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WebChartControl.CustomDrawSeries Event

Occurs before a series is drawn when the chart’s contents are being drawn.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.1.Web.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Visualization

Declaration

public event CustomDrawSeriesEventHandler CustomDrawSeries

Event Data

The CustomDrawSeries event's data class is CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property Description
DisposeLegendCheckBoxImage Gets or sets the value specifying whether CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs.LegendCheckBoxImage should be disposed when drawing is finished.
DisposeLegendFont Gets or sets the value specifying whether the e.DXLegendFont should be disposed when drawing is finished. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
DisposeLegendMarkerImage Gets or sets the value specifying whether e.DXLegendMarkerImage should be disposed when drawing is finished. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
DXLegendFont Gets or sets the text font of the legend item of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
DXLegendMarkerImage Gets or sets the image of the legend item marker of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendCheckBoxDXImage Gets or sets the image of the legend item check box of the series or series point that is currently being painted.
LegendCheckBoxImage Gets or sets the image of the legend item check box of the series or series point that is currently being painted.
LegendCheckBoxImageSizeMode Gets or sets the image size mode of the legend item check box of the series or series point that is currently being painted.
LegendCheckBoxSize Gets or sets the size of the legend item check box of the series or series point that is currently being painted.
LegendCheckBoxVisible Gets or sets the visibility of the legend item check box of the series that is currently being painted.
LegendDrawOptions Returns the draw settings of the legend item of the series that is currently being drawn. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendFont Gets or sets the text font of the legend item of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendMarkerImage Gets or sets the image of the legend item marker of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendMarkerImageSizeMode Gets or sets the image size mode of the legend item marker of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendMarkerSize Gets or sets the size of the legend item marker of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendMarkerVisible Gets or sets the visibility of the legend item marker of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendText Gets or sets the text of the legend item of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendTextColor Gets or sets the text color of the legend item of the series or series point that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
LegendTextVisible Gets or sets the text visibility of the legend item of the series whose points are currently being drawn. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
Series Returns the series that is currently being painted. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.
SeriesDrawOptions Returns the draw settings of the series that is currently being drawn. Inherited from CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.

Remarks

The CustomDrawSeries event is raised before every series is painted. The event parameter’s CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.Series property provides the series which enables the series view and other specific series options to be determined. And the CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.SeriesDrawOptions property provides the drawing options specific to each series. Note that the return value of this property should be typecast to the corresponding type (e.g., BarDrawOptions).

The CustomDrawSeries and WebChartControl.CustomDrawSeriesPoint events are always raised in the following order.

  • The CustomDrawSeries event for the first series in the chart’s WebChartControl.Series collection. The first series in the series collection is a Series for which the SeriesCollection.IndexOf method returns 0.
  • The CustomDrawSeriesPoint event for all the series points of the first series.
  • The CustomDrawSeries event for the second series in the chart’s WebChartControl.Series collection.
  • The CustomDrawSeriesPoint event for all the series points of the second series.
  • …and so on for all the other series and their points.

Example

This example demonstrates how to use the CustomDrawSeries event to customize chart series’ appearance.

Chart Control - CustomDrawSeries Event

In the CustomDrawSeries event handler, use a CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs object properties to change series options:

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
//...
chartControl.CustomDrawSeries += OnCustomDrawSeries;
//...
private void OnCustomDrawSeries(object sender, CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs e) {
    // Find all Bar Series by their view type,
    // and fill them with a given color.
    if (e.Series.View is BarSeriesView)
        e.SeriesDrawOptions.Color = Color.SkyBlue;

    // Find the series by its name, 
    // and change its line style to dash-dot-dot.
    // (Here it's assumed that the series view type is LineSeriesView).
    if (e.Series.Name == "Line Series")
        ((LineDrawOptions)e.SeriesDrawOptions).LineStyle.DashStyle =
        DashStyle.DashDotDot;

    // Find all Point Series by the type of its DrawOptions, 
    // and change their marker kind to diamond.
    if (e.SeriesDrawOptions.GetType() == typeof(PointDrawOptions))
        ((PointDrawOptions)e.SeriesDrawOptions).Marker.Kind =
        MarkerKind.Diamond;
}
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