How to remove gridlines, labels, tickmarks, axis lines, and legends from Charts – VB.NET
The Chart functionality built into Visual Studio 2012 is a great way to provide a user some visual insight into the data your program is providing.
You may discover though that the default chart tends to be a little crowded with gridlines, labels, tickmarks, axis lines, and legends all crowded together with your data.
A stock chart added to a form in VB.net Visual Studio 2012
In some cases, this may be desired, but if you are instead looking to provide the user with a quick visual, or are just opting for a cleaner look, a lot of these options can be turned off.
A custom chart added to a form in VB.net Visual Studio 2012
The majority of these I prefer to handle inside the code editor where we can address:
- LineWidth
- LabelStyle
- MajorGrid
- MinorGrid
- MajorTickMark
- MinorTickMark
This code can be added to an appropriate event in your program, or would even work on Form Load.
Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.LineWidth = 0 Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.LineWidth = 0 Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.LabelStyle.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.LabelStyle.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.MajorGrid.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.MajorGrid.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.MinorGrid.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.MinorGrid.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.MajorTickMark.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.MajorTickMark.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.MinorTickMark.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.MinorTickMark.Enabled = False Chart1.ChartAreas(0).BackColor = SystemColors.Control Me.Refresh()
I prefer to handle the legend visibility via the GUI by adjusting the properties section.
1. Click on your chart
2. Locate the Series – Collection in the properties sections and click on the … button
Visual Studio 2012 Chart Series Collection Property
3. Set Legend IsVisibleInLegend to False
Visual Studio 2012 Chart Series Collection Property – Legend
