FreePosition.HorizontalAlignment Property

Gets or sets how the annotation will be located horizontally.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts

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

Declaration

C#

public AnnotationHorizontalAlignment HorizontalAlignment { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property HorizontalAlignment As AnnotationHorizontalAlignment

Property Value

Type	Description
AnnotationHorizontalAlignment	A AnnotationVerticalAlignment object specifying horizontal alignment.

Available values:

Name	Description
Left	The annotation is aligned to the left edge of a parent element.
Center	The annotation is aligned to the center of the horizontal within a parent element.
Right	The annotation is aligned to the right edge of a parent element.

Example

This example demonstrates how to customize the annotation layout when the Annotation.ShapePosition property is specified as the FreePosition type.

To do this, dock the annotation to the required element using the FreePosition.DockTarget property. Then, specify the FreePosition.VerticalAlignment and FreePosition.HorizontalAlignment properties, to configure the annotation position.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-customize-chart-annotations-t376991.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
    <dxc:FreePosition HorizontalAlignment="Right" 
                      VerticalAlignment="Top" 
                      DockTarget="{Binding ElementName=defaultPane}"/>
</dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-anchor-annotations-to-various-points-t378313/CS/AnnotationExample/MainWindow.xaml#L46

<dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
    <dxc:FreePosition HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                      VerticalAlignment="Top"

how-to-configure-the-appearance-of-an-annotation-t380122/CS/AnnotationSample/MainWindow.xaml#L40

<dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
    <dxc:FreePosition HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                      VerticalAlignment="Top"/>

how-to-customize-chart-annotations-t376991/CS/MarsTemperature/MainWindow.xaml#L53

<dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
    <dxc:FreePosition HorizontalAlignment="Right"
                      VerticalAlignment="Top"