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ChartTitleCollection Class

Represents a collection of chart titles within a chart control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v20.2.dll

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

Declaration

public class ChartTitleCollection :
    DockableTitleCollectionBase

Remarks

The ChartTitleCollection class implements all the chart title collection functionality used to manipulate chart titles within a chart control. Members available via the ChartTitleCollection class allow you to add, delete, access individual chart titles and perform other common collection management tasks. The collection of chart titles can be accessed via the ChartControl.Titles property of a chart control.

For more information, refer to Chart Titles.

Example

This example demonstrates how chart titles can be accessed and customized at runtime.

// Create chart titles.
ChartTitle chartTitle1 = new ChartTitle();
ChartTitle chartTitle2 = new ChartTitle();

// Define the text for the titles.
chartTitle1.Text = "<i>Basic</i> <b>HTML</b> <u>is</u> <color=blue>supported</color>.";
chartTitle2.Text = "The capability to word-wrap is available for chart titles.";

chartTitle2.WordWrap = true;
chartTitle2.MaxLineCount = 2;

// Define the alignment of the titles.
chartTitle1.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
chartTitle2.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near;

// Place the titles where it's required.
chartTitle1.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Top;
chartTitle2.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Bottom;

// Customize a title's appearance.
chartTitle1.Antialiasing = true;
chartTitle1.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 14, FontStyle.Bold);
chartTitle1.TextColor = Color.Red;
chartTitle1.Indent = 10;

// Add the titles to the chart.
chartControl1.Titles.AddRange(new ChartTitle[] {
chartTitle1,
chartTitle2});
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