RelativePosition.Angle Property

Specifies the angle by which an annotation is rotated around its anchor point.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Charts.v20.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.Charts, DevExpress.Wpf.Charts

Declaration

C#

public double Angle { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Angle As Double

Property Value

Type	Description
Double	A Double value specifying an angle in degrees.

Remarks

When the Annotation.ShapePosition property is specified as RelativePosition, use the Angle and RelativePosition.ConnectorLength properties to define the annotation position relative to its anchor point.

The following table illustrates different values of the Angle property (the RelativePosition.ConnectorLength property is specified as 90).

The Property Value	The Example Image
Angle = 0
Angle = 45

Example

This example demonstrates how to anchor an annotation to a series point.

To do this, specify the SeriesPointAnchorPoint.SeriesPoint property.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-anchor-annotations-to-various-points-t378313.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxc:Annotation Content="Annotation #1">
    <dxc:Annotation.AnchorPoint>
        <dxc:SeriesPointAnchorPoint SeriesPoint="{Binding ElementName=seriesPoint}"/>
    </dxc:Annotation.AnchorPoint>
    <dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
        <dxc:RelativePosition Angle="60" 
                              ConnectorLength="50"/>
    </dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
</dxc:Annotation>

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

how-to-anchor-annotations-to-various-points-t378313/CS/AnnotationExample/MainWindow.xaml#L37

<dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
    <dxc:RelativePosition Angle="60"
                          ConnectorLength="50"/>

how-to-customize-chart-annotations-t376991/CS/MarsTemperature/MainWindow.xaml#L39

<dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>
    <dxc:RelativePosition Angle="60"
                          ConnectorLength="50"/>

how-to-customize-annotation-content-t380028/CS/AnnotationExample/MainWindow.xaml#L65

    <dxc:RelativePosition ConnectorLength="80"
                          Angle="-30"/>
</dxc:Annotation.ShapePosition>