Bars Background
Hover over the image to see the chart animation


View Model
using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting;
using SkiaSharp;
namespace ViewModelsSamples.Bars.WithBackground;
public partial class ViewModel : ObservableObject
{
public ISeries[] Series { get; set; } =
{
new ColumnSeries<double>
{
IsHoverable = false, // disables the series from the tooltips // mark
Values = new double[] { 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 },
Stroke = null,
Fill = new SolidColorPaint(new SKColor(30, 30, 30, 30)),
IgnoresBarPosition = true
},
new ColumnSeries<double>
{
Values = new double[] { 3, 10, 5, 3, 7, 3, 8 },
Stroke = null,
Fill = new SolidColorPaint(SKColors.CornflowerBlue),
IgnoresBarPosition = true
}
};
public Axis[] YAxes { get; set; } =
{
new Axis { MinLimit = 0, MaxLimit = 10 }
};
}
Code Behind
using System.Windows.Forms;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WinForms;
using ViewModelsSamples.Bars.WithBackground;
namespace WinFormsSample.Bars.WithBackground;
public partial class View : UserControl
{
private readonly CartesianChart cartesianChart;
public View()
{
InitializeComponent();
Size = new System.Drawing.Size(50, 50);
var viewModel = new ViewModel();
cartesianChart = new CartesianChart
{
Series = viewModel.Series,
YAxes = viewModel.YAxes,
// out of livecharts properties...
Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0),
Size = new System.Drawing.Size(50, 50),
Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom
};
Controls.Add(cartesianChart);
}
}