AxisLabel.Angle Property

Gets or sets the angle by which axis labels are rotated.

Assembly : DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Wpf.Charts

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public int Angle { get; set; }

Public Property Angle As Integer

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

An angle, in degrees, by which axis labels are rotated.

Remarks

An axis label’s Angle property is measured in degrees. The Chart Control rotates labels clockwise.

The following table contains a chart with different Angle property values:

Angle=0	Angle=-30	Angle=30

The Angle property also specifies rotation for a data template defined in the AxisLabel.ElementTemplate property:

XAML

xaml

<Window.Resources>
    <DataTemplate x:Key="AxisXLabelTemplate">
        <Border BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="9" Opacity="1.0">
            <Border.Background>
                <SolidColorBrush Color="LightBlue"/>
            </Border.Background>
            <Label Content="{Binding Path=Content}" 
                   Padding="5,1,5,1.5" 
                   Foreground="DarkSlateBlue" 
                   FontSize="12" />
        </Border>
    </DataTemplate>
</Window.Resources>
...
<dxc:XYDiagram2D.AxisX>
    <dxc:AxisX2D Visible="True">
        <dxc:AxisX2D.Label>
            <dxc:AxisLabel Angle="45" 
                           TextPattern="{}{V} year" 
                           ElementTemplate="{StaticResource AxisXLabelTemplate}"/>
        </dxc:AxisX2D.Label>
    </dxc:AxisX2D>
</dxc:XYDiagram2D.AxisX>

Result: