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ChartElement Class

Represents the base class for most of the elements of a chart control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public abstract class ChartElement :
    IDisposable,
    ICloneable,
    IXtraSupportShouldSerialize,
    IOwnedElement,
    IChartElementWizardAccess

Public MustInherit Class ChartElement
    Implements IDisposable,
               ICloneable,
               IXtraSupportShouldSerialize,
               IOwnedElement,
               IChartElementWizardAccess

The following members accept/return ChartElement objects:

Library	Related API Members
Cross-Platform Class Library	ChartCollectionBase.GetElementByIndex(Int32)
	CrosshairFreePosition.DockTarget
	FreePosition.DockTarget
	Legend.DockTarget
	LegendItemCheckedEventArgs.CheckedElement
	ToolTipFreePosition.DockTarget
WinForms Controls	ChartElementModel.ChartElement

Remarks

The ChartElement class serves as a base from which all classes which relate to a chart control’s functionality are inherited.

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the ChartElement class.

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

C#
VB.NET

how-to-implement-a-custom-xy-marker-animation-t430144/CS/AnimationExample/FanMarkerAnimation.cs#L69

}
protected override ChartElement CreateObjectForClone() {
    return new FanMarkerAnimation();

how-to-implement-a-custom-series-animation-t393079/CS/XYSeriesCustomAnimationSample/XYSeriesZoomAndRotateAnimation.cs#L32


protected override ChartElement CreateObjectForClone() {
    return new XYSeriesRotateAndZoomAnimation();

how-to-implement-a-custom-pie-animation-t430166/CS/AnimationExample/GripPieAnimation.cs#L31


protected override ChartElement CreateObjectForClone() {
    return new GripPieAnimation();

how-to-implement-a-custom-marker-animation-t393485/CS/CustomCircularSeriesAnimationSample/CircularMarkerSlideFromLeftAnimation.cs#L14


protected override ChartElement CreateObjectForClone() {
    return new CircularSlideFromLeftAnimation();

how-to-implement-a-custom-funnel-animation-t430171/CS/AnimationExample/FanFunnelAnimation.cs#L56


protected override ChartElement CreateObjectForClone() {
    return new FanFunnelAnimation();

how-to-implement-a-custom-xy-marker-animation-t430144/VB/AnimationExample/FanMarkerAnimation.vb#L40

End Sub
Protected Overrides Function CreateObjectForClone() As ChartElement
    Return New FanMarkerAnimation()

how-to-implement-a-custom-series-animation-t393079/VB/XYSeriesCustomAnimationSample/XYSeriesZoomAndRotateAnimation.vb#L39


Protected Overrides Function CreateObjectForClone() As ChartElement
    Return New XYSeriesRotateAndZoomAnimation()

how-to-implement-a-custom-pie-animation-t430166/VB/AnimationExample/GripPieAnimation.vb#L26


Protected Overrides Function CreateObjectForClone() As ChartElement
    Return New GripPieAnimation()

how-to-implement-a-custom-marker-animation-t393485/VB/CustomCircularSeriesAnimationSample/CircularMarkerSlideFromLeftAnimation.vb#L12


Protected Overrides Function CreateObjectForClone() As ChartElement
    Return New CircularSlideFromLeftAnimation()

how-to-implement-a-custom-funnel-animation-t430171/VB/AnimationExample/FanFunnelAnimation.vb#L41


Protected Overrides Function CreateObjectForClone() As ChartElement
    Return New FanFunnelAnimation()

Inheritance

Show 425 items

ChartElement

AnnotationAnchorPoint

AnnotationShapePosition

AutoScaleBreaks

AxisLabelResolveOverlappingOptions

ChartColorizerBase

ChartElementNamed

ChartRangeControlClientGridOptions

CrosshairLabelPosition

CrosshairOptions

DateTimeOptions

EasingFunctionBase

FillOptionsBase

FinancialIndicatorPoint

FinancialIndicators

PivotGridDataSourceOptions

RangeControlOptions

RectangleIndents

ReductionStockOptions

RegressionLines

RotationOptions

ScaleBreakOptions

ScaleGridOptionsBase

ScrollBarOptions

ScrollingOptions

SeriesColorizerBase

SeriesLabelBase

SeriesNameTemplate

SeriesPointFilter

TaskLinkOptions

ToolTipPosition

WorkdaysOptions

XYSeriesAnimationBase

XYMarkerWidenAnimation

XYMarkerSlideAnimation

XYMarkerAnimationBase

XYDiagramSeriesViewBase

XYDiagramPaneBase

WeightedMovingAverage

TripleExponentialMovingAverageTrix

TripleExponentialMovingAverageTema

TriangularMovingAverage

ToolTipFreePosition

StackedBarSeriesLabel

StackedBarSeriesView

StackedBarTotalLabel

StackedLine3DSeriesLabel

StackedLine3DSeriesView

StackedLineSeriesLabel

StackedLineSeriesView

StackedSplineArea3DSeriesView

StackedSplineAreaSeriesView

StackedStepAreaSeriesView

StandardDeviation

StandardDeviationErrorBars

StandardErrorBars

StepArea3DSeriesView

StepAreaSeriesView

SubsetBasedIndicator

SwiftPlotDiagram

SwiftPlotDiagramAxis

SwiftPlotDiagramAxisX

SwiftPlotDiagramAxisXBase

SwiftPlotDiagramAxisY

SwiftPlotDiagramAxisYBase

SwiftPlotDiagramSecondaryAxisX

SwiftPlotDiagramSecondaryAxisY

NestedDoughnutSeriesLabel

NestedDoughnutSeriesView

NotificationBase

PaneAnchorPoint

PieGrowUpAnimation

PiePointOptions

PiePopUpAnimation

PieSeriesViewBase

PieSpinAnimation

PointSeriesLabel

PointSeriesView

PointSeriesViewBase

PolarAreaSeriesView

PolarAxisXRange

PolarLineSeriesView

PolarPointSeriesView

PolarRangeAreaSeriesView

PolygonFillStyle

PolygonFillStyle3D

RadarAxisXRange

RadarAxisYLabel

RadarAxisYRange

RangeAreaPointOptions

RangeAreaSeriesLabel

RangeAreaSeriesView

RangeBarPointOptions

RangeBarSeriesLabel

RectangularBorder

RelativePosition

RelativeStrengthIndex

ScatterLineSeriesView

ScatterPolarLineSeriesView

ScatterRadarLineSeriesView

ScrollingOptions2D

SeriesAnimationBase

SeriesView3DColorEachSupportBase

SideBySideRangeBarSeriesView

SideBySideStackedBar3DSeriesView

SideBySideStackedBarSeriesView

SimpleDiagram3D

SimpleDiagramSeriesViewBase

SimpleMovingAverage

SimplePointOptions

SineEasingFunction

SingleLevelIndicator

Area3DSeriesLabel

Area3DSeriesView

AreaSeriesViewBase

BarSlideAnimation

BarWidenAnimation

BounceEasingFunction

BubbleSeriesLabel

ConstantLineTitle

CrosshairAxisLabelOptions

CubicEasingFunction

CustomAxisLabel

DataSourceBasedErrorBars

DetrendedPriceOscillator

ExponentialEasingFunction

ExponentialMovingAverage

FibonacciIndicator

FibonacciIndicatorLabel

FinancialSlideAnimation

FixedValueErrorBars

FullStackedArea3DSeriesLabel

FullStackedArea3DSeriesView

FullStackedAreaPointOptions

FullStackedAreaSeriesLabel

FullStackedAreaSeriesView

FullStackedBar3DSeriesLabel

FullStackedBar3DSeriesView

FullStackedBarPointOptions

FullStackedBarSeriesLabel

FullStackedBarSeriesView

FullStackedLine3DSeriesView

FullStackedLinePointOptions

FullStackedLineSeriesView

FullStackedPointOptions

FullStackedSplineArea3DSeriesView

FunnelSlideAnimation

FunnelWidenAnimation

GanttSeriesView

GradientFillOptionsBase

HatchFillOptions

IndicatorStretchAnimation

IndicatorUnwindAnimation

IndicatorUnwrapAnimation

InsideRectangularBorder

KeyColorColorizer

Line3DSeriesLabel

Line3DSeriesView

LinearEasingFunction

SeriesKeyColorColorizer

SeriesPointAnchorPoint

SeriesPointAnimationBase

SeriesViewColorEachSupportBase

SideBySideBar3DSeriesView

SideBySideBarSeriesLabel

SideBySideBarSeriesView

SideBySideFullStackedBar3DSeriesView

SideBySideFullStackedBarSeriesView

SideBySideGanttSeriesView

SolidFillOptions

Spline3DSeriesView

SplineArea3DSeriesView

SplineAreaSeriesView

SplineSeriesView

StackedArea3DSeriesLabel

StackedArea3DSeriesView

StackedAreaSeriesView

StackedBar3DSeriesLabel

StackedBar3DSeriesView

StepLine3DSeriesView

StepLineSeriesView

StockPointOptions

StockSeriesLabel

StockSeriesView

SwiftPlotSeriesView

SwiftPlotSeriesViewBase

ToolTipMousePosition

ToolTipPositionWithOffset

ToolTipRelativePosition

XYDiagram2DSeriesViewBase

XYDiagram3DSeriesViewBase

XYDiagramDefaultPane

XYSeriesBlowUpAnimation

XYSeriesDirectedAnimationBase

XYSeriesSlideAnimation

XYSeriesStretchAnimation

XYSeriesUnwindAnimation

XYSeriesUnwrapAnimation

ZoomingOptions2D

AverageTrueRange

AxisXCoordinate

AxisYCoordinate

BackEasingFunction

BackgroundImage

Bar3DSeriesLabel

Bar3DSeriesView

BarAnimationBase

BarGrowUpAnimation

BubbleSeriesView

CandleStickReductionOptions

CandleStickSeriesView

ChaikinsVolatility

ChartAnchorPoint

ChartPaletteColorizerBase

ChartRangeControlClientDateTimeGridOptions

ChartRangeControlClientNumericGridOptions

CircleEasingFunction

CircularMarkerAnimationBase

CircularMarkerSlideAnimation

CircularMarkerWidenAnimation

CircularSeriesAnimationBase

CircularSeriesCircularUnwindAnimation

CircularSeriesLinearUnwindAnimation

CircularSeriesSpinZoomInAnimation

CircularSeriesUnwindFromCenterAnimation

CircularSeriesZoomInAnimation

ColorObjectColorizer

CommodityChannelIndex

CrosshairFreePosition

CrosshairMousePosition

CustomLegendItem

DateTimeScaleOptions

Doughnut3DSeriesLabel

Doughnut3DSeriesView

DoughnutSeriesLabel

DoughnutSeriesView

ElasticEasingFunction

FillOptionsColor2Base

FinancialAnimationBase

FinancialExpandAnimation

FinancialIndicator

FinancialSeriesViewBase

FullStackedSplineAreaSeriesView

FullStackedStepAreaSeriesView

Funnel3DSeriesLabel

Funnel3DSeriesView

FunnelAnimationBase

FunnelDiagram3D

FunnelFlyInAnimation

FunnelGrowUpAnimation

FunnelPointOptions

FunnelSeriesLabel

FunnelSeriesView

FunnelSeriesViewBase

ImageAnnotation

IndicatorAnimationBase

IndicatorBlowUpAnimation

IndicatorDirectedAnimationBase

IndicatorSlideAnimation

ManhattanBarSeriesView

MovingAverageConvergenceDivergence

NumericScaleOptions

OutsideRectangularBorder

OverlappedGanttSeriesView

OverlappedRangeBarSeriesView

PercentageErrorBars

Pie3DSeriesLabel

Pie3DSeriesView

PieAnimationBase

PieBurstAnimation

PieDropInAnimation

PieFanAnimation

PieFanGrowUpAnimation

PieFlyInAnimation

PieSpinAnimationBase

PieSpinGrowUpAnimation

PieWidenAnimation

PolygonGradientFillOptions

PowerEasingFunction

QuadraticEasingFunction

QualitativeScaleOptions

QuarticEasingFunction

QuinticEasingFunction

RadarAreaSeriesView

RadarAxisXLabel

RadarLineSeriesView

RadarPointSeriesLabel

RadarPointSeriesView

RadarRangeAreaSeriesLabel

RadarRangeAreaSeriesView

RadarSeriesViewBase

RadarTickmarksY

RangeArea3DSeriesLabel

RangeArea3DSeriesView

RangeBarSeriesView

RangePointOptions

RectangleFillStyle

RectangleFillStyle3D

RectangleGradientFillOptions

ScaleOptionsBase

SecondaryGridLinesX

SecondaryGridLinesY

SeparatePaneIndicator

SeriesDataSourceColorizer

ChartToolTipController

See Also

ChartElement Members

DevExpress.XtraCharts Namespace

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