Chart Title

The chart title is a separate area used to display the title of the chart. You can set the font, background color, foreground color, and border for the chart title.

Using Code

The following example sets the font, background color, foreground color, and border for the chart title.

  1. Add values using the SpreadDataSeries class. 
  2. Create a chart with the SpreadChart class. 
  3. Set the chart title properties using the ChartTitle class.
  4. Add the chart.
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private double strokeThickness;
private Brush stroke;
private Brush fillBrush;
private double axisFontSize;
private double chartFontSize;
private FontFamily fontFamily;
private Brush foreground;

strokeThickness = 2;
stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Green);
fillBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Red);
foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Blue);
chartFontSize = 25;
axisFontSize = 25;
fontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial Narrow");
Windows.UI.Text.FontStyle fontStyle = Windows.UI.Text.FontStyle.Italic;
Windows.UI.Text.FontWeight fontWeight = Windows.UI.Text.FontWeights.Bold;
Windows.UI.Text.FontStretch fontStretch = Windows.UI.Text.FontStretch.ExtraExpanded;

GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadDataSeries aseries = new GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadDataSeries();
aseries.Name = "1234";
aseries.Values.Add(2);
aseries.Values.Add(4);
aseries.Values.Add(3);
aseries.Values.Add(5);
aseries.Fill = new SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Red);
aseries.ChartType = GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadChartType.ColumnStacked;
aseries.DataLabelSettings = new GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.DataLabelSettings() { ShowValue = true, ShowBubbleSize = true };
aseries.DataLabelStyle.Fill = new SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Green);
GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadChart chart = new GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadChart();
chart.DataSeries.Add(aseries);
chart.Name = "name1";
chart.ChartTitle = new GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ChartTitle();
chart.ChartTitle.Text = "-1234";
//stroke
chart.ChartTitle.StrokeDashType = GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.StrokeDashType.Dash;
chart.ChartTitle.StrokeThickness = strokeThickness;
chart.ChartTitle.Stroke = stroke;
//fill
chart.ChartTitle.Fill = fillBrush;
//font
chart.ChartTitle.FontSize = chartFontSize;
chart.ChartTitle.FontFamily = FontFamily;
chart.ChartTitle.FontStyle = fontStyle;
chart.ChartTitle.FontWeight = fontWeight;
chart.ChartTitle.FontStretch = fontStretch;
chart.ChartTitle.Foreground = foreground;
gcSpreadSheet1.ActiveSheet.Charts.Add(chart);
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Private strokeThickness As Double
Private stroke As Brush
Private fillBrush As Brush
Private chartFontSize As Double
Private axisFontSize As Double
Private fontFamily As FontFamily
Private foreground As Brush

' Add to Form load event
strokeThickness = 2
stroke = New SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Green)
fillBrush = New SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Red)
foreground = New SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Blue)
chartFontSize = 25
axisFontSize = 25
fontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial Narrow")
fontStyle = Windows.UI.Text.FontStyle.Italic
fontWeight = Windows.UI.Text.FontWeights.Bold
fontStretch = Windows.UI.Text.FontStretch.ExtraExpanded

Dim aseries As New GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadDataSeries()
aseries.Name = "1234"
aseries.Values.Add(2)
aseries.Values.Add(4)
aseries.Values.Add(3)
aseries.Values.Add(5)
aseries.Fill = New SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Red)
aseries.ChartType = GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadChartType.ColumnStacked
aseries.DataLabelSettings = New GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.DataLabelSettings() With {.ShowValue = True, .ShowBubbleSize = True}
aseries.DataLabelStyle.Fill = New SolidColorBrush(Windows.UI.Colors.Green)
Dim chart As New GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadChart()
chart.DataSeries.Add(aseries)
chart.Name = "name1"
chart.ChartTitle = New GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.ChartTitle()
chart.ChartTitle.Text = "-1234"
'stroke
chart.ChartTitle.StrokeDashType = GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.Data.StrokeDashType.Dash
chart.ChartTitle.StrokeThickness = strokeThickness
chart.ChartTitle.Stroke = stroke
'fill
chart.ChartTitle.Fill = fillBrush
'font
chart.ChartTitle.FontSize = chartFontSize
chart.ChartTitle.FontFamily = fontFamily
chart.ChartTitle.FontStyle = fontStyle
chart.ChartTitle.FontWeight = fontWeight
chart.ChartTitle.FontStretch = fontStretch
chart.ChartTitle.Foreground = foreground

GcSpreadSheet1.ActiveSheet.Charts.Add(chart)
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