Box Series
This web site builds the control from code behind but you could also grab it from the toolbox, this sample also uses a ViewModel to populate the properties of the control(s) in this sample.
View model
using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.ComponentModel;
using LiveChartsCore;
using LiveChartsCore.Defaults;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Painting;
using SkiaSharp;
namespace ViewModelsSamples.Box.Basic;
public partial class ViewModel : ObservableObject
{
public ISeries[] Series { get; set; } =
{
new BoxSeries<BoxValue>
{
Name = "Year 2023",
Values = new BoxValue[]
{
// max, upper quartile, median, lower quartile, min
new(100, 80, 60, 20, 70),
new(90, 70, 50, 30, 60),
new(80, 60, 40, 10, 50)
}
},
new BoxSeries<BoxValue>
{
Name = "Year 2024",
Values = new BoxValue[]
{
new(90, 70, 50, 30, 60),
new(80, 60, 40, 10, 50),
new(70, 50, 30, 20, 40)
}
},
new BoxSeries<BoxValue>
{
Name = "Year 2025",
Values = new BoxValue[]
{
new(80, 60, 40, 10, 50),
new(70, 50, 30, 20, 40),
new(60, 40, 20, 10, 30)
}
}
};
public Axis[] XAxes { get; set; } =
{
new Axis
{
Labels = new string[] { "Apperitizers", "Mains", "Desserts" },
LabelsRotation = 0,
SeparatorsPaint = new SolidColorPaint(new SKColor(200, 200, 200)),
SeparatorsAtCenter = false,
TicksPaint = new SolidColorPaint(new SKColor(35, 35, 35)),
TicksAtCenter = true
}
};
}
Form code behind
using System.Windows.Forms;
using LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WinForms;
using ViewModelsSamples.Box.Basic;
namespace WinFormsSample.Box.Basic;
public partial class View : UserControl
{
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="View"/> class.
/// </summary>
public View()
{
InitializeComponent();
Size = new System.Drawing.Size(50, 50);
var viewModel = new ViewModel();
var cartesianChart = new CartesianChart
{
Series = viewModel.Series,
LegendPosition = LiveChartsCore.Measure.LegendPosition.Right,
// 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);
}
}