You can use the BubbleChartLabel.Position property to specify where to position the chart labels: outside or inside and the BubbleChartLabel.Compass property to indicate which side to show the bubble’s label: north, south, east, or west. To set the bubble chart label outside the bubble and to the north of the bubble, complete the following:

Changing the Chart Label’s Position and Compass in Design View:

To change the chart label’s position and compass, follow these steps:

1. Select View | Properties Window in the Visual Studio menu.
2. Click the drop-down list at the top of the Properties window and select Panel1_C1BubbleChartExtender.
3. Expand the ChartLabel node in the BubbleChart properties window.
4. Click on the dropdown arrow next to Position and select Outside.
5. Click on the dropdown arrow next to Compass and select North.

Changing the Chart Label’s Position and Compass in Source View:

To change the marker type for the first series in Source view, set the Position and Compass properties inside the ChartLabel tag so that the tag resembles the following:

<ChartLabel Position="Outside" Compass="North"></ChartLabel>

This Topic Illustrates the Following:

The following image shows a C1BubbleChart with the labels positioned on the outside right above the bubbles: