ChartControl Properties

Visualizes data as bars, areas, lines and other shapes. See Chart Control.

Name	Description
AccessibilityObject	Gets the AccessibleObject assigned to the control. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDefaultActionDescription	Gets or sets the default action description of the control for use by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleName	Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleRole	Gets or sets the accessible role of the control. Inherited from Control.
AllowDrop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it. Inherited from Control.
AllowGesture	Gets or sets a value which specifies whether an end-user can interact with the chart using a touchscreen device.
Anchor	Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
AnimationStartMode	Gets or sets the series animation start mode.
AnnotationRepository	Provides centralized access to all annotations that are present in the ChartControl.
Annotations	Provides access to the annotations collection of the ChartControl.
AppearanceName	Gets or sets the name of the appearance which is currently being used to draw the chart elements.
AppearanceNameSerializable	For internal use. This property is used to support serialization of the ChartControl.AppearanceName property.
AppearanceRepository	Provides access to the repository of a chart’s appearances.
AutoBindingSettingsEnabled	Obsolete. Specifies whether or not the chart’s data binding is automatically adjusted during the creation of a Pivot Chart.
AutoLayout	Gets or sets a value, which specifies whether the adaptive layout feature is enabled for chart elements in the chart control.
AutoLayoutSettingsEnabled	Obsolete. Specifies whether the chart’s layout is automatically adjusted when creating a Pivot Chart.
AutoScrollOffset	Gets or sets where this control is scrolled to in ScrollControlIntoView(Control). Inherited from Control.
AutoSize	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.
BackColor	Gets or sets the chart control’s background color.
BackgroundImage	Overrides the BackgroundImage property.
BackgroundImageLayout	Overrides the BackgroundImageLayout property.
BackImage	Gets the background image settings of the chart control.
BindingContext	Gets or sets the BindingContext for the control. Inherited from Control.
Border	Obsolete. Gets the chart control’s border style.
BorderOptions	Gets the chart control’s border style.
Bottom	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Bounds	Gets or sets the size and location of the control including its nonclient elements, in pixels, relative to the parent control. Inherited from Control.
Breadcrumbs	Returns the settings that configure how the Breadcrumbs element looks.
CacheToMemory	Gets or sets a value indicating if the chart should cache its data to the system memory.
CalculatedFields	Returns a collection of calculated fields.
CanEnableIme protected	Gets a value indicating whether the ImeMode property can be set to an active value, to enable IME support. Inherited from Control.
CanFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus. Inherited from Control.
CanRaiseEvents protected	Determines if events can be raised on the control. Inherited from Control.
CanSelect	Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected. Inherited from Control.
Capture	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse. Inherited from Control.
CausesValidation	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus. Inherited from Control.
CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls static	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to catch calls on the wrong thread that access a control’s Handle property when an application is being debugged. Inherited from Control.
ClientRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
ClientSize	Gets or sets the height and width of the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
CompanyName	Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control. Inherited from Control.
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContainsFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control, or one of its child controls, currently has the input focus. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenu	Gets or sets the shortcut menu associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenuStrip	Gets or sets the ContextMenuStrip associated with this control. Inherited from Control.
Controls	Gets the collection of controls contained within the control. Inherited from Control.
Created	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been created. Inherited from Control.
CreateParams protected	Gets the required creation parameters when the control handle is created. Inherited from Control.
CrosshairEnabled	Gets or sets a value that specifies whether a crosshair cursor is enabled for a chart.
CrosshairOptions	Returns options that allow you to specify the Crosshair Cursor’s position, appearance and behavior.
Cursor	Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer is over the control. Inherited from Control.
DataAdapter	Gets or sets the data adapter used to populate the chart control’s data source.
DataBindings	Overrides the DataBindings property.
DataSource	Gets or sets the chart control’s data source.
DefaultBackColor static	Gets the default background color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultCursor protected	Gets or sets the default cursor for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultFont static	Gets the default font of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultForeColor static	Gets the default foreground color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultImeMode protected	Gets the default Input Method Editor (IME) mode supported by the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMargin protected	Gets the space, in pixels, that is specified by default between controls. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMaximumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default maximum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMinimumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default minimum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultPadding protected	Gets the internal spacing, in pixels, of the contents of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultSize protected	Gets the default size of the control. Inherited from Control.
DesignMode protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
DeviceDpi	Gets the DPI value for the display device where the control is currently being displayed. Inherited from Control.
Diagram	Gets the chart control’s diagram and provides access to its settings.
DisplayBounds	Gets the bounding rectangle of the chart control.
DisplayRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the display area of the control. Inherited from Control.
DisplayUnits	Gets the unit of measurement for the chart control’s data.
Disposing	Gets a value indicating whether the base Control class is in the process of disposing. Inherited from Control.
Dock	Gets or sets which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
DoubleBuffered protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this control should redraw its surface using a secondary buffer to reduce or prevent flicker. Inherited from Control.
EmptyChartText	Provides access to the settings of the text to be displayed in the chart control, when it has no data to display.
Enabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction. Inherited from Control.
Events protected	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
FillStyle	Gets the chart control’s background fill style.
Focused	Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus. Inherited from Control.
Font	Overrides the Font property.
FontHeight protected	Gets or sets the height of the font of the control. Inherited from Control.
ForeColor	Overrides the ForeColor property.
Handle	Gets the window handle that the control is bound to. Inherited from Control.
HardwareAcceleration	Gets or sets a value indicating whether a ChartControl uses a Video Card’s resources (if any are available) when drawing 3D-charts.
HasChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the control contains one or more child controls. Inherited from Control.
Height	Gets or sets the height of the control. Inherited from Control.
ImeMode	Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control. Inherited from Control.
ImeModeBase protected	Gets or sets the IME mode of a control. Inherited from Control.
IndicatorsPaletteName	Specifies the palette that is used to paint all indicators that exist in a chart control.
IndicatorsPaletteRepository	Gets the indicators palette repository of the chart.
InvokeRequired	Gets a value indicating whether the caller must call an invoke method when making method calls to the control because the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on. Inherited from Control.
IsAccessible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visible to accessibility applications. Inherited from Control.
IsDisposed	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of. Inherited from Control.
IsHandleCreated	Gets a value indicating whether the control has a handle associated with it. Inherited from Control.
IsMirrored	Gets a value indicating whether the control is mirrored. Inherited from Control.
IsPrintingAvailable	Indicates whether or not the chart can be printed and exported.
LayoutEngine	Gets a cached instance of the control’s layout engine. Inherited from Control.
Left	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Legend	Provides access to the chart control’s legend.
Legends	Returns a collection of additional legends.
Location	Gets or sets the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the control relative to the upper-left corner of its container. Inherited from Control.
LookAndFeel	Provides access to the settings that specify the look and feel of the Chart control.
Margin	Gets or sets the space between controls. Inherited from Control.
MaximumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the upper limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
MinimumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the lower limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
ModifierKeys static	Gets a value indicating which of the modifier keys (SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT) is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MouseButtons static	Gets a value indicating which of the mouse buttons is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MousePosition static	Gets the position of the mouse cursor in screen coordinates. Inherited from Control.
Name	Gets or sets the name of the control. Inherited from Control.
OptionsPrint	Provides access to the chart’s printing options.
Padding	Specifies the internal space between the chart control’s content (the diagram and legend) and its edge, in pixels.
PaletteBaseColorNumber	Gets or sets the number of a color within the selected palette, which will be used as a base color to paint series points.
PaletteName	Gets or sets the name of the palette currently used to draw the chart’s series.
PaletteRepository	Gets the palette repository of the chart.
Parent	Gets or sets the parent container of the control. Inherited from Control.
PivotGridDataSourceOptions	Provides access to the settings that determine the Chart’s behavior after it has bridged with a Pivot Grid.
PreferredSize	Gets the size of a rectangular area into which the control can fit. Inherited from Control.
ProductName	Gets the product name of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
ProductVersion	Gets the version of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
PropagatingImeMode protected static	Gets an object that represents a propagating IME mode. Inherited from Control.
RecreatingHandle	Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently re-creating its handle. Inherited from Control.
RefreshDataOnRepaint	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to refresh data in the underlying data source every time a chart is repainted.
Region	Gets or sets the window region associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
RenderRightToLeft protected	This property is now obsolete. Inherited from Control.
ResizeRedraw protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control redraws itself when resized. Inherited from Control.
Right	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the right edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
RightToLeft	Gets or sets a value indicating whether chart elements are aligned using right-to-left alignment.
RuntimeHitTesting	Specifies whether or not hit-testing is enabled for a Chart control.
RuntimeRotation	Obsolete. Gets or sets a value indicating if the 3D Chart‘s diagram can be rotated by end-users at runtime via the mouse pointer.
RuntimeSelection	Obsolete. Gets or sets a value indicating if chart elements can be selected by end-users at runtime.
RuntimeSeriesSelectionMode	Obsolete. Gets or sets the value specifying which diagram element is selected by the end-user’s click.
ScaleChildren protected	Gets a value that determines the scaling of child controls. Inherited from Control.
SelectedItems	Gets the collection of selected items (chart points and series) and business data objects (in the case of using a data source) of the ChartControl object.
SelectionMode	Gets or sets a value which specifies how the chart elements are selected.
Series	Provides access to the chart control’s collection of series objects.
SeriesDataMember	Gets or sets the name of the data field that contains names for automatically generated series.
SeriesNameTemplate	Gets the settings used to name data bound series.
SeriesSelectionMode	Gets or sets a value specifying how the series is selected in the chart control.
SeriesSerializable	Gets or sets the value used to support serialization of the ChartControl.Series property.
SeriesSorting	Gets or sets a value that specifies how series are sorted within the chart control based upon the series names.
SeriesTemplate	Returns the series template the chart uses to generate its series.
ShowFocusCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the control should display focus rectangles. Inherited from Control.
ShowKeyboardCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the user interface is in the appropriate state to show or hide keyboard accelerators. Inherited from Control.
SideBySideBarDistanceFixed	Gets or sets the fixed distance value between bars in all side-by-side series views (2D Side-by-Side Bar, Side-by-Side Range Bar, Side-by-Side Gantt and 3D Side-by-Side Bar) of this chart.
SideBySideBarDistanceVariable	Gets or sets the variable distance value between bars in all side-by-side series views (2D Side-by-Side Bar, Side-by-Side Range Bar, Side-by-Side Gantt and 3D Side-by-Side Bar) of this chart.
SideBySideEqualBarWidth	Gets or sets a value indicating whether all bars of a series should have equal width in all side-by-side series views (2D Side-by-Side Bar, Side-by-Side Range Bar, Side-by-Side Gantt and 3D Side-by-Side Bar) of this chart.
Site	Gets or sets the site of the control. Inherited from Control.
Size	Gets or sets the height and width of the control. Inherited from Control.
SmallChartText	Gets the settings for the text to be displayed in the chart control, when it’s too small to fit the diagram.
StackedStepAreaInvertedStep	Gets or sets the value indicating whether or not Stacked Step areas are plotted using inverted step.
TabIndex	Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container. Inherited from Control.
TabStop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user can give the focus to this control using the TAB key. Inherited from Control.
Tag	Overrides the Tag property.
Text	Overrides the Text property.
Titles	Gets the collection of chart titles.
ToolTipController	Specifies the tooltip controller component that controls the appearance, position and other settings of tooltips displayed for the Chart control.
ToolTipEnabled	Gets or sets a value that specifies whether or not a tooltip is enabled for a chart.
ToolTipOptions	Gets the tooltip settings allowing you to specify its position and appearance on a diagram.
Top	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
TopLevelControl	Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Windows Forms control. Typically, this is the outermost Form that the control is contained in. Inherited from Control.
UseDirectXPaint	Gets or sets whether the DirectX Hardware Acceleration is enabled for this Chart Control.
UseWaitCursor	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls. Inherited from Control.
ValidateDataMembers	Specifies whether to validate data members.
Visible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control and all its child controls are displayed. Inherited from Control.
WaterfallConnectorColor	Gets or sets the color of connectors displayed between waterfall chart bars.
WaterfallConnectorStyle	Gets or sets the style for connector lines displayed between waterfall chart bars.
WaterfallStartBarColor	Gets or sets the waterfall start bar color.
WaterfallSubtotalBarColor	Gets or sets the color that is used to paint waterfall subtotals.
WaterfallTotalBarColor	Gets or sets the color that is used to paint the waterfall total bar.
WaterfallValueOptions	Gets or sets options that define how to process waterfall point values.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the control. Inherited from Control.
WindowTarget	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.