Released: Aug 8, 2024

Updates in 24.1.20

Features

• XamDataPieChart - The XamDataPieChart is a new component that renders a pie chart. This component works similarly to the XamCategoryChart, in that it will automatically detect the properties on your underlying data model while allowing selection, highlighting, animation and legend support via the ItemLegend component.
• Data Legend and Data Tooltip Grouping - A new XamDataChart grouping feature added. The property GroupRowVisible toggles grouping with each series opting in can assign group text via the DataLegendGroup property. If the same value is applied to more than one series then they will appear grouped. Useful for large datasets that need to be categorized and organized for all users.
• Chart Selection - Added new series selection. This is adopted broadly across all category, financial and radial series for XamCategoryChart and XamDataChart.
  • Series can be clicked and shown a different color, brightened or faded, and focus outlines.
  • The colors can be modified via the SelectionBrush and FocusBrush properties.
  • Manage which items are effected through individual series or entire data item.
  • Multiple series and markers are supported.
  • Useful for illustrating various differences or similarities between values of a particular dataitem.
  • SelectedSeriesItemsChanged event and SelectedSeriesItems are also available for additional help to build out robust business requirements surrounding other actions that can take place within an application such as a popup or other screen with data analysis based on the selection.
  • You can also read the selected items via the SelectedSeriesItems collection.
• Proportional Category Angle Axis - Added new axes for the Radial Pie Series in the XamDataChart, to enable creating pie charts in the allowing robust visualizations using all the added power of the data chart.
• Radial Gauge properties - Added a new label for the highlight needle. HighlightLabelText and HighlightLabelSnapsToNeedlePivot and many other styling related properties for the HighlightLabel have been added.
• Toolbar - Added a new IsHighlighted option for ToolAction for outlining a border around specific tools of choice.
• Breaking Changes - Radial/Polar series - The plot area for polar and radial series is now expanded to fill the entire chart space and is no longer forced to be square, this allows for labels to expand into the bleed area.