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How to add custom axis labels with specified color, font, and value type in WinForms Chart

To customize the position of TickLabels on a specified axis in a WinForms Charts, first set the drawing mode of the TickLabels to UserMode. This enables user-driven customization. Afterwards, clear the existing labels and add a new set of labels with the specified color, font, and ValueType to the labels collection of the chart axis. 

this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.TickLabelsDrawingMode = ChartAxisTickLabelDrawingMode.UserMode;
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Clear();
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("a", Color.Purple, new Font("Symbol", 13), 0, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("b", Color.Red, new Font("Symbol", 13), 1, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("g", Color.Green, new Font("Symbol", 13), 2, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("d", Color.Crimson, new Font("Symbol", 13), 3, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("e", Color.Blue, new Font("Symbol", 13), 4, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("z", Color.Orange, new Font("Symbol", 13), 5, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("n", Color.Pink, new Font("Symbol", 13), 6, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("t", Color.RoyalBlue, new Font("Symbol", 13), 7, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
this.chartControl1.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(new ChartAxisLabel("s", Color.Gold, new Font("Symbol", 13), 8, "", ChartValueType.Custom));
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.TickLabelsDrawingMode = ChartAxisTickLabelDrawingMode.UserMode
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Clear()
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("a", Color.Purple, New Font("Symbol", 13), 0, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("b", Color.Red, New Font("Symbol", 13), 1, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("g", Color.Green, New Font("Symbol", 13), 2, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("d", Color.Crimson, New Font("Symbol", 13), 3, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("e", Color.Blue, New Font("Symbol", 13), 4, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("z", Color.Orange, New Font("Symbol", 13), 5, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("n", Color.Pink, New Font("Symbol", 13), 6, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("t", Color.RoyalBlue, New Font("Symbol", 13), 7, "", ChartValueType.Custom))
columnChart.PrimaryXAxis.Labels.Add(New ChartAxisLabel("s", Color.Gold, New Font("Symbol", 13), 8, "", ChartValueType.Custom))

Output:


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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to add custom axis labels with specified color, font, and value type in WinForms Chart.

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