WPF Range Area Chart | Create Customizable Chart

Overview

The WPF range area chart is used to display continuous data points as a set of lines that varies between high and low values over intervals of time and across different categories.

WPF Range Area Chart documentation

WPF Range Area Chart

Key features

WPF Vertical Range Area Chart

Vertical range area chart

The WPF range area chart can be transposed vertically to view data from a different perspective.

WPF Range Area Chart showing Empty Point aka Null Point

Empty and null points

The WPF range area chart handles empty or null data points elegantly.

WPF Range Area Chart with Markers

Display markers

The WPF range area chart data points are visualized as marks with built-in symbols: crosses, squares, pluses, inverted triangles, hexagons, ellipses, vertical lines, horizontal lines, diamonds, triangles, and pentagons.

WPF Range Area Chart with Data Labels

Data labels

Data labels display information about the data points.You can customize their foreground, border, and background in addition to using template support to customize the default appearance. You can also rotate a data label to a given angle.

WPF Range Area Chart with Customized Color and Thickness

UI styling

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

Code example

Easily get started with the WPF Range Area Chart using a few simple lines of C# code example as demonstrated below,

xaml
c#
<Window x:Class="ChartExample.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ChartExample"
        xmlns:chart="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Charts;assembly=Syncfusion.SfChart.WPF"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="WPF Range Area Chart" Height="450" Width="700">
    
    <!--Setting DataContext-->
    <Window.DataContext>
        <local:ViewModel/>
    </Window.DataContext>
    
    <StackPanel>
        <chart:SfChart Height="300" Width="500">
            <!--Initialize the horizontal axis for Chart-->
            <chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>
                <chart:CategoryAxis/>
            </chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>

            <!--Initialize the vertical axis for Chart-->
            <chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>
                <chart:NumericalAxis/>
            </chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>
           
            <!--Adding Range Area Chart to the WPF Chart-->
              <chart:RangeAreaSeries
                High="Stock"
                ItemsSource="{Binding Products}"
                Low="Price"
                XBindingPath="ProductName">
            </chart:RangeAreaSeries>
        </chart:SfChart>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>
public class RangeAreaChartModel
    {
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public double Price { get; set; }
        public double Stock { get; set; }
    }


public class ViewModel
{
    public ObservableCollection<RangeAreaChartModel> Products { get; set; }

    public ViewModel()
    {
        this.Products = new ObservableCollection<RangeAreaChartModel>();
            Products.Add(new RangeAreaChartModel() { ProductName = "Rice", Price = 20, Stock = 53 });
            Products.Add(new RangeAreaChartModel() { ProductName = "Wheat", Price = 22, Stock = 76 });
            Products.Add(new RangeAreaChartModel() { ProductName = "Oil", Price = 30, Stock = 80 });
            Products.Add(new RangeAreaChartModel() { ProductName = "Corn", Price = 26, Stock = 50 });
            Products.Add(new RangeAreaChartModel() { ProductName = "Gram", Price = 36, Stock = 68 });
            Products.Add(new RangeAreaChartModel() { ProductName = "Milk", Price = 20, Stock = 90 });
            Products.Add(new RangeAreaChartModel() { ProductName = "Butter", Price = 40, Stock = 73 });
    }
}