XYDiagramPaneBase.BackColor Property

Gets or sets the pane’s background color.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

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

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color value which specifies the pane’s background color.

Remarks

The following image demonstrates how the BackColor property works.

For more information, refer to Panes.

Example

This example demonstrates the possibilities of customizing a chart diagram‘s panes‘ appearance at runtime.

C#

XYDiagramPane myPane = new XYDiagramPane("The Pane's Name");

myPane.BackColor = Color.Aqua;
myPane.FillStyle.FillMode = FillMode.Empty;

myPane.BorderVisible = true;
myPane.BorderColor = Color.Blue;

myPane.Shadow.Visible = true;
myPane.Shadow.Color = Color.LightGray;
myPane.Shadow.Size = 2;

VB.NET

Dim myPane As New XYDiagramPane("The Pane's Name")

myPane.BackColor = Color.Aqua
myPane.FillStyle.FillMode = FillMode.Empty

myPane.BorderVisible = True
myPane.BorderColor = Color.Blue

myPane.Shadow.Visible = True
myPane.Shadow.Color = Color.LightGray
myPane.Shadow.Size = 2

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-access-api-of-underlying-controls/CS/Dashboard_ControlAccess/Form1.cs#L36

    ChartControl chartControl = e.ChartControl;
    ((XYDiagram)chartControl.Diagram).Panes[0].BackColor = Color.Orange;
}

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-access-api-of-underlying-controls/VB/Dashboard_ControlAccess/Form1.vb#L37

    Dim chartControl As ChartControl = e.ChartControl
    CType(chartControl.Diagram, XYDiagram).Panes(0).BackColor = Color.Orange
End If