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PaneAnchorPoint Class

The annotation is anchored to a pane.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

[TypeConverter(typeof(PaneAnchorPointTypeConverter))]
public class PaneAnchorPoint :
    AnnotationAnchorPoint

Remarks

If the Annotation.AnchorPoint property is set to the PaneAnchorPoint type, the annotation is added to the pane’s collection, returned by its XYDiagramPaneBase.Annotations property.

Then, you can specify to which particular pane the annotation is anchored (via the PaneAnchorPoint.Pane property), and define the axes and their values for the annotation’s anchor point (via the PaneAnchorPoint.AxisXCoordinate and PaneAnchorPoint.AxisYCoordinate properties).

AnnotationAnchoring_Pane

For more information, refer to Annotations.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to create text and image annotations and anchor them to a chart, its pane, and a series point.

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Chart annotations

#region #usings
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
// ...
#endregion #usings

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

        #region #generalcode
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Add a text annotation to the chart control's repository.
            chartControl1.AnnotationRepository.Add(new TextAnnotation("Annotation 1"));

            // And, assign a series point to the annotation's AnchorPoint property.
            // This adds the annotation to the series point's Annotations collection.
            chartControl1.AnnotationRepository[0].AnchorPoint =
                new SeriesPointAnchorPoint(chartControl1.Series[0].Points[2]);

            // Now, create an image annotation, and add it to the chart's collection.
            chartControl1.Annotations.AddImageAnnotation("Annotation 2",
                DXImage.FromStream(new FileStream(@"...\...\image.png", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read)));

            // Define the X and Y absolute coordinates for the annotation, in pixels.
            ((ChartAnchorPoint)chartControl1.Annotations[0].AnchorPoint).X = 150;
            ((ChartAnchorPoint)chartControl1.Annotations[0].AnchorPoint).Y = 150;

            // Obtain the additional pane from the diagram's collection.
            XYDiagramPaneBase myPane = ((XYDiagram)chartControl1.Diagram).Panes[0];

            // And, position the chart's annotation in this pane's right top corner;
            ((FreePosition)chartControl1.Annotations[0].ShapePosition).DockTarget = myPane;
            ((FreePosition)chartControl1.Annotations[0].ShapePosition).DockCorner = DockCorner.RightTop;

            // Another annotation is now being added to the collection of this pane.
            myPane.Annotations.AddImageAnnotation("Annotation 3",
                DXImage.FromStream(new FileStream(@"...\...\image.png", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read)));

            // Define its axis coordinates (in units appropriate for the scale type of the axes).
            ((PaneAnchorPoint)myPane.Annotations[0].AnchorPoint).AxisXCoordinate.AxisValue = 2;
            ((PaneAnchorPoint)myPane.Annotations[0].AnchorPoint).AxisYCoordinate.AxisValue = 180;

            // Position the annotation in relation to its anchor point.
            ((RelativePosition)myPane.Annotations[0].ShapePosition).Angle = -135;
            ((RelativePosition)myPane.Annotations[0].ShapePosition).ConnectorLength = 50;

            // You can get an annotation either via the collection of the element to which it is anchored,
            // or centrally, via the chart control's repository (e.g. by its name).
            TextAnnotation myTextAnnotation =
                (TextAnnotation)chartControl1.AnnotationRepository.GetElementByName("Annotation 1");
            ImageAnnotation myImageAnnotation =
                (ImageAnnotation)chartControl1.AnnotationRepository.GetElementByName("Annotation 3");

            // Define the text for the text annotation.
            myTextAnnotation.Text = "<i>Basic</i> <b>HTML</b> <u>is</u> <color=blue>supported</color>.";

            // Enable the interactive positioning for the image annotation.
            myImageAnnotation.RuntimeMoving = true;
            myImageAnnotation.RuntimeAnchoring = true;
            myImageAnnotation.RuntimeResizing = true;
            myImageAnnotation.RuntimeRotation = true;

            // Specify image annotation size mode.
            myImageAnnotation.SizeMode = ChartImageSizeMode.Tile;

            // And, adjust image annotation appearance options.
            myImageAnnotation.ShapeKind = ShapeKind.RoundedRectangle;
            myImageAnnotation.ShapeFillet = 10;
            myImageAnnotation.ConnectorStyle = AnnotationConnectorStyle.Arrow;
        }
        #endregion #generalcode

    }
}

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