How to: Anchor Carousel Items to Specific Points

• Jun 07, 2019

This example shows how to anchor a Carousel's items to specific points along a path.

Items can be anchored to points by specifying a path via the PointPathFunction property. In the example, a complex piece linear function is defined. Items are displayed within points specified by the function.

The following image shows the result:

Window1.xaml

<Window x:Class="CarouselPointPathFunction.Window1" 
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
        xmlns:dxca="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/carousel"
        Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="548" >
    <Grid>
        <Grid.Resources>
            <Style TargetType="{x:Type Rectangle}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {ComponentResourceKey TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type dxca:CarouselPanel}, ResourceId=advancedCarouselItemStyle}}">
                <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="1" />
            </Style>
        </Grid.Resources>

        <dxca:CarouselPanel Margin="12" Name="carouselPanel1" VisibleItemCount="5" ActiveItemIndex="3">
            <dxca:CarouselPanel.PointPathFunction>
                <dxca:PieceLinearFunction>
                    <dxca:PieceLinearFunction.Points>
                        <dxca:PointCollection>
                            <Point X="0" Y="100" />
                            <Point X="50" Y="100" />
                            <Point X="100" Y="100" />
                            <Point X="100" Y="0" />
                            <Point X="160" Y="100" />
                            <Point X="280" Y="100" />
                            <Point X="300" Y="100" />
                        </dxca:PointCollection>
                    </dxca:PieceLinearFunction.Points>
                </dxca:PieceLinearFunction>
            </dxca:CarouselPanel.PointPathFunction>

            <Rectangle Fill="Red" />
            <Rectangle Fill="Green" />
            <Rectangle Fill="Blue" />
            <Rectangle Fill="Yellow" />
            <Rectangle Fill="Cyan" />
            <Rectangle Fill="Orchid" />
            <Rectangle Fill="Black" />
            <Rectangle Fill="Orange" />
        </dxca:CarouselPanel>
    </Grid>
</Window>