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In a chart, there are two primary axis: X and Y. There are, of course, exceptions when you work with pie charts.

In FlexChart, X-axis and Y-axis are represented by the AxisX and the AxisY property respectively. Both the properties return an Axis object comprising the properties given below:

Layout and Style Properties

Property Description
AxisLine Determines whether the axis line is visible.
AxisType Contains the type of the axis.
Position Sets the position of the axis.
Reversed Reverses the direction of the axis.
Style Contains properties that set the style of the axis.
Title Sets the title text to display next to the axis.

Axis Label Properties

Property Description
Format Sets the format string for the axis labels.
LabelAlignment Sets the alignment of the axis labels.
LabelAngle Set the rotation angle of the axis labels.
Labels Determines whether the axis labels are visible.
MajorUnit Sets the number of units between axis labels.

Scaling, Tick Mark, and Gridline Properties

Property Description
ActualMax Gets the current axis maximum value.
ActualMin Gets the current axis minimum value.
MajorGrid Determines whether the axis includes gridlines.
MajorGridStyle Contains properties to control the appearance of the grid lines drawn perpendicular to the major tick marks.
MajorTickMarks Sets the location of the axis tick marks.
Max Sets the maximum value for the axis.
Min Sets the minimum value for the axis.
Origin Sets the value at which an axis crosses the perpendicular axis.

Axis Grouping Properties

Property Description
GroupNames Sets the group name for the axis labels.
GroupItemsPath Sets the group name for the axis labels in hierarchical data.
GroupSeparator Set the axis group separator.
GroupProvider Sets the axis group provider.

 For more information on axis, refer to FlexChart Axis.