Changing default line colors in a Flex LineChart control

The following example shows how you can change the line colors in a LineChart in Flex by setting the lineStroke style in MXML or ActionScript, as seen in the following snippets:

MXML:

<mx:LineSeries id="closeSeries" yField="@close" form="curve" displayName="Close">
    <mx:lineStroke>
        <mx:Stroke color="haloGreen" weight="2" alpha="0.6" />
    </mx:lineStroke>
</mx:LineSeries>

ActionScript:

<mx:LineSeries id="closeSeries" yField="@close" form="curve" displayName="Close" />
...
closeSeries.setStyle("lineStroke", new Stroke(0xFF0000, 2, 0.4));

Full code after the jump.

View MXML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/11/13/changing-default-line-colors-in-a-flex-linechart-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.styles.StyleManager;
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:XMLListCollection id="dp">
        <mx:source>
            <mx:XMLList>
                <quote date="8/27/2007" open="40.38" close="40.81" />
                <quote date="8/24/2007" open="40.5" close="40.41" />
                <quote date="8/23/2007" open="40.82" close="40.6" />
                <quote date="8/22/2007" open="40.4" close="40.77" />
                <quote date="8/21/2007" open="40.41" close="40.13" />
                <quote date="8/20/2007" open="40.55" close="40.74" />
                <quote date="8/17/2007" open="40.18" close="40.32" />
                <quote date="8/16/2007" open="39.83" close="39.96" />
                <quote date="8/15/2007" open="40.22" close="40.18" />
                <quote date="8/14/2007" open="41.01" close="40.41" />
                <quote date="8/13/2007" open="41" close="40.83" />
                <quote date="8/10/2007" open="41.3" close="41.06" />
                <quote date="8/9/2007" open="39.9" close="40.75" />
                <quote date="8/8/2007" open="39.61" close="40.23" />
                <quote date="8/7/2007" open="39.08" close="39.42" />
                <quote date="8/6/2007" open="38.71" close="39.38" />
                <quote date="8/3/2007" open="39.47" close="38.75" />
                <quote date="8/2/2007" open="39.4" close="39.52" />
                <quote date="8/1/2007" open="40.29" close="39.58" />
            </mx:XMLList>
        </mx:source>
    </mx:XMLListCollection>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Button label="0xFF0000" click="closeSeries.setStyle('lineStroke', new Stroke(0xFF0000, 2, 0.4));" />
        <mx:Button label="0xFF00FF" click="closeSeries.setStyle('lineStroke', new Stroke(0xFF00FF, 2, 1.0));" />
        <mx:Button label="haloSilver" click="closeSeries.setStyle('lineStroke', new Stroke(StyleManager.getColorName('haloSilver'), 2, 1.0));" />

        <mx:Spacer width="100%" />

        <mx:Legend dataProvider="{lineChart}" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:LineChart id="lineChart"
            showDataTips="true"
            dataProvider="{dp}"
            width="100%"
            height="100%">

        <!-- series filters -->
        <mx:seriesFilters>
            <mx:Array />
        </mx:seriesFilters>

        <!-- vertical axis -->
        <mx:verticalAxis>
            <mx:LinearAxis baseAtZero="false" title="Price" />
        </mx:verticalAxis>

        <!-- horizontal axis -->
        <mx:horizontalAxis>
            <mx:CategoryAxis id="ca" categoryField="@date" title="Date" />
        </mx:horizontalAxis>

        <!-- horizontal axis renderer -->
        <mx:horizontalAxisRenderers>
            <mx:AxisRenderer axis="{ca}" canDropLabels="true" />
        </mx:horizontalAxisRenderers>

        <!-- series -->
        <mx:series>
            <mx:LineSeries id="closeSeries" yField="@close" form="curve" displayName="Close">
                <mx:lineStroke>
                    <mx:Stroke color="haloGreen" weight="2" alpha="0.6" />
                </mx:lineStroke>
            </mx:LineSeries>
            <mx:LineSeries yField="@open" form="curve" displayName="Open">
                <mx:lineStroke>
                    <mx:Stroke color="haloOrange" weight="2" alpha="0.6" />
                </mx:lineStroke>
            </mx:LineSeries>
        </mx:series>
    </mx:LineChart>

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

When setting a stroke in ActionScript, note that you must pass the stroke color as a numeric value (like 0xFF0000), not as a color name (like “red”):

closeSeries.setStyle("lineStroke", new Stroke(0xFF0000, 2, 0.4));

If you want to use a named color, you can use the static StyleManager.getColorName() method, as shown in the following snippet:

closeSeries.setStyle("lineStroke", new Stroke(StyleManager.getColorName("red"), 2, 1.0));