Merge pull request ScottPlot#4900 from manaruto/fix-datetimeautomatic-inverted-axes

Fix DateTimeAutomatic tick generation for inverted axes

Author: swharden

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ _Not yet on NuGet..._
 * Bar Plot: Add `LabelsOnTop` option to allow bar labels to always be displayed and never get overlapped by other bars or plottables (#4886, #4855) @manaruto @bclehmann
 * PolarAxis: Add support for custom background color (#4897) @CoderPM2011
 * PolarAxis: Added support for custom spoke lengths (#4897) @CoderPM2011
+* Axes: Improve automatic DateTime tick generation for inverted axes (#4900, #4851) @manaruto @sunwayking
 
 ## ScottPlot 5.0.55
 _Published on [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/profiles/ScottPlot) on 2025-03-22_

src/ScottPlot5/ScottPlot5/TickGenerators/DateTimeAutomatic.cs

@@ -65,21 +65,21 @@ private ITimeUnit GetLargerTimeUnit(ITimeUnit timeUnit)
 
     public void Regenerate(CoordinateRange range, Edge edge, PixelLength size, SKPaint paint, LabelStyle labelStyle)
     {
-        if (range.Span >= TimeSpan.MaxValue.Days || double.IsNaN(range.Span) || double.IsInfinity(range.Span))
+        if (range.Length >= TimeSpan.MaxValue.Days || double.IsNaN(range.Length) || double.IsInfinity(range.Length))
         {
             // cases of extreme zoom (10,000 years)
             Ticks = [];
             return;
         }
 
-        TimeSpan span = TimeSpan.FromDays(range.Span);
+        TimeSpan span = TimeSpan.FromDays(range.Length);
         ITimeUnit? timeUnit = GetAppropriateTimeUnit(span);
 
         // estimate the size of the largest tick label for this unit this unit
         int maxExpectedTickLabelWidth = (int)Math.Max(16, span.TotalDays / MaxTickCount);
         int tickLabelHeight = 12;
         PixelSize tickLabelBounds = new(maxExpectedTickLabelWidth, tickLabelHeight);
-        double coordinatesPerPixel = range.Span / size.Length;
+        double coordinatesPerPixel = range.Length / size.Length;
 
         while (true)
         {