HintBase.ShowMode Property

Gets or sets a gesture on which the chart shows hints.

Namespace: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Charts

Assembly: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Charts.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Charts

Declaration

public HintShowMode ShowMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
HintShowMode	The value that specifies the gesture on which the chart shows hints.

Available values:

Name	Description
Default	The default action that invokes a hint (OnTap for Pie Chart, OnLongPress for Chart).
OnLongPress	The chart displays a hint on a long press gesture.
OnTap	The chart displays a hint when an end user taps on the item.

Example

This example demonstrates how to configure the chart’s Hint as the following image shows:

XAML

<dxc:ChartView>
    <dxc:ChartView.Hint>
        <dxc:Hint ShowMode="OnTap">
            <dxc:Hint.Behavior>
                <dxc:CrosshairHintBehavior GroupHeaderVisible="false"/>
            </dxc:Hint.Behavior>
        </dxc:Hint>
    </dxc:ChartView.Hint>
    <dxc:ChartView.AxisY>
        <dxc:NumericAxisY AlwaysShowZeroLevel="false">
            <dxc:NumericAxisY.HintOptions>
                <dxc:AxisHintOptions LineVisible="false"
                                     LabelVisible="false"/>
            </dxc:NumericAxisY.HintOptions>
        </dxc:NumericAxisY>
    </dxc:ChartView.AxisY>
    <dxc:ChartView.Series>
        <dxc:LineSeries DisplayName="Stock">
            <dxc:LineSeries.Data>
                <data:StockSeriesData ItemsSource="{Binding Prices}"/>
            </dxc:LineSeries.Data>
            <dxc:LineSeries.HintOptions>
                <dxc:SeriesCrosshairOptions PointTextPattern="{}{S}: ${V$.2}"/>
            </dxc:LineSeries.HintOptions>
        </dxc:LineSeries>
    </dxc:ChartView.Series>
</dxc:ChartView>

The table below lists classes and members the example above uses:

Symbol	Description
ChartView.Hint	Gets or sets the chart hints.
Hint	Configures hints the the hints the ChartView displays.
Hint.Behavior	Gets or sets the behavior of the hint.
CrosshairHintBehavior	Defines the crosshair hint behavior.
AxisBase.HintOptions	Gets or sets an object that configures how the axis interacts with the Hint.
AxisHintOptions	Stores settings that specify how the axis interacts with the crosshair cursor.
SeriesBase.HintOptions
SeriesCrosshairOptions	Stores the series’ crosshair cursor settings.