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DiagramControl Events

Provides a canvas where you or your end-users can display, create and edit various diagrams.
Name Description
AddingNewItem Fires each time a new item is added to the diagram by the end-user (e.g., dropped from the toolbox, drawn using a tool).
BeforeItemsMoving Fires each time the end-user attempts to move a diagram item.
BeforeItemsResizing Raises each time the end-user attempts to resize a diagram item.
BeforeItemsRotating Raises each time the end-user attempts to rotate a diagram item.
CanvasBoundsChanged Occurs when the size of the Canvas is changed.
ClosedEditor Fires after the end-user closes the diagram item’s text editor.
ConnectionChanged Occurs after the connection has been changed by the end-user.
ConnectionChanging Occurs when the connection is about to be changed by the end-user.
ContainerIsCollapsedChanged Occurs when the container’s collapsed state has been changed.
ContainerIsCollapsedChanging Occurs when the container’s collapsed state is being changed.
ContextMenuClosing Occurs just before any context menu on the element is closed. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ContextMenuOpening Occurs when any context menu on the element is opened. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
CustomCursor Occurs when the mouse cursor enters the diagram control.
CustomGetEditableItemProperties Allows you to modify the list of diagram item properties that can be edited by end-users in the Properties Panel.
CustomGetEditableItemPropertiesCacheKey Allows you to update the set of properties displayed by the property grid.
CustomGetSerializableItemProperties Allows you to modify the list of serializable properties of diagram items.
CustomItemDrag Occurs when an end-user starts dragging a diagram item.
CustomItemDragResult Occurs before a drag and drop operation is completed.
CustomItemGiveFeedback Occurs while diagram items are dragged.
CustomItemQueryContinueDrag Occurs during a drag-and-drop operation.
CustomLoadDocument Fires after an end-user selects a document in the ‘Open File’ dialog or a document is loaded by setting the DiagramControl.DocumentSource property in code.
CustomLoadImage Fires after an end-user selects a file in the ‘Insert Picture’ dialog.
CustomSaveDocument Fires when the diagram is about to be saved (when an end-user uses Save actions in the Diagram’s Ribbon menu, or when the DiagramControl.SaveFile/DiagramControl.SaveFileAs method is called). The event allows you to implement custom saving logic.
DataContextChanged Occurs when the data context for this element changes. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DeletingItems Fires when the end-user removes items from the diagram canvas. Obsoleted. Use the DiagramControl.ItemsDeleting event instead.
DocumentLoaded Occurs after a document is loaded into the DiagramControl.
DragEnter Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the drag target. Inherited from UIElement.
DragLeave Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the drag origin. Inherited from UIElement.
DragOver Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the potential drop target. Inherited from UIElement.
Drop Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drop event with this element as the drop target. Inherited from UIElement.
ExceptionMessage Allows you to handle exceptions that may raise during various actions on the Diagram Control.
FocusableChanged Occurs when the value of the Focusable property changes. Inherited from UIElement.
GiveFeedback Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag-and-drop event that involves this element. Inherited from UIElement.
GotFocus Occurs when this element gets logical focus. Inherited from UIElement.
GotKeyboardFocus Occurs when the keyboard is focused on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
GotMouseCapture Occurs when this element captures the mouse. Inherited from UIElement.
GotStylusCapture Occurs when this element captures the stylus. Inherited from UIElement.
GotTouchCapture Occurs when a touch is captured to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
Initialized Occurs when this FrameworkElement is initialized. This event coincides with cases where the value of the IsInitialized property changes from false (or undefined) to true. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsEnabledChanged Occurs when the value of the IsEnabled property on this element changes. Inherited from UIElement.
IsHitTestVisibleChanged Occurs when the value of the IsHitTestVisible dependency property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocusedChanged Occurs when the value of the IsKeyboardFocused property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocusWithinChanged Occurs when the value of the IsKeyboardFocusWithin property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCapturedChanged Occurs when the value of the IsMouseCaptured property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCaptureWithinChanged Occurs when the value of the IsMouseCaptureWithinProperty changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseDirectlyOverChanged Occurs when the value of the IsMouseDirectlyOver property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusCapturedChanged Occurs when the value of the IsStylusCaptured property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusCaptureWithinChanged Occurs when the value of the IsStylusCaptureWithin property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusDirectlyOverChanged Occurs when the value of the IsStylusDirectlyOver property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsVisibleChanged Occurs when the value of the IsVisible property changes on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
ItemBoundsChanged Fires each time an item’s bounds are changed.
ItemContentChanged Fires each time the end-user changes the item’s text.
ItemCreating Occurs before a diagram item is added to the canvas.
ItemDrawing Fires repeatedly as the end-user is drawing a shape using a drawing tool (Rectangle, Ellipse, Right Triangle or Hexagon).
ItemInitializing Fires each time an item is created via the DevExpress.Diagram.Core.ItemTool.
ItemsChanged Fires each time an item is added or removed from the diagram.
ItemsDeleting Fires each time diagram items have been removed from the canvas.
ItemsMoving Fires as the end-user is moving diagram items.
ItemsPasting Fires as the end-user pastes the diagram items from the clipboard onto the canvas.
ItemsResizing Fires when a diagram item is resized by the end-user or programmatically.
ItemsRotating Fires when the end-user attempts to rotate a diagram item.
KeyDown Occurs when a key is pressed while focus is on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
KeyUp Occurs when a key is released while focus is on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
LayoutUpdated Occurs when the layout of the various visual elements associated with the current Dispatcher changes. Inherited from UIElement.
Loaded Occurs when the element is laid out, rendered, and ready for interaction. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
LostFocus Occurs when this element loses logical focus. Inherited from UIElement.
LostKeyboardFocus Occurs when the keyboard is no longer focused on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
LostMouseCapture Occurs when this element loses mouse capture. Inherited from UIElement.
LostStylusCapture Occurs when this element loses stylus capture. Inherited from UIElement.
LostTouchCapture Occurs when this element loses a touch capture. Inherited from UIElement.
ManipulationBoundaryFeedback Occurs when the manipulation encounters a boundary. Inherited from UIElement.
ManipulationCompleted Occurs when a manipulation and inertia on the UIElement object is complete. Inherited from UIElement.
ManipulationDelta Occurs when the input device changes position during a manipulation. Inherited from UIElement.
ManipulationInertiaStarting Occurs when the input device loses contact with the UIElement object during a manipulation and inertia begins. Inherited from UIElement.
ManipulationStarted Occurs when an input device begins a manipulation on the UIElement object. Inherited from UIElement.
ManipulationStarting Occurs when the manipulation processor is first created. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseDoubleClick Occurs when a mouse button is clicked two or more times. Inherited from Control.
MouseDown Occurs when any mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseEnter Occurs when the mouse pointer enters the bounds of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseLeave Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the bounds of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseLeftButtonDown Occurs when the left mouse button is pressed while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseLeftButtonUp Occurs when the left mouse button is released while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseMove Occurs when the mouse pointer moves while over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseRightButtonDown Occurs when the right mouse button is pressed while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseRightButtonUp Occurs when the right mouse button is released while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseUp Occurs when any mouse button is released over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
MouseWheel Occurs when the user rotates the mouse wheel while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewDragEnter Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the drag target. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewDragLeave Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the drag origin. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewDragOver Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drag event with this element as the potential drop target. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewDrop Occurs when the input system reports an underlying drop event with this element as the drop target. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewGiveFeedback Occurs when a drag-and-drop operation is started. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewGotKeyboardFocus Occurs when the keyboard is focused on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewKeyDown Occurs when a key is pressed while focus is on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewKeyUp Occurs when a key is released while focus is on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewLostKeyboardFocus Occurs when the keyboard is no longer focused on this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseDoubleClick Occurs when a user clicks the mouse button two or more times. Inherited from Control.
PreviewMouseDown Occurs when any mouse button is pressed while the pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown Occurs when the left mouse button is pressed while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp Occurs when the left mouse button is released while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseMove Occurs when the mouse pointer moves while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseRightButtonDown Occurs when the right mouse button is pressed while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseRightButtonUp Occurs when the right mouse button is released while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseUp Occurs when any mouse button is released while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewMouseWheel Occurs when the user rotates the mouse wheel while the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewQueryContinueDrag Occurs when there is a change in the keyboard or mouse button state during a drag-and-drop operation. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusButtonDown Occurs when the stylus button is pressed while the pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusButtonUp Occurs when the stylus button is released while the pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusDown Occurs when the stylus touches the digitizer while it is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusInAirMove Occurs when the stylus moves over an element without actually touching the digitizer. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusInRange Occurs when the stylus is close enough to the digitizer to be detected, while over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusMove Occurs when the stylus moves while over the element. The stylus must move while being detected by the digitizer to raise this event, otherwise, PreviewStylusInAirMove is raised instead. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusOutOfRange Occurs when the stylus is too far from the digitizer to be detected. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusSystemGesture Occurs when a user performs one of several stylus gestures. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewStylusUp Occurs when the user raises the stylus off the digitizer while the stylus is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewTextInput Occurs when this element gets text in a device-independent manner. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewTouchDown Occurs when a finger touches the screen while the finger is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewTouchMove Occurs when a finger moves on the screen while the finger is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PreviewTouchUp Occurs when a finger is raised off of the screen while the finger is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
QueryConnectionPoints Fires each time the end-user moves the cursor with the active Connector Tool near shapes or their connection points.
QueryContinueDrag Occurs when there is a change in the keyboard or mouse button state during a drag-and-drop operation. Inherited from UIElement.
QueryCursor Occurs when the cursor is requested to display. This event is raised on an element each time that the mouse pointer moves to a new location, which means the cursor object might need to be changed based on its new position. Inherited from UIElement.
QueryItemDrawAction Fires repeatedly as the end-user hovers over the diagram canvas while a drawing tool (Rectangle, Ellipse, Right Triangle or Hexagon) is selected.
QueryItemEditAction Fires each time the end-user attempts to initiate text editing to edit the text within a diagram item.
QueryItemsAction Fires each time the end-user attempts to perform an action on a diagram item.
QueryItemSnapping Fires repeatedly as the end-user triggers snapping while dragging or resizing a diagram shape.
RelayoutItemsCompleted Occurs immediately after an Automatic Layout algorithm is completed.
RequestBringIntoView Occurs when BringIntoView(Rect) is called on this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
SelectionChanged Fires when the selection changes (new items are selected, or currently selected items are deselected).
ShowingEditor Enables you to prevent an end-user from activating the editors of individual diagram items.
ShowingOpenDialog Fires before showing an ‘Open File’ dialog, and allows it to be customized.
ShowingOpenImageDialog Fires before showing an ‘Insert Picture’ dialog, and allows it to be customized.
ShowingSaveDialog Fires before showing a ‘Save File As’ dialog, and allows it to be customized.
SizeChanged Occurs when either the ActualHeight or the ActualWidth properties change value on this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
SourceUpdated Occurs when the source value changes for any existing property binding on this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
StylusButtonDown Occurs when the stylus button is pressed while the pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusButtonUp Occurs when the stylus button is released while the pointer is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusDown Occurs when the stylus touches the digitizer while the stylus is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusEnter Occurs when the stylus enters the bounds of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusInAirMove Occurs when the stylus moves over an element without actually touching the digitizer. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusInRange Occurs when the stylus is close enough to the digitizer to be detected, while over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusLeave Occurs when the stylus leaves the bounds of the element. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusMove Occurs when the stylus moves over this element. The stylus must move while on the digitizer to raise this event. Otherwise, StylusInAirMove is raised instead. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusOutOfRange Occurs when the stylus is too far from the digitizer to be detected, while over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusSystemGesture Occurs when a user performs one of several stylus gestures. Inherited from UIElement.
StylusUp Occurs when the user raises the stylus off the digitizer while it is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
SubordinatesHidden Occurs after the subordinates of a diagram shape are hidden.
SubordinatesHiding Occurs before a DiagramItem‘s subordinates are hidden.
SubordinatesShowing Occurs before a DiagramItem‘s subordinates are shown.
SubordinatesShown Occurs after a DiagramItem‘s subordinates are shown.
TargetUpdated Occurs when the target value changes for any property binding on this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
TextInput Occurs when this element gets text in a device-independent manner. Inherited from UIElement.
ToolTipClosing Occurs just before any tooltip on the element is closed. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ToolTipOpening Occurs when any tooltip on the element is opened. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
TouchDown Occurs when a finger touches the screen while the finger is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchEnter Occurs when a touch moves from outside to inside the bounds of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchLeave Occurs when a touch moves from inside to outside the bounds of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchMove Occurs when a finger moves on the screen while the finger is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchUp Occurs when a finger is raised off of the screen while the finger is over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
Unloaded Occurs when the element is removed from within an element tree of loaded elements. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ZoomFactorChanged Raises each time the current diagram zoom factor is changed.
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