Annotation.Content Property

Gets or sets the annotation content.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public object Content { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Content As Object

Property Value

Type	Description
Object	A Object value specifying the annotation content.

Example

This example demonstrates how to bind a chart annotation to a content template.

To use the data template for annotation content, create a DataTemplate object defining how to represent annotation content and assign this template to the Annotation.ContentTemplate property.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-customize-annotation-content-t380028.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxc:Annotation.Content>
    <local:AnnotationContent Text="Annotation"
                             ImageSource="{StaticResource imageSource}"/>
</dxc:Annotation.Content>
<dxc:Annotation.ContentTemplate>
    <DataTemplate>
        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
            <Label 
                   Margin="0,0,4,0" 
                   Content="{Binding Text}"/>
            <Image 
                   Width="48" 
                   Height="48">
                <Image.Source>
                    <BitmapImage UriSource="{Binding ImageSource}"/>
                </Image.Source>
            </Image>
        </StackPanel>
    </DataTemplate>
</dxc:Annotation.ContentTemplate>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-anchor-annotations-to-various-points-t378313/CS/AnnotationExample/MainWindow.xaml#L32

<!--region #SeriesPointAnchorPoint-->
<dxc:Annotation Content="Annotation #1">
    <dxc:Annotation.AnchorPoint>

how-to-customize-chart-annotations-t376991/CS/MarsTemperature/MainWindow.xaml#L29

<dxc:ChartControl.Annotations>
    <dxc:Annotation Visible="True" Content="Annotation #1"
                    RuntimeAnchoring="True"

how-to-configure-the-appearance-of-an-annotation-t380122/CS/AnnotationSample/MainWindow.xaml#L20

<dxc:Annotation Margin="10">
    <dxc:Annotation.Content>
        <local:TextAndImage Text="Mars"

how-to-customize-annotation-content-t380028/CS/AnnotationExample/MainWindow.xaml#L38

<!--region #AnnotationContent-->
<dxc:Annotation.Content>
    <local:AnnotationContent Text="Annotation"