WPF Charts Stacked Area Chart

Overview

The WPF stacked area chart visualizes data with y-values stacked one over another in series order. It shows the relationship among individual values to the total sum of points.

WPF Stacked Area Chart documentation

WPF Stacked Area Chart

Key features

WPF Grouped Stacked Area Chart

Grouped stacked chart

Group a series with another series using the group name in a chart. Group the series with different stacking names separately.

WPF Vertical Stacked Area Chart

Vertical chart

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

WPF Stacked Area Chart showing Empty Point aka Null Point

Empty and null points

Empty or null data points are elegantly handled in the WPF stacked area chart.

WPF Stacked Area Chart with Customized Border and Color

UI styling

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

Code example

Easily get started with the WPF Stacked 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 Stacked 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 the WPF Chart-->
            <chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>
                <chart:DateTimeAxis LabelFormat="ddd" />
            </chart:SfChart.PrimaryAxis>
          
            <!--Initialize the vertical axis for the WPF Chart-->
            <chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>
                <chart:NumericalAxis />
            </chart:SfChart.SecondaryAxis>

            <!--Adding Stacked Area Chart to the WPF Chart-->

            <chart:StackingAreaSeries 
                ItemsSource="{Binding Accidents}"
                XBindingPath="Month"
                YBindingPath="Bus">
            </chart:StackingAreaSeries>

            <chart:StackingAreaSeries 
                ItemsSource="{Binding Accidents}"
                XBindingPath="Month"
                YBindingPath="Car">
            </chart:StackingAreaSeries>

            <chart:StackingAreaSeries 
                ItemsSource="{Binding Accidents}"
                XBindingPath="Month"
                YBindingPath="Truck">
            </chart:StackingAreaSeries>
        </chart:SfChart>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>
public class StackingAreaChartModel
    {
        public DateTime Month { get; set; }
        public double Bus { get; set; }
        public double Car { get; set; }
        public double Truck { get; set; }
    }

public class ViewModel
{
    public ObservableCollection<StackingAreaChartModel> Accidents
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
       

    public ViewModel()
    {
          this.Accidents = new ObservableCollection<StackingAreaChartModel>();
            DateTime mth = new DateTime(2011, 1, 1);

            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(6), Bus = 3, Car = 4, Truck = 5 });
            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(7), Bus = 4, Car = 5, Truck = 6 });
            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(8), Bus = 3, Car = 4, Truck = 5 });
            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(9), Bus = 4, Car = 5, Truck = 6 });
            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(10), Bus = 7, Car = 8, Truck = 7 });
            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(11), Bus = 4, Car = 5, Truck = 6 });
            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(12), Bus = 7, Car = 8, Truck = 7 });
            Accidents.Add(new StackingAreaChartModel() { Month = mth.AddMonths(13), Bus = 4, Car = 5, Truck = 6 });
    }
}