpanScaleOptions>
                    </dxc:AxisX2D>
                </dxc:XYDiagram2D.AxisX>
                <!-- Other diagram settings. -->
            </dxc:XYDiagram2D>
        </dxc:ChartControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Related API:

Member	Description
AxisX2D.TimeSpanScaleOptions	Gets or sets options of the time-span scale used by the argument axis.
ContinuousTimeSpanScaleOptions	Contains settings for an axis with a continuous time-span scale.
ContinuousTimeSpanScaleOptions.GridAlignment	Gets or sets the time-span measurement unit that defines the alignment of grid lines and axis labels.
ContinuousTimeSpanScaleOptions.GridSpacing	Gets or sets a value that specifies the distance between major tickmarks and grid lines.
ContinuousTimeSpanScaleOptions.AutoGrid	Gets or sets a value that specifies whether the GridSpacing and GridAlignment property values are automatically calculated.