setup ColumnChart from WinRTXamlToolkit

Question

I'm trying to setup Column Chart from WinRTXamlToolkit.
Let me ask:

Is there any guide for charts from this lib? Or which way you found the easiest to learn using charts?

How can I put labels near axises? In points like on below image:

• P0: Times
• P1: States

How to move labels above chart (like on below image)?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

I found "workarounds" (far away from perfection but works).

Below WinRTXamlToolkit = WXT

Fastest way (if you don't know WXT) is:

• hide WXT elements
  • title (just dont set it)
  • legend (see Hide legend of WPF Toolkit chart with more than one data series)
• create your own equivalent of above elements using native XAML (TextBlocks ..) and place it wherever you like

To get column colors for legend do

MethodInXamlBackingObject() {
   var paletteOfFirstColumn = ColumnChart.Palette[0];
   var columnFirstBrush = paletteOfFirstColumn["Background"];
}

BTW. tips where from to learn WXT:

• analyse sources of samples in WXT - these are very detailed
• analyse WXT behaviour with tool "WXT Debug Console" (included in demo app) - very powerfull
• read arts about WXT and WPF Toolkit (from which WXT is a fork)