Overview

WinUI Column charts (vertical bar chart) use vertical bars (called columns) to display different values for one or more items. The column chart is likely the most common chart type being used. It’s like a bar chart except that the bars are vertical, not horizontal. Points from other series are drawn as columns next to each other. The chart supports zooming, scrolling, tooltips, trackball, and selection.

WinUI column chart documentation

WinUI column chart

Key features

WinUI column chart with overlapping bars

Overlapping charts

Compare two different types of relational values using charts that overlap one another.

WinUI column chart with gradient brush

Gradient

Apply gradient colors to visualize data in different colors, improving the readability and appearance of the chart.

WinUI column chart with multiple axes

Multiple axes

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

WinUI column chart with data labels

Data labels

Data labels display information about data points. The labels’ foreground, border, and background can be customized. Templates help customize the default label’s appearance. A data label can also be rotated by a specified angle.

Code guidelines

Get started with WinUI column charts using a few simple lines of XAML and C# code like in 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 Column 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 for 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 Column Series to the WinUI Chart-->
            <chart:ColumnSeries ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                    XBindingPath="Month"
                    YBindingPath="Target">
            </chart:ColumnSeries>   
        </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),
        };
    }
}