HeatmapLabel.Pattern Property

Gets or sets a string pattern that formats heatmap label text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts.Heatmap

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Behavior)]
public string Pattern { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Behavior)>
Public Property Pattern As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A format string.

Remarks

Patterns can comprise plain text and placeholders with format specifiers. The following table lists available placeholders:

Placeholder	Description
{X}	Displays a heatmap cell x-argument.
{Y}	Displays a heatmap cell y-argument.
{V}	Displays a heatmap cell value.

When the Heatmap control is bound to data, the pattern can contain data field names in addition to placeholders. For example, you can use the "{CustomText}" pattern for data items similar to the following:

XML

<Item>
  <Country>China</Country>
  <Product>Computer</Product>
  <Value>-151.9</Value>
  <CustomText>Test</CustomText>
</Item>

The following code shows how to use custom placeholders to format heatmap labels:

C#

heatmap.Label.Pattern = "{CustomText}";

VB.NET

heatmap.Label.Pattern = "{CustomText}"

Example

The following example shows how to configure heatmap cell label settings such as format, font, color, and so on.

Use the HeatmapControl.Label property to access label settings:

C#

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

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

            HeatmapControl heatmap = new HeatmapControl();
            this.Controls.Add(heatmap);

            heatmap.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

            HeatmapMatrixAdapter dataAdapter = new HeatmapMatrixAdapter();
            dataAdapter.XArguments = new string[] { "North", "South", "West", "East", "Central" };
            dataAdapter.YArguments = new string[] { "Components", "Clothing", "Bikes", "Accessories" };
            dataAdapter.Values = new double[,] {
                { 21.3, 50.1, 63.2, 64.4, 33.4 },
                { 32.3, 54.4, 81.3, 53.4, 54.9 },
                { 60.3, 49.1, 42.6, 48.4, 65.4 },
                { 45.3, 54.7, 70.3, 66.4, 56.6 }
            };
            heatmap.DataAdapter = dataAdapter;
            Palette palette = new Palette("Custom") { Color.White, Color.SkyBlue, Color.DarkBlue };
            RangeColorProvider colorProvider = new RangeColorProvider() { Palette = palette, ApproximateColors = true };
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(new Unit(0, UnitType.Percentage));
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(new Unit(20, UnitType.Absolute));
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(new Unit(40, UnitType.Absolute));
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(new Unit(60, UnitType.Absolute));
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(new Unit(90, UnitType.Absolute));
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(new Unit(1, UnitType.Percentage));
            dataAdapter.ColorProvider = colorProvider;

            HeatmapLabel label = heatmap.Label;
            label.Visible = true;
            label.Pattern = "{V:f0}";
            label.BackColor = Color.White;
            label.Color = Color.Black;
            label.Font = new Font("SegoeUI", 10);
            label.TextOrientation = DevExpress.XtraCharts.Heatmap.TextOrientation.Horizontal;
            label.Border.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
            label.Border.Color = Color.DarkGray;
            label.Border.Thickness = 2;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

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

Namespace HeatmapMatrixAdapterSample
    Public Partial Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            Dim heatmap As HeatmapControl = New HeatmapControl()
            Me.Controls.Add(heatmap)
            heatmap.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
            Dim dataAdapter As HeatmapMatrixAdapter = New HeatmapMatrixAdapter()
            dataAdapter.XArguments = New String() {"North", "South", "West", "East", "Central"}
            dataAdapter.YArguments = New String() {"Components", "Clothing", "Bikes", "Accessories"}
            dataAdapter.Values = New Double(,) {
            {21.3, 50.1, 63.2, 64.4, 33.4},
            {32.3, 54.4, 81.3, 53.4, 54.9},
            {60.3, 49.1, 42.6, 48.4, 65.4},
            {45.3, 54.7, 70.3, 66.4, 56.6}}
            heatmap.DataAdapter = dataAdapter
            Dim palette As Palette = New Palette("Custom") From {
                System.Drawing.Color.White,
                System.Drawing.Color.SkyBlue,
                System.Drawing.Color.DarkBlue
            }
            Dim colorProvider As RangeColorProvider = New RangeColorProvider() With {
                .Palette = palette,
                .ApproximateColors = True
            }
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(New Unit(0, UnitType.Percentage))
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(New Unit(20, UnitType.Absolute))
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(New Unit(40, UnitType.Absolute))
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(New Unit(60, UnitType.Absolute))
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(New Unit(90, UnitType.Absolute))
            colorProvider.RangeStops.Add(New Unit(1, UnitType.Percentage))
            dataAdapter.ColorProvider = colorProvider
            Dim label As HeatmapLabel = heatmap.Label
            label.Visible = True
            label.Pattern = "{V:f0}"
            label.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White
            label.Color = System.Drawing.Color.Black
            label.Font = New Font("SegoeUI", 10)
            label.TextOrientation = DevExpress.XtraCharts.Heatmap.TextOrientation.Horizontal
            label.Border.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
            label.Border.Color = Color.DarkGray
            label.Border.Thickness = 2
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

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

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C#

winforms-heatmap-matrix-data/CS/Form1.cs#L44

    heatmap.Label.Visible = true;
    heatmap.Label.Pattern = "{V}";
}

winforms-heatmap-bind-to-data-source/CS/Form1.cs#L46

heatmap.Label.Font = new Font("SegoeUI", 6);
heatmap.Label.Pattern = "{V}";
heatmap.Label.Color = Color.Black;

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/CS/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/Heatmap/HeatmapItemControlProvider.cs#L65

dataAdapter.YArgumentDataMember = flatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Row.UniqueId).Name;
heatmap.Label.Pattern = "{" + flatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value.UniqueId).Name + "}";
heatmap.ToolTipTextPattern = string.Format(

VB.NET

winforms-heatmap-matrix-data/VB/Form1.vb#L29

    Me.heatmap.Label.Visible = True
    Me.heatmap.Label.Pattern = "{V}"
End Sub

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/VB/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/Heatmap/HeatmapItemControlProvider.vb#L74

dataAdapter.YArgumentDataMember = flatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Row.UniqueId).Name
heatmap.Label.Pattern = "{" & flatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value.UniqueId).Name & "}"
heatmap.ToolTipTextPattern = String.Format("X Argument: {{{0}}}" & vbLf & "Y Argument: {{{1}}}" & vbLf & "Value: {{{2}}}", flatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Column.UniqueId).Name, flatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Row.UniqueId).Name, flatDataSource.GetDisplayTextColumn(dashboardItem.Metadata.Value.UniqueId).Name)