CustomAxisLabelCollection.Add(CustomAxisLabel) Method

Appends the specified CustomAxisLabel object to the current collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

public int Add(
    CustomAxisLabel label
)

VB.NET

Public Function Add(
    label As CustomAxisLabel
) As Integer

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
label	CustomAxisLabel	A CustomAxisLabel object to append to the collection.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	An integer value indicating the position at which the new element was inserted.

Remarks

This method adds a CustomAxisLabel object to the end of the collection.

Example

This example demonstrates how custom axis labels can be created and customized at runtime.

Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;

namespace CustomAxisLabels {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        #region #CustomLabels
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Cast the chart's diagram to the XYDiagram type, to access its axes.
            XYDiagram diagram = chartControl.Diagram as XYDiagram;
            if(diagram == null) return;

            AxisX axisX = diagram.AxisX;
            // Add a custom label to the X-axis.
            axisX.CustomLabels.Add(new CustomAxisLabel(name: "State of Michigan", value: "Michigan") {
                TextColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 74, 74, 74),
                BackColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 225, 225, 225)
            });
            // Make auto-generated and custom labels visible at the same time.
            axisX.LabelVisibilityMode = AxisLabelVisibilityMode.AutoGeneratedAndCustom;
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts

Namespace CustomAxisLabels
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        #Region "#CustomLabels"
        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
            ' Cast the chart's diagram to the XYDiagram type, to access its axes.
            Dim diagram As XYDiagram = TryCast(chartControl.Diagram, XYDiagram)
            If diagram Is Nothing Then
                Return
            End If

            Dim axisX As AxisX = diagram.AxisX
            ' Add a custom label to the X-axis.
            axisX.CustomLabels.Add(New CustomAxisLabel(name:= "State of Michigan", value:= "Michigan") With { _
                .TextColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 74, 74, 74), _
                .BackColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 225, 225, 225) _
            })
            ' Make auto-generated and custom labels visible at the same time.
            axisX.LabelVisibilityMode = AxisLabelVisibilityMode.AutoGeneratedAndCustom
        End Sub
        #End Region
    End Class
End Namespace