Charts News

Define a Centralized Color System for All Your Charts

June 16, 2026
Highcharts v13 adds a centralized color palette system that simplifies branding, supports light and dark modes, and reduces maintenance.

Highcharts is a JavaScript charting framework that allows web developers and data analysts to generate dynamic, visually appealing charts and graphs for websites and web applications. It can display a variety of chart types, including line, spline, area, column, bar, pie, scatter, and many more. Highcharts is well-known for its ease of use, rich documentation, and ability to handle huge datasets efficiently. Features include responsive design, accessibility support, and cross-browser compatibility. Its customization capabilities allow users to create bespoke data visualizations that increase engagement and provide insightful data presentations.

The Highcharts v13 update introduces a centralized color palette system that enables developers to define and manage chart colors, light and dark mode variations, and UI styling from a single configuration. By consolidating color settings across series, chart elements, and interactive states, it reduces repetitive configuration, simplifies brand consistency, and makes large chart collections easier to maintain. The addition of color scheme support and CSS variable exposure also allows charts to adapt more seamlessly to application themes and user preferences while providing greater flexibility for custom styling.

To see a full list of what's new in v13, see our release notes.

Highcharts Core is licensed on an annual or perpetual basis, OEM licenses, and Advantage Renewals. It is licensed per Developer and has several license options including Internal, SaaS, and Self Hosted. See our Highcharts Core licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our Highcharts Core product page.

Create Interactive Reports with SVG Charts

June 9, 2026
Blazorise V2.2 adds a native C# and Blazor charting engine that makes it easier to build rich data visualizations and dashboards.

Blazorise is a versatile component library that empowers developers to build modern and feature-rich web applications using Blazor, a client-side web development framework from Microsoft. It offers a comprehensive collection of user interface components, including buttons, forms, charts, and navigation elements, all built with accessibility and responsiveness in mind.

The Blazorise 2.2 update introduces SVG Charts, a native charting engine built with C# and Blazor that simplifies the development of dashboards, reports, and other data driven applications. By eliminating the need for external JavaScript charting libraries, it reduces development complexity and allows developers to create interactive visualizations using familiar Blazor patterns.

To see a full list of what’s new in version 2.2, see our release notes.

Blazorise is licensed per developer and includes a 1 year subscription for updates and support. Professional, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus editions are available, each offering tailored levels of support and service to meet varying business needs. See our Blazorise licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Blazorise product page.

Highsoft Announces Preview of Highcharts Orbit

June 4, 2026
Turn any Highcharts chart into an analytics workspace with forecasting, anomaly detection, reporting, and AI-assisted insights.

Highcharts Core (formerly Highcharts JS) is an SVG-based, multi-platform charting library that has been actively developed since 2009. It makes it easy to add interactive, mobile-optimized charts to your web pages and mobile projects. It features robust documentation, advanced responsiveness, and industry-leading accessibility support.

In this blog post, Highcharts' Nancy Dillon introduces you to Highcharts Orbit - A full analytics layer for any Highchart that helps you understand your data via a suite of analysis tools for forecasting, anomaly detection, and reporting. Add it to any Highcharts setup and a toolbar appears above the chart, giving you access to these powerful tools using four menus:

  • The View Menu - Offering various ways of looking at your chart, such as the chart itself, as an interactive Data Grid, an AI-powered alternative chart, and much more.
  • The AI Menu - with powerful tools for investigating and describing your data.
  • The Analyze Menu - with Summary Stats, Correlations, Anomaly Detection, Forecast, and Indicators.
  • The Transform Menu - with Filter & Focus and Derived Series, allowing you to look at your data differently.

Read the complete blog post and download the fully-featured Preview version now!

Highcharts Core is licensed on an annual or perpetual basis, OEM licenses, and Advantage Renewals. It is licensed per Developer and has several license options including Internal, SaaS, SaaS+, and Self Hosted. See our Highcharts Core licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our Highcharts Core product page.

Visualize Trends with Bar Charts

May 12, 2026
Display business metrics with clear horizontal and vertical charts that help users identify patterns and performance changes.

Column and bar charts are among the most widely used data visualization features in modern charting components, helping developers present comparisons, trends, and category-based metrics in a format that is easy to interpret. By displaying values as horizontal or vertical bars, these chart types allow applications to communicate changes in performance, rankings, distributions, and other business data with clarity. Modern charting components typically support customization options such as stacked series, grouped categories, animations, tooltips, responsive layouts, and interactive behaviors, enabling developers to create dashboards and reporting experiences that suit a wide range of enterprise and analytical scenarios.

Several Blazor chart controls offer column and bar charts including:

  • DevExpress Blazor Charts (part of DevExpress ASP.NET and Blazor) provides column and bar chart types with support for stacked and full-stacked series and crosshair cursors.
  • Telerik UI Blazor Chart (part of Telerik UI for Blazor) includes configurable bar and column series with data binding, responsive rendering,and interactive features.
  • Syncfusion Blazor Charts (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) offers a broad collection of bar and column chart variations including stacked and range.
  • Infragistics Ignite UI for Blazor Chart (part of Infragistics Ignite UI) delivers high-performance column and bar chart visualizations with advanced data interaction.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our Blazor chart controls comparison.

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Visualize Data Variation with Range Charts

May 5, 2026
Highlight value ranges with intuitive visuals that reveal patterns, making comparisons and trends clearer and easier to interpret at a glance.

Range charts visualize the difference between minimum and maximum values for each data point using a filled area to represent variation. This makes it easier to understand fluctuations, compare ranges and identify patterns without the clutter of multiple lines. By focusing on value distribution rather than individual points, they improve readability and highlight trends and inconsistencies at a glance. They are useful for scenarios such as tracking temperature ranges, monitoring performance thresholds or comparing variations across datasets.

Several .NET Blazor charting components provide you with range charts, including:

  • Telerik UI Blazor Chart (part of Telerik UI for Blazor) lets you visualize value ranges with filled areas, enabling clear comparison of variations and trends.
  • Infragistics Ignite UI for Blazor Chart (part of Infragistics Ignite UI) allows you to display minimum and maximum values effectively, highlighting fluctuations.
  • TeeChart .NET for Blazor by Steema Software facilitates range-based visualizations, helping you represent value differences clearly while identifying trends and inconsistencies.
  • Syncfusion Blazor Charts (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) lets you present data ranges using intuitive visuals, making it easier to compare results.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our .NET Blazor chart controls comparison.

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