I am working on creating a couple of charts and I cannot figure out why there is so much empty space on the left and right side of the chart. I have a Winforms Chart, ChartArea, and Series and there is always a good inch to the left and right side of the chart that seems like wasted space. What setting do I need to change to reduce the size of this empty space? I have included a screenshot of the chart with empty space with this post as well as the code that I use to create it. Thanks in advance.
if (listBoxCharts.SelectedItems.Count == 1)
{
switch (listBoxCharts.SelectedItem.ToString().Trim())
{
case "Incomplete Work Orders By Status":
ChartArea chartArea = new ChartArea();
Series series = new Series();
Title title = new Title();
chartArea.Area3DStyle.Enable3D = true;
chartArea.Area3DStyle.LightStyle = LightStyle.Realistic;
chartArea.Area3DStyle.Rotation = 10;
chartArea.Area3DStyle.WallWidth = 3;
chartArea.BorderColor = Color.Transparent;
chartArea.Name = "IncompleteWorkOrdersByStatus_ChartArea";
// Fix this hack
ChartContainer.ChartAreas.Clear();
this.ChartContainer.ChartAreas.Add(chartArea);
this.ChartContainer.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
this.ChartContainer.Location = new Point(2, 21);
this.ChartContainer.Name = "Charts";
this.ChartContainer.PaletteCustomColors = new Color[] { Color.LemonChiffon };
series.ChartArea = "IncompleteWorkOrdersByStatus_ChartArea";
series.ChartType = SeriesChartType.StackedColumn;
series.CustomProperties = "DrawingStyle=Cylinder";
series.EmptyPointStyle.BorderDashStyle = ChartDashStyle.NotSet;
series.IsXValueIndexed = true;
series.Name = "IncompleteWorkOrdersByStatus_Series";
List<WorkOrder> incompleteWorkOrders = woDao.getIncompleteWorkOrders();
var uniqueStatuses = (
from statuses in incompleteWorkOrders
select statuses.fkOrderStatus).Distinct().ToList();
int xVal = 1;
foreach (var status in uniqueStatuses)
{
var count = (
from wo in incompleteWorkOrders
where wo.fkOrderStatus == status
select wo).Count();
DataPoint dPoint = new DataPoint(xVal, count);
if (status == null)
{
dPoint.AxisLabel = "No Status";
}
else
{
dPoint.AxisLabel = status.codedesc;
}
dPoint.ToolTip = count + " " + dPoint.AxisLabel;
series.Points.Add(dPoint);
xVal++;
}
this.ChartContainer.Series.Clear();
this.ChartContainer.Series.Add(series);
title.DockedToChartArea = "IncompleteWorkOrdersByStatus_ChartArea";
title.IsDockedInsideChartArea = false;
title.Name = "IncompleteWorkOrdersByStatus_Title";
title.Text = "Incomplete Work Orders By Status";
this.ChartContainer.Titles.Clear();
this.ChartContainer.Titles.Add(title);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
