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CategoryAxesSettings

CategoryAxesSettings settings set's settings common for all CategoryAxes of StockPanels. If you change a property after the chart is initialized, you should call stockChart.validateNow() method in order for it to work. If there is no default value specified, default value of CategoryAxis class will be used.

Properties

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
autoGridCountBooleantrueSpecifies whether number of gridCount is specified automatically, according to the axis size.
axisAlphaNumber0Axis opacity.
axisColorString Axis color.
axisHeightNumber28Height of category axes. Set it to 0 if you set inside property to true.
axisThicknessNumber Thickness of the axis.
colorString Text color.
dashLengthNumber Length of a dash.
dateFormatsArray Date formats of different periods. Possible period values: fff - milliseconds, ss - seconds, mm - minutes, hh - hours, DD - days, MM - months, WW - weeks, YYYY - years. Check this page for date formatting strings.
equalSpacingBooleanfalseIf you want data points to be placed at equal intervals (omiting dates with no data), set equalSpacing to true.
fillAlphaNumber Fill opacity. Every second space between grid lines can be filled with fillColor.
fillColorString Fill color. Every second space between grid lines can be filled with color. Set fillAlpha to a value greater than 0 to see the fills.
fontSizeNumber Text size.
gridAlphaNumber Opacity of grid lines.
gridColorString Color of grid lines.
gridCountNumber10Approximate number of grid lines. You should set autoGridCount to false in order this property not to be ignored.
gridThicknessNumber Thickness of grid lines.
groupToPeriodsArray["ss", "10ss", "30ss", "mm", "10mm", "30mm", "hh", "DD", "WW", "MM", "YYYY"]Periods to which data will be gruoped in case there are more data items in the selected period than specified in maxSeries property.
insideBooleanfalseSpecifies whether values should be placed inside or outside of plot area.
labelRotationNumber Rotation angle of a label.
labelsEnabledBooleantrueSpecifies whether axis displays category axis' labels and value axis' values.
maxSeriesNumber150Maximum series shown at a time. In case there are more data points in the selection than maxSeries, the chart will group data to longer periods, for example - you have 250 days in the selection, and maxSeries is 150 - the chart will group data to weeks.
minPeriodStringDDSpecifies the shortest period of your data. fff - millisecond, ss - second, mm - minute, hh - hour, DD - day, MM - month, YYYY - year.

It's also possible to supply a number for increments, i.e. "15mm" which will instruct the chart that your data is supplied in 15 minute increments.
positionString "top" or "bottom".
startOnAxisBooleanfalseSpecifies whether the graph should start on axis or not. In case you display columns, it is recommended to set this to false. startOnAxis can be set to true only if equalSpacing is set to true.
tickLengthNumber0Tick length.

Methods

CategoryAxesSettings class does not have any methods.

Events

CategoryAxesSettings class does not have any events.