TitleBase.TextColor Property

Gets or sets a title’s text color.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

[XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Appearance)]
public Color TextColor { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraChartsLocalizableCategory(XtraChartsCategory.Appearance)>
Public Property TextColor As Color

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color structure which specifies the color of a title’s text.

Example

This example demonstrates how to access an axis title at runtime.

Cast your diagram object to the required diagram type to access its axes. Then, you can access the Axis2D.Title property.

View Example: How to Create and Customize an Axis Title

C#

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

namespace AxisTitle {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        // ...
            // Cast the chart's diagram to the XYDiagram type, to access its axes.
            XYDiagram diagram = chartControl1.Diagram as XYDiagram;

            // Customize the appearance of the X-axis title.
            diagram.AxisX.Title.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
            diagram.AxisX.Title.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
            diagram.AxisX.Title.Text = "X-axis Title";
            diagram.AxisX.Title.TextColor = Color.Red;
            diagram.AxisX.Title.EnableAntialiasing = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
            diagram.AxisX.Title.DXFont = new DXFont("Tahoma", 14, DXFontStyle.Bold);

            // Customize the appearance of the Y-axis title.
            diagram.AxisY.Title.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
            diagram.AxisY.Title.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
            diagram.AxisY.Title.Text = "Y-axis Title";
            diagram.AxisY.Title.TextColor = Color.Blue;
            diagram.AxisY.Title.EnableAntialiasing = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
            diagram.AxisY.Title.DXFont = new DXFont("Tahoma", 14, DXFontStyle.Bold);

            // Add the chart to the form.
            chartControl1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            this.Controls.Add(chartControl1);
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
' ...
Namespace AxisTitle
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub
        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ' ...
            ' Cast the chart's diagram to the XYDiagram type, to access its axes.
            Dim diagram As XYDiagram = TryCast(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram)

            ' Customize the appearance of the X-axis title.
            diagram.AxisX.Title.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
            diagram.AxisX.Title.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
            diagram.AxisX.Title.Text = "X-axis Title"
            diagram.AxisX.Title.TextColor = Color.Red
            diagram.AxisX.Title.EnableAntialiasing = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
            diagram.AxisX.Title.DXFont = New DXFont("Tahoma", 14, DXFontStyle.Bold)

            ' Customize the appearance of the Y-axis title.
            diagram.AxisY.Title.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
            diagram.AxisY.Title.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
            diagram.AxisY.Title.Text = "Y-axis Title"
            diagram.AxisY.Title.TextColor = Color.Blue
            diagram.AxisY.Title.EnableAntialiasing = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
            diagram.AxisY.Title.DXFont = New DXFont("Tahoma", 14, DXFontStyle.Bold)

            ' Add the chart to the form.
            chartControl1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
            Me.Controls.Add(chartControl1)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

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

Note

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C#

winforms-chart-create-and-customize-an-axis-title/CS/AxisTitle/Form1.cs#L37

diagram.AxisX.Title.Text = "X-axis Title";
diagram.AxisX.Title.TextColor = Color.Red;
diagram.AxisX.Title.EnableAntialiasing = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

winforms-chart-create-and-customize-chart-titles/CS/Form1.cs#L36

chartTitle1.DXFont = new DXFont("Tahoma", 14, DXFontStyle.Bold);
chartTitle1.TextColor = Color.Red;
chartTitle1.Indent = 10;

winforms-dashboard-custom-properties/CS/WinForms-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/ConstantLineUserValueModule.cs#L100

    line.Title.Text = "Value: " + moduleData.Value.ToString();
    line.Title.TextColor = line.Color;
}

wpf-dashboard-custom-properties/CS/Wpf-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/ChartItemModule/ChartOptions/ConstantLine.cs#L98

    line.Title.Text = "Value: " + moduleData.Value;
    line.Title.TextColor = line.Color;
}

VB.NET

winforms-chart-create-and-customize-an-axis-title/VB/AxisTitle/Form1.vb#L35

diagram.AxisX.Title.Text = "X-axis Title"
diagram.AxisX.Title.TextColor = Color.Red
diagram.AxisX.Title.EnableAntialiasing = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True

winforms-chart-create-and-customize-a-constant-line/VB/ConstLines/Form1.vb#L45

constantLine1.Title.Text = "Constant Line Title"
constantLine1.Title.TextColor = Color.Red
constantLine1.Title.EnableAntialiasing = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False

winforms-chart-create-and-customize-chart-titles/VB/Form1.vb#L34

chartTitle1.DXFont = New DXFont("Tahoma", 14, DXFontStyle.Bold)
chartTitle1.TextColor = Color.Red
chartTitle1.Indent = 10

winforms-dashboard-custom-properties/VB/WinForms-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/ConstantLineUserValueModule.vb#L106

    line.Title.Text = "Value: " & moduleData.Value.ToString()
    line.Title.TextColor = line.Color
End If

wpf-dashboard-custom-properties/VB/Wpf-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/ChartItemModule/ChartOptions/ConstantLine.vb#L122

    line.Title.Text = "Value: " & moduleData.Value
    line.Title.TextColor = line.Color
End If