SilverLight chart rotate axis label

SilverLight Column chart rotate axis Example : 

                         In this example i explained  how to rotate x axis label of a Column series chart in silverilght. I directly go to the coding part.

Note:You can do this for all kind of charts in silverlight by changing X and Y axis based on your requirements.

OutPut Screen  : 

Add the following dll to your References:

Add the Following name space in xaml code:

 xmlns:layout="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Layout.Toolkit" 

Xaml Code :

Paste the following code between user control

 <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <toolkit:Chart HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="chart1" Title="chart1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="266" Width="365">
            <toolkit:ColumnSeries DependentValuePath="X" IndependentValuePath="Y" ItemsSource="{Binding}"DependentValueBinding="{Binding Count}" IndependentValueBinding="{Binding Month}"/>
               <!-- add the  rotating code here -->
        </toolkit:Chart>
    </Grid>

Rotating Code:

Add the following code between the chart.See the following image

           <toolkit:Chart.Axes>
                <toolkit:LinearAxis Orientation="Y" Minimum="0" Height="auto"/>
                <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="-90"/>
                                            </layout:LayoutTransformer.LayoutTransform>
                                            <TextBlock Text="{TemplateBinding FormattedContent}"/>
                                        </layout:LayoutTransformer>
                                    </ControlTemplate>
                                </Setter.Value>
                            </Setter>
                        </Style>
                    </toolkit:CategoryAxis.AxisLabelStyle>
                </toolkit:CategoryAxis>
            </toolkit:Chart.Axes>  

Note: Here you can add any events to the axis label.You can add it to the textblock in the above code(in ControlTemplate ).

cs code : 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace ChartSample
{
    public partial class MainPage : UserControl
    {
        List<ChartData> lobjchart;
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            lobjchart = new List<ChartData>();
            lobjchart.Add(new ChartData() { Month = "Jan", Count = 10  });
            lobjchart.Add(new  ChartData() { Month = "Feb", Count = 20 });
            lobjchart.Add(new ChartData() { Month = "March", Count = 30 });

            chart1.DataContext = lobjchart;
        }

    }

    public class ChartData
    {
        public string Month{ get; set; }
        public double Count{ get; set; }
    }
}