DashboardViewer.CustomizeDashboardTitle Event
Allows you to customize the dashboard title at runtime.
Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin
Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v18.2.Win.dll
Declaration
Event Data
The CustomizeDashboardTitle event's data class is CustomizeDashboardTitleEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| FilterText | Gets or sets the text displayed in the dashboard title or in the dashboard item caption. The text identifies a single master filter value applied to the dashboard. Inherited from CustomizeDashboardCaptionBaseEventArgs. |
| Items | Provides access to command buttons located in the dashboard title or in the dashboard item’s caption. Inherited from CustomizeDashboardCaptionBaseEventArgs. |
| Text | Gets or sets the text displayed in the dashboard title or the dashboard item caption. Inherited from CustomizeDashboardCaptionBaseEventArgs. |
Remarks
The DashboardViewer.CustomizeDashboardTitle event is raised when the dashboard is loaded (the DashboardViewer.Dashboard property is changed) or when end-user activities affect the dashboard title. Such activities include applying a master filter, performing drill-down or changing the parameter value.
You can change the displayed text, remove existing buttons, add custom buttons or command bar items, including drop-down menus.
Example
The following example demonstrates how to use custom events to modify the text and toolbar items contained in the dashboard title area and dashboard item captions.
The dashboard title displays the dimensions by which the dashboard data is filtered. You can use a drop-down menu to selectively hide dashboard item captions. Clicking a custom button navigates to this example online.
A dashboard item caption displays the master filter values applied using that item.
Export buttons are hidden for all dashboard items except the map, and for the entire dashboard, if the Category contains “Bikes”.
Note
The complete sample project WinForms Dashboard - How to customize the dashboard title and dashboard item captions is available in the DevExpress Examples repository.
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon.ViewerData;
using DevExpress.DashboardWin;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
namespace CustomizeDashboardItemCaption_Viewer_Example
{
public partial class ViewerForm1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm
{
private static bool allowExport = false;
public ViewerForm1()
{
InitializeComponent();
dashboardViewer.AllowPrintDashboardItems = true;
dashboardViewer.PopupMenuShowing += DashboardViewer_PopupMenuShowing;
dashboardViewer.CustomizeDashboardTitle += DashboardViewer_CustomizeDashboardTitle;
dashboardViewer.CustomizeDashboardItemCaption += DashboardViewer_CustomizeDashboardItemCaption;
dashboardViewer.MasterFilterSet += DashboardViewer_MasterFilterSet;
dashboardViewer.UpdateDashboardTitle();
UpdateDashboardItemCaptions();
}
private void DashboardViewer_PopupMenuShowing(object sender, DashboardPopupMenuShowingEventArgs e)
{
// Hide popup menu everywhere except the dashboard title, to hide commands related to the export actions.
if (e.DashboardArea == DashboardArea.DashboardItem)
e.Allow = false;
}
private void DashboardViewer_MasterFilterSet(object sender, MasterFilterSetEventArgs e)
{
if (e.DashboardItemName == "listBoxDashboardItem1")
allowExport = e.SelectedValues.Select(value => value[0].ToString()).Contains("Bikes") ? false : true;
UpdateDashboardItemCaptions();
dashboardViewer.UpdateDashboardTitle();
}
private void DashboardViewer_CustomizeDashboardTitle(object sender, CustomizeDashboardTitleEventArgs e)
{
DashboardViewer viewer = (DashboardViewer)sender;
// Display filtered dimensions.
List<string> filteredDimensions = new List<string>();
foreach (var item in viewer.Dashboard.Items) {
string dimensionName = String.Empty;
var filterValues = viewer.GetCurrentFilterValues(item.ComponentName);
if (filterValues != null)
if (filterValues.Count > 0)
{
dimensionName = String.Concat(filterValues.Select(
axp => String.Format("{0} ", axp.GetAxisPoint(axp.AvailableAxisNames[0]).Dimension.Name)).Distinct());
filteredDimensions.Add(dimensionName);
}
}
if (filteredDimensions.Count > 0)
e.FilterText = String.Format(" ( Filtered by: {0})", String.Concat(filteredDimensions));
// Remove the Export button depending on the static variable.
if (!allowExport)
{
RemoveExportButton(e.Items);
}
// Add drop-down menu to show/hide dashboard item captions.
DashboardToolbarItem toolbarItemRoot = new DashboardToolbarItem();
toolbarItemRoot.Caption = "Show Dashboard Item Captions";
foreach (var item in viewer.Dashboard.Items)
{
toolbarItemRoot.MenuItems.Add(new DashboardToolbarMenuItem(item.ShowCaption, item.Name,
new Action<DashboardToolbarItemClickEventArgs>((args) => {
item.ShowCaption = !item.ShowCaption;
})));
}
e.Items.Insert(0, toolbarItemRoot);
// Add a button with an image to navigate to this example online.
DashboardToolbarItem infoLinkItem = new DashboardToolbarItem("",
new Action<DashboardToolbarItemClickEventArgs>((args) => {
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("https://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/Example/Details/T630210/");
}));
// Note that a raster image is proportionally resized to 24 px height when displayed in the Title area.
//infoLinkItem.ButtonImage = Image.FromFile("KnowledgeBaseArticle_32x32.png");
infoLinkItem.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1["support"];
e.Items.Add(infoLinkItem);
}
private void DashboardViewer_CustomizeDashboardItemCaption(object sender, CustomizeDashboardItemCaptionEventArgs e)
{
// Remove the Export button depending on the static variable.
if (!allowExport)
{
if (!e.DashboardItemName.Contains("Map"))
{
RemoveExportButton(e.Items);
}
}
// Display filter values.
DashboardViewer viewer = (DashboardViewer)sender;
var filterValues = viewer.GetCurrentFilterValues(e.DashboardItemName);
if (filterValues != null)
if (filterValues.Count > 0)
e.FilterText = String.Format(" ( Filter: {0})", string.Concat(filterValues.Select(
axp => String.Format("{0} ", axp.GetAxisPoint(axp.AvailableAxisNames[0]).DisplayText)).ToArray()));
}
private void UpdateDashboardItemCaptions()
{
foreach (DashboardItem i in dashboardViewer.Dashboard.Items)
{
dashboardViewer.UpdateDashboardItemCaption(i.ComponentName);
}
}
private void RemoveExportButton(IList<DashboardToolbarItem> items)
{
var exportItem = items.FirstOrDefault(i => i.ButtonType == DashboardButtonType.Export);
if (exportItem != null)
{
items.Remove(exportItem);
}
}
}
}
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