Add Point On Click
This sample uses C# 12 features, it also uses features from the CommunityToolkit.Mvvm package, you can learn more about it here.

View model
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.Defaults;
using LiveChartsCore.Kernel.Events;
using LiveChartsCore.Kernel.Sketches;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
namespace ViewModelsSamples.Events.AddPointOnClick;
public partial class ViewModel
{
public ObservableCollection<ObservablePoint> Points { get; set; }
public ISeries[] SeriesCollection { get; set; }
public ViewModel()
{
Points = [
new(0, 5),
new(3, 8),
new(7, 9)
];
SeriesCollection = [
new LineSeries<ObservablePoint>
{
Values = Points,
Fill = null,
DataPadding = new LiveChartsCore.Drawing.LvcPoint(5, 5)
}
];
}
[RelayCommand]
public void PointerDown(PointerCommandArgs args)
{
var chart = (ICartesianChartView)args.Chart;
// scales the UI coordinates to the corresponding data in the chart.
var scaledPoint = chart.ScalePixelsToData(args.PointerPosition);
// finally add the new point to the data in our chart.
Points.Add(new ObservablePoint(scaledPoint.X, scaledPoint.Y));
}
}
XAML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage x:Class="MauiSample.Events.AddPointOnClick.View"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:lvc="clr-namespace:LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Maui;assembly=LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Maui"
xmlns:vms="clr-namespace:ViewModelsSamples.Events.AddPointOnClick;assembly=ViewModelsSamples"
>
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<vms:ViewModel/>
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<lvc:CartesianChart
x:Name="chart"
Series="{Binding SeriesCollection}"
PressedCommand="{Binding PointerDownCommand}"
TooltipPosition="Hidden">
</lvc:CartesianChart>
</ContentPage>
View code behind
namespace MauiSample.Events.AddPointOnClick;
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class View : ContentPage
{
public View()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}