FreePosition.VerticalAlignment Property

Gets or sets how the annotation will be located vertically.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts

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

Declaration

C#

public AnnotationVerticalAlignment VerticalAlignment { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property VerticalAlignment As AnnotationVerticalAlignment

Property Value

Type	Description
AnnotationVerticalAlignment	A AnnotationVerticalAlignment object specifying vertical alignment.

Available values:

Name	Description
Top	The annotation is aligned to the top edge of a parent element.
Center	The annotation is aligned to the center of the vertical within a parent element.
Bottom	The annotation is aligned to the bottom 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#L47

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

how-to-configure-the-appearance-of-an-annotation-t380122/CS/AnnotationSample/MainWindow.xaml#L41

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

how-to-customize-chart-annotations-t376991/CS/MarsTemperature/MainWindow.xaml#L54

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