WinUI Area Chart - Create Customizable Area Charts

Overview

The WinUI area chart is like a line chart that represents time-dependent data and shows it at equal intervals, but it fills the area created by the line. This type of chart can be configured with a numerical, category, date-time and logarithmic axes for the graph. It supports zooming, scrolling, tooltip, trackball, and selection.

WinUI area chart documentation

WinUI area chart

Key features

WinUI vertical area chart

Vertical area chart

Rotate the chart to plot data vertically and view it from a different perspective.

WinUI area chart showing empty point aka null point

Empty/null point chart

The WinUI area chart handles empty or null data points elegantly.

WinUI area chart with customized border and color

UI styling

Customize the color and border of the chart using built-in APIs to make it visually unique.

WinUI area chart with multiple axes

Multiple axes

Use multiple axes to plot different data sets that significantly vary from one another.

WinUI area chart with data labels

Data labels

Data labels display information about data points. Customize the labels’ foreground, border, and background. Templates allow you to customize the default label’s appearance with a desired view. Rotate a data label by a specified angle.

Code guidelines

Get started with the WinUI area chart using a few simple lines of XAML and C# code like the example below.

xaml
c#
<Window x:Class="ChartExample.MainPage"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:local="using:ChartExample"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
        xmlns:chart="using:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Charts"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="WinUI Area Chart" Height="450" Width="700">
    
    <Grid>
        <chart:SfCartesianChart Height="300" Width="500">
            <!--Setting DataContext-->
            <chart:SfCartesianChart.DataContext>
                <local:ViewModel/>
            </chart:SfCartesianChart.DataContext>

            <!--Initialize the horizontal axis the WinUI Chart-->
            <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
                <chart:CategoryAxis/>
            </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

            <!--Initialize the vertical axis for the WinUI Chart-->
            <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
                <chart:NumericalAxis/>
            </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
           
            <!--Adding Area Series to the WinUI Chart-->
            <chart:AreaSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                        XBindingPath="Month"
                        YBindingPath="Target">
            </chart:AreaSeries>
        </chart:SfCartesianChart>
    </Grid>
</Window>
public class Model
{
    public string Month { get; set; }

    public double Target { get; set; }

    public Model(string xValue, double yValue)
    {
        Month = xValue;
        Target = yValue;
    }
}

public class ViewModel
{
    public ObservableCollection<Model> Data { get; set; }

    public ViewModel()
    {
        Data = new ObservableCollection<Model>()
        {
            new Model("Jan", 50),
            new Model("Feb", 70),
            new Model("Mar", 65),
            new Model("Apr", 57),
            new Model("May", 48), 
        };
    }
}