Annotation.ShapePosition Property

Specifies how the annotation‘s position is defined - relative to its container corners, or to its anchor point.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Charts, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Charts

Declaration

C#

[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Layout)]
public AnnotationShapePosition ShapePosition { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Layout)>
Public Property ShapePosition As AnnotationShapePosition

Property Value

Type	Description
AnnotationShapePosition	An AnnotationShapePosition class descendant representing the shape position type.

Remarks

Use the ShapePosition property, to choose an annotation’s shape position type - FreePosition or RelativePosition.

For more information, refer to [Annotations.

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C#

how-to-create-a-text-annotation-at-runtime-e3003/CS/TextAnnotationRuntime/Form1.cs#L24

annotation.AnchorPoint = new SeriesPointAnchorPoint(sp);
annotation.ShapePosition = new RelativePosition();
RelativePosition position = annotation.ShapePosition as RelativePosition;

VB.NET

how-to-create-a-text-annotation-at-runtime-e3003/VB/TextAnnotationRuntime/Form1.vb#L27

annotation.AnchorPoint = New SeriesPointAnchorPoint(sp)
annotation.ShapePosition = New RelativePosition()
Dim position As RelativePosition = TryCast(annotation.ShapePosition, RelativePosition)