# Appearance Element ## Content The **Appearance** element in the left pane of the **Chart Properties** designer provides properties in the **Appearance** tab for modifying the chart's forecolor, fill color, border style, font style, and whether or not to enable antialiasing. The sub elements of the Appearance element includes properties for modifying the appearance of the chart's Header, Footer, Legend, ChartArea, or PlotArea.
![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/70bd33a2-280e-4cc3-a1c0-7b827eceb8aa/imagesext/image9_137.png) ## See Also [Header Appearance Tab](/componentone/docs/win/online-chart2d/designtimetoolsforcr/workingwiththechartp/appearanceelement/headerappearancetab) [Footer Appearance Tab](/componentone/docs/win/online-chart2d/designtimetoolsforcr/workingwiththechartp/appearanceelement/footerappearancetab) [Legend Appearance Tab](/componentone/docs/win/online-chart2d/designtimetoolsforcr/workingwiththechartp/appearanceelement/legendappearancetab) [ChartArea Appearance Tab](/componentone/docs/win/online-chart2d/designtimetoolsforcr/workingwiththechartp/appearanceelement/chartareaappearancet) [PlotArea Appearance Tab](/componentone/docs/win/online-chart2d/designtimetoolsforcr/workingwiththechartp/appearanceelement/plotareaappearanceta)