How to change the size and color of scatter series?

Description:

Scatter series plots an ellipse for each data point with definite size and fill. You may have to entail the variance in its size and color, especially when you have more than one series. This article describes how to change the size and color of scatter series.

Solution:

Chart provides the APIs to the ScatterHeight and ScatterWidth properties for customizing the height and width of the scatter series. These values are pixel values and the default value for both properties is 20d. Also the Interior property is used to fill the ellipse as like other series.

These properties are also open for FastScatterBitmapSeries that you can use for high performance requirement. Here ScatterSeries is used.

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The following screenshot demonstrates the ScatterSeries in custom sizes.

Figure 1: ScatterSeries in custom sizes.