ChartTitleDockStyle Enum

Lists the values used to specify the edge of the chart control which a title is docked to.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#

[TypeConverter(typeof(EnumTypeConverter))]
[ResourceFinder(typeof(XtraChartsResFinder), "PropertyNamesRes")]
public enum ChartTitleDockStyle

VB.NET

<TypeConverter(GetType(EnumTypeConverter))>
<ResourceFinder(GetType(XtraChartsResFinder), "PropertyNamesRes")>
Public Enum ChartTitleDockStyle

Members

Name	Description
Top	A title is positioned at the top of the chart control.
Bottom	A title is positioned at the bottom of the chart control.
Left	A title is positioned to the left of the chart control.
Right	A title is positioned to the right of the chart control.

Related API Members

The following properties accept/return ChartTitleDockStyle values:

Library	Related API Members
Cross-Platform Class Library	DockableTitle.Dock
WinForms Controls	DockableTitleModel.Dock

Remarks

The values listed by this enumeration are used to set the DockableTitle.Dock property.

For more information, refer to Chart Titles.

Example

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

C#

// 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});

VB.NET

' Create chart titles.
Dim chartTitle1 As New ChartTitle()
Dim chartTitle2 As 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})

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-add-titles-to-a-chart-e1375/CS/Form1.cs#L30

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

how-to-create-a-chart-to-visualize-data-in-a-snap-report-t569171/CS/SnapChartAPI/Form1.cs#L33

chartTitle.Alignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Center;
chartTitle.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Top;
chart.Titles.Add(chartTitle);

VB.NET

how-to-add-titles-to-a-chart-e1375/VB/Form1.vb#L32

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

how-to-create-a-chart-to-visualize-data-in-a-snap-report-t569171/VB/SnapChartAPI/Form1.vb#L33

chartTitle.Alignment = System.Drawing.StringAlignment.Center
chartTitle.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Top
chart.Titles.Add(chartTitle)