# BoxPlot Chart

Source: https://lumeo.nativ.sh/components/charts/boxplot

# BoxPlot Chart

Show statistical distribution of data through quartiles. Displays the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum values.

## Installation

.NET CLI PackageReference Lumeo CLI

dotnet add package Lumeo.Charts

One-time app setup (`AddLumeo()`, CSS & JS) is covered in the [installation guide](docs/introduction).

## Usage

@using Lumeo

<BoxPlotChart />

Preview Code

Quarterly Revenue Distribution

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Loading state

Simulate loading

Hold skeleton open

Duration: 2s 

Cycle: 1400 ms 

Shape-aware skeleton with reserved space for legend and axes — no layout shift when real data arrives.

## API Reference

### BoxPlotChart

Property

Type

Default

Description

Categories

List<string>

\[\]

X-axis category labels.

Data

List<double\[\]>

\[\]

Distribution values as \[min, q1, median, q3, max\] arrays.

LabelStrategy

ChartLabelStrategy

Smart

How category-axis labels are rendered. Smart auto-rotates at higher densities; ShowAll forces all horizontal; Auto thins overlapping labels.

LabelRotate

int?

null

Manual rotation override in degrees on top of LabelStrategy.

IsLoading

bool

false

When true, renders a shape-matched loading skeleton in place of the chart. Bind to your async fetch state.

ShowLoadingSkeleton

bool

true

Set to false to opt out of the skeleton (chart area stays empty while IsLoading is true).

SkeletonKind

ChartSkeletonKind

(chart default)

Override the skeleton silhouette (Bars, Line, Area, Pie, Scatter, Grid, Generic).

SkeletonStyle

ChartSkeletonStyle

Phantom

Phantom renders the real chart with placeholder data and morphs to real data via ECharts animation. Silhouette falls back to the legacy SVG skeleton overlay.

ShowLoadingLabel

bool

true

Shows a small "Loading…" pill in the top-right corner whenever `IsLoading` is true. Layered on top of any `SkeletonStyle`. Set to false for bare visuals. **(rc.18)**

LoadingText

string?

"Loading…"

Label rendered next to the spinner inside the loading pill. Set to empty to show the spinner alone. **(rc.18)**

ShowLegend

bool

true

Shows the legend when multiple categories are present.

ShowTooltip

bool

true

Enables the hover tooltip showing quartile values.

Colors

List<string>?

null

Custom color palette for the box plots.

Width

string

"100%"

CSS width of the chart container.

Height

string

"350px"

CSS height of the chart container.

Theme

string?

null

Optional ECharts theme name override.

PhantomCycleMs

int

1400

Phantom-mode refresh interval in milliseconds. Lower = faster data cycling while loading.

ShowDataLabels

bool

false

When true, displays value labels on the box plots.

LabelPosition

string

"top"

Position of data labels relative to the box plot.

LabelFormat

string?

null

Optional ECharts label formatter string for data labels.

DataZoom

bool

false

Enables the interactive data-zoom slider beneath the chart.

Toolbox

bool

false

Shows the ECharts toolbox with export and zoom controls.

ColorPalette

List<string>?

null

Alternate full color palette applied to the chart.

AnimationDuration

int?

null

Animation duration in milliseconds when data changes.

AnimationEasing

string?

null

ECharts easing function name for animation curves.

MarkLine

EChartMarkLine?

null

Optional mark lines overlaid on the chart (e.g. averages, thresholds).

MarkPoint

EChartMarkPoint?

null

Optional mark points highlighting min/max or custom values.

MarkArea

EChartMarkArea?

null

Optional shaded mark areas highlighting value bands.