Custom Chart Example
This example shows how to customize the appearance of the different elements on a chart.

Running the Example
To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.
Customizing Charts
We begin by creating a simple line series and a chart object.
QLineSeries *series = new QLineSeries();
*series << QPointF(0, 6) << QPointF(9, 4) << QPointF(15, 20) << QPointF(25, 12) << QPointF(29, 26);
QChart *chart = new QChart();
chart->legend()->hide();
chart->addSeries(series);
First we customize the series and the chart's title and background.
// Customize series
QPen pen(QRgb(0xfdb157));
pen.setWidth(5);
series->setPen(pen);
// Customize chart title
QFont font;
font.setPixelSize(18);
chart->setTitleFont(font);
chart->setTitleBrush(QBrush(Qt::white));
chart->setTitle("Customchart example");
// Customize chart background
QLinearGradient backgroundGradient;
backgroundGradient.setStart(QPointF(0, 0));
backgroundGradient.setFinalStop(QPointF(0, 1));
backgroundGradient.setColorAt(0.0, QRgb(0xd2d0d1));
backgroundGradient.setColorAt(1.0, QRgb(0x4c4547));
backgroundGradient.setCoordinateMode(QGradient::ObjectBoundingMode);
chart->setBackgroundBrush(backgroundGradient);
// Customize plot area background
QLinearGradient plotAreaGradient;
plotAreaGradient.setStart(QPointF(0, 1));
plotAreaGradient.setFinalStop(QPointF(1, 0));
plotAreaGradient.setColorAt(0.0, QRgb(0x555555));
plotAreaGradient.setColorAt(1.0, QRgb(0x55aa55));
plotAreaGradient.setCoordinateMode(QGradient::ObjectBoundingMode);
chart->setPlotAreaBackgroundBrush(plotAreaGradient);
chart->setPlotAreaBackgroundVisible(true);
Then we customize the axes.
QCategoryAxis *axisX = new QCategoryAxis();
QCategoryAxis *axisY = new QCategoryAxis();
// Customize axis label font
QFont labelsFont;
labelsFont.setPixelSize(12);
axisX->setLabelsFont(labelsFont);
axisY->setLabelsFont(labelsFont);
// Customize axis colors
QPen axisPen(QRgb(0xd18952));
axisPen.setWidth(2);
axisX->setLinePen(axisPen);
axisY->setLinePen(axisPen);
// Customize axis label colors
QBrush axisBrush(Qt::white);
axisX->setLabelsBrush(axisBrush);
axisY->setLabelsBrush(axisBrush);
// Customize grid lines and shades
axisX->setGridLineVisible(false);
axisY->setGridLineVisible(false);
axisY->setShadesPen(Qt::NoPen);
axisY->setShadesBrush(QBrush(QColor(0x99, 0xcc, 0xcc, 0x55)));
axisY->setShadesVisible(true);
Then the axis label values and ranges. Once the axes are ready, we set them to be used by the chart.
axisX->append("low", 10);
axisX->append("optimal", 20);
axisX->append("high", 30);
axisX->setRange(0, 30);
axisY->append("slow", 10);
axisY->append("med", 20);
axisY->append("fast", 30);
axisY->setRange(0, 30);
chart->setAxisX(axisX, series);
chart->setAxisY(axisY, series);
Finally, we create a view containing the chart.
QChartView *chartView = new QChartView(chart);
chartView->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
Now we are ready to show the chart on a main window.
QMainWindow window;
window.setCentralWidget(chartView);
window.resize(400, 300);
window.show();
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