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FinancialSeriesViewBase.LineThickness Property

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FinancialSeriesViewBase.LineThickness Property

Gets or sets the thickness of the lines used to draw stocks or candle sticks within the financial view.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraCharts.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

csharp
[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Layout)]
public int LineThickness { get; set; }
vb
<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Layout)>
Public Property LineThickness As Integer

Property Value

TypeDescription
Int32

An integer value that specifies the line thickness.

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Example

This example creates a ChartControl with a series of the StockSeriesView type and adds this chart to a form at runtime. Before you proceed with this example, create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio and include all necessary assemblies in the References list of your project.

For more information about the features of financial charts, refer to the following help topic: Financial Charting

csharp
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
//...
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        // Create a new chart.
        ChartControl stockChart = new ChartControl();

        // Create a stock series.
        Series series1 = new Series("Series 1", ViewType.Stock);

        // Bind the series to data.
        series1.DataSource = GetDataPoints();
        series1.SetFinancialDataMembers("Argument", "Low", "High", "Open", "Close");

        // Specify that date-time arguments are expected.
        series1.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime;

        // Add the series to the chart.
        stockChart.Series.Add(series1);

        // Customize the series view settings.
        StockSeriesView view = (StockSeriesView)series1.View;

        view.LineThickness = 2;
        view.LevelLineLength = 0.25;

        // Specify the series reduction options.
        view.ReductionOptions.ColorMode = ReductionColorMode.OpenToCloseValue;
        view.ReductionOptions.Level = StockLevel.Close;
        view.ReductionOptions.Visible = true;

        // Set point colors.
        view.Color = Color.Green;
        view.ReductionOptions.Color = Color.Red;

        // Access the chart's diagram.
        XYDiagram diagram = (XYDiagram)stockChart.Diagram;

        // Exclude empty ranges from the X-axis range
        // to avoid gaps in the chart's data.
        diagram.AxisX.DateTimeScaleOptions.SkipRangesWithoutPoints = true;

        // Hide the range without points at the beginning of the y-axis.
        diagram.AxisY.WholeRange.AlwaysShowZeroLevel = false;

        // Hide the legend.
        stockChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;

        // Add a title to the chart.
        stockChart.Titles.Add(new ChartTitle());
        stockChart.Titles[0].Text = "Stock Chart";

        // Add the chart to the form.
        stockChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
        this.Controls.Add(stockChart);
    }

    List<DataPoint> GetDataPoints() {
        List<DataPoint> dataPoints = new List<DataPoint> {
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-9), 24.00, 25.00, 25.00, 24.875),
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-8), 23.625, 25.125, 24.00, 24.875),
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7), 26.25, 28.25, 26.75, 27.00),
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-6), 26.50, 27.875, 26.875, 27.25),

            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-4), 25.75, 26.875, 26.75, 26.00),
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-3), 25.75, 26.75, 26.125, 26.25),
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-2), 25.75, 26.375, 26.375, 25.875),
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1), 24.875, 26.125, 26.00, 25.375),
            new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(0), 25.125, 26.00, 25.625, 25.75),
            };
        return dataPoints;
    }
}
public class DataPoint {
    public DateTime Argument { get; set; }
    public double Low { get; set; }
    public double High { get; set; }
    public double Open { get; set; }
    public double Close { get; set; }
    public DataPoint(DateTime arg, double low, double high, double open, double close) {
        this.Argument = arg;
        this.Low = low;
        this.High = high;
        this.Open = open;
        this.Close = close;
    }
}
vb
using System
using System.Collections.Generic
using System.Drawing
using System.Windows.Forms
using DevExpress.XtraCharts
'...
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        ' Create a new chart.
        Dim stockChart As ChartControl = New ChartControl()

        ' Create a stock series.
        Dim series1 As Series = New Series("Series 1", ViewType.Stock)

        ' Bind the series to data.
        series1.DataSource = GetDataPoints()
        series1.SetFinancialDataMembers("Argument", "Low", "High", "Open", "Close")

        ' Specify that date-time arguments are expected.
        series1.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime

        ' Add the series to the chart.
        stockChart.Series.Add(series1)

        ' Customize the series view settings.
        Dim view As StockSeriesView = CType(series1.View, StockSeriesView)
        view.LineThickness = 2
        view.LevelLineLength = 0.25

        ' Specify the series reduction options.
        view.ReductionOptions.ColorMode = ReductionColorMode.OpenToCloseValue
        view.ReductionOptions.Level = StockLevel.Close
        view.ReductionOptions.Visible = True

        ' Set point colors.
        view.Color = Color.Green
        view.ReductionOptions.Color = Color.Red

        ' Access the chart's diagram.
        Dim diagram As XYDiagram = CType(stockChart.Diagram, XYDiagram)

        ' Exclude empty ranges from the X-axis range
        ' to avoid gaps in the chart's data.
        diagram.AxisX.DateTimeScaleOptions.SkipRangesWithoutPoints = True

        ' Hide the range without points at the beginning of the y-axis.
        diagram.AxisY.WholeRange.AlwaysShowZeroLevel = False

        ' Hide the legend.
        stockChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.[False]

        ' Add a title to the chart.
        stockChart.Titles.Add(New ChartTitle())
        stockChart.Titles(0).Text = "Stock Chart"

        ' Add the chart to the form.
        stockChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
        Me.Controls.Add(stockChart)
    End Sub

    Private Function GetDataPoints() As List(Of DataPoint)
        Dim dataPoints As List(Of DataPoint) = New List(Of DataPoint) From {
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-9), 24.00, 25.00, 25.00, 24.875),
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-8), 23.625, 25.125, 24.00, 24.875),
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-7), 26.25, 28.25, 26.75, 27.00),
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-6), 26.50, 27.875, 26.875, 27.25),

            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-4), 25.75, 26.875, 26.75, 26.00),
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-3), 25.75, 26.75, 26.125, 26.25),
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-2), 25.75, 26.375, 26.375, 25.875),
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(-1), 24.875, 26.125, 26.00, 25.375),
            New DataPoint(Date.Now.AddDays(0), 25.125, 26.00, 25.625, 25.75)
        }
        Return dataPoints
    End Function

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the LineThickness property.

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

winforms-chart-create-candlestick-chart/VB/CandleStickChart/Form1.vb#L30

vb
Dim view As CandleStickSeriesView = CType(series1.View, CandleStickSeriesView)
view.LineThickness = 2
view.LevelLineLength = 0.25

See Also

LevelLineLength

FinancialSeriesViewBase Class

FinancialSeriesViewBase Members

DevExpress.XtraCharts Namespace