IDockTarget Interface

An interface that should be implemented by any object which can serve as a dock target.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public interface IDockTarget

VB.NET

Public Interface IDockTarget

Related API Members

The following members return IDockTarget objects:

• CrosshairFreePosition.DockTarget
• FreePosition.DockTarget
• ToolTipFreePosition.DockTarget

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>