Add ToolTips to Axes

To add tooltips to the chart's axes, complete the following steps:

1. Add C1Chart to the Form.

2. Add the following directives to declare the C1.Win.Chart namepaces:

   To write code in Visual Basic

   Imports C1.Win.C1Chart
   

   To write code in C#

   using C1.Win.C1Chart;
   

3. Add the following code in the Form_load procedure to add the chart's axes

   To write code in Visual Basic

   'Enable tooltip
   C1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = True
   C1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisX.TooltipText = "X-Axis"
   C1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisY.TooltipText = "Y-Axis"
   

   To write code in C#

   //Enable tooltip
   c1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = true;
   c1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisX.TooltipText = "X-Axis";
   c1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisY.TooltipText = "Y-Axis";
   

This topic illustrates the following:

When you hover over the x-axis and y-axis on the chart area at run time, the tooltips appear for the x-axis and y-axis, like the following:

See Also

Adding Visual Effects to Chart Elements