Theming

Since version V28.08.25, themes are used to style easy charts.

Deprecation note

In previous versions, settings in ChartPropeties have been used. This is now deprecated and you should update to use themes instead!

If you want to learn by example, have a look at addons/easy_charts/examples/theming/. It contains a UI that allows to switch between different themes.

If you want to dive right into code, have a look at the addons/easy_charts/control_charts/default_chart_theme.tres resource. It contains the default configuration and shows which options are exposed.

Create your own theme

To create your own theme, you can either

• create a copy of addons/easy_charts/control_charts/default_chart_theme.tres and assign it to your chart or any parent control node
• or you can copy its properties and assign it to one of your existing Themes.

Theme explained

The following image illustrates the theme items of the Chart control:

Note on the plot_area StyleBox

For the plot area, only the boder color and backgorund color properties of the stylebox work. In future, support for all stylebox options will be integrated.

Changing themes at runtime

Due to backwards compatibility with previous versions of easy-charts, changing the theme at runtime is not fully supported. Right now, you have to destroy the chart and create a new instance. This is how the theming example works.