Bars Background

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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);
    }
}

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