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Asked: 2026-05-19T00:38:50+00:00

I created a Silverlight Column chart and rotated the X-Axis, following the guidelines of

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I created a Silverlight Column chart and rotated the X-Axis, following the guidelines of this MSDN Blog. The labels are rotated correctly, but I end up with staggered labels in my X-Axis, which does not fit well. I would like to remove the stagger from the labels.

Here is the XAML:

<toolkit:Chart Name="theColumnChart" BorderThickness="0" Margin="5"
HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Style="{StaticResource Chart}"
Template="{StaticResource ChartTemplate}" TitleStyle="{StaticResource ChartTitleStyle}">
<toolkit:Chart.Palette>
  <visualizationToolkit:ResourceDictionaryCollection>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <Style x:Key="DataPointStyle" TargetType="toolkit:ColumnDataPoint" BasedOn="{StaticResource ColumnDataPointStyle}">
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Goldenrod"/>
      </Style>
    </ResourceDictionary>
    <ResourceDictionary>
      <Style x:Key="DataPointStyle" TargetType="toolkit:ColumnDataPoint" BasedOn="{StaticResource ColumnDataPointStyle}">
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="SaddleBrown"/>
      </Style>
    </ResourceDictionary>
  </visualizationToolkit:ResourceDictionaryCollection>
</toolkit:Chart.Palette>
<toolkit:Chart.Axes>
  <toolkit:LinearAxis Minimum="0" Orientation="Y" />
</toolkit:Chart.Axes>
<toolkit:Chart.Series>
  <toolkit:ColumnSeries DependentValueBinding="{Binding ItemValue}" IndependentValueBinding="{Binding ItemKey}"
    ItemsSource="{Binding Statistics1}" Title="{Binding SeriesTitle}">
    <toolkit:ColumnSeries.IndependentAxis>
      <toolkit:CategoryAxis Orientation="X">
        <toolkit:CategoryAxis.AxisLabelStyle>
          <Style TargetType="toolkit:AxisLabel">
            <Setter Property="Template">
              <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="toolkit:AxisLabel">
                  <layout:LayoutTransformer>
                    <layout:LayoutTransformer.LayoutTransform>
                      <RotateTransform Angle="-45"/>
                    </layout:LayoutTransformer.LayoutTransform>
                    <TextBlock Text="{TemplateBinding FormattedContent}"/>
                  </layout:LayoutTransformer>
                </ControlTemplate>
              </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
          </Style>
        </toolkit:CategoryAxis.AxisLabelStyle>
      </toolkit:CategoryAxis>
    </toolkit:ColumnSeries.IndependentAxis>
  </toolkit:ColumnSeries>
</toolkit:Chart.Series>
</toolkit:Chart>

Here is a picture of the problem:
Staggered and Rotated Columns

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  1. Editorial Team

    Rachel Martin,

    The labels above are still wide enough that there’s not enough room to fit them all next to each other. You could choose to rotate the text more (which will narrow each label) or make the chart wider (which will provide more room for the labels). If you don’t like either of those options, you can also remove the stagger behavior, but it’s necessary to modify the Data Visualization code to do so; I explain how here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/delay/archive/2010/03/06/turn-your-head-and-check-out-this-post-how-to-easily-rotate-the-axis-labels-of-a-silverlight-wpf-toolkit-chart.aspx#10083036

    Hope this helps!

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