DiagramControl.Stencils Property

Provides access to the collection of available stencils. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Diagram

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public DiagramStencilCollection Stencils { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Property Stencils As DiagramStencilCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
DevExpress.Diagram.Core.DiagramStencilCollection	A DevExpress.Diagram.Core.DiagramStencilCollection object that is the collection of available stencils.

Remarks

Use the Stencils property to register new or remove the default stencils.

See the example below.

C#

var svgStencil = new DiagramStencil("SVGStencilId", "SVGStencilName");
using(var svgStream = File.OpenRead("Shape.svg")) {
    var svgShape = ShapeDescription.CreateSvgShape("SVGShapeId", "SVGShapeName", svgStream);
    svgStencil.RegisterShape(svgShape);
}
diagramControl.Stencils = new DiagramStencilCollection(svgStencil, BasicShapes.Stencil);

VB.NET

Dim svgStencil = New DiagramStencil("SVGStencilId", "SVGStencilName")
Using svgStream = File.OpenRead("Shape.svg")
    Dim svgShape = ShapeDescription.CreateSvgShape("SVGShapeId", "SVGShapeName", svgStream)
    svgStencil.RegisterShape(svgShape)
End Using
diagramControl.Stencils = New DiagramStencilCollection(svgStencil, BasicShapes.Stencil)

If the Stencils property is set to null, the diagram toolbox loads its stencils from the DiagramToolboxRegistrator.Stencils static collection.

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C#

wpf-diagram-create-custom-diagram-containers/CS/DXDiagram.CreateCustomContainers/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L23

var customContainersStencil = DiagramStencil.Create(MyContainersStencilName, "Custom Containers", containerDescriptions);
diagramControl.Stencils = new DiagramStencilCollection(DiagramToolboxRegistrator.Stencils.Concat(new[] { customContainersStencil }));
diagramControl.SelectedStencils = new StencilCollection(MyContainersStencilName, BasicShapes.StencilId);