How To Maintain Axis Interval While Zooming In UWP Charts?

Updated on Jan 02, 2026

This sample demonstrate how to maintain a particular interval on axes while zooming UWP chart.

Step 1: Initialize the ChartZoomPanBehavior in the SfChart’s Behaviors collection to enable zoom and pan behavior.

<chart:SfChart>
. . .
    <chart:SfChart.Behaviors>
        <chart:ChartZoomPanBehavior />
    </chart:SfChart.Behaviors>
. . .
</chart:SfChart>

Step 2: On the Chart Axis, set the EnableAutoIntervalOnZooming property to False, and specify a fixed Interval value. This interval will remain constant during all zoom operations.

<chart:SfChart>
     . . .
    <chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>
        <chart:NumericalAxis Interval="5" EnableAutoIntervalOnZooming="False" />
    </chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>

    <chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>
        <chart:NumericalAxis />
    </chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>

    <chart:ColumnSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Data}"
                        XBindingPath="XValue"
                        YBindingPath="YValue" />
</chart:SfChart>

Output

A UWP Chart displaying data with an X-axis interval of 5 and a Y-axis interval of 20 before any zooming.

After zooming, the X-axis continues to display labels with an interval of 5 because of disabling auto interval on zooming. Concurrently, the Y-axis's interval is shown dynamically adjusted to the new zoom level. zooming

Troubleshooting

Path Too Long Exception

If you are facing a "Path too long" exception when building this example project, close Visual Studio and rename the repository to a shorter name before building the project.

Refer to the Knowledge Base article How to maintain axis interval while zooming in UWP Charts.