DiagramDesignerControl Class

The Diagram Designer control.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Diagram

Declaration

C#

public class DiagramDesignerControl :
    DiagramControl

VB.NET

Public Class DiagramDesignerControl
    Inherits DiagramControl

Remarks

The Diagram Designer features a DiagramControl with a user interface for creating, editing, saving and loading diagrams at runtime.

To add the Diagram Designer to your application, locate the DiagramDesignerControl item in the Toolbox and drop it onto the form. The following assemblies are automatically added:

• DevExpress.Data.v24.1
• DevExpress.Diagram.v24.1.Core
• DevExpress.Images.v24.1
• DevExpress.Mvvm.v24.1
• DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.1
• DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.v24.1
• DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v24.1
• DevExpress.Xpf.DocumentViewer.v24.1.Core
• DevExpress.Xpf.PropertyGrid.v24.1
• DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.v24.1

Xaml

     <Grid xmlns:dxdiag="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/diagram">
        <dxdiag:DiagramDesignerControl SelectedStencils="BasicShapes, BasicFlowchartShapes"/>
    </Grid>

See the Getting Started article to learn about capabilities of the Diagram Control.

The Examples section contains a variety of task-based examples.

The End-User Interaction article describes end-user operations available in the Diagram Control and Diagram Designer Control.

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-diagramdesigner-create-custom-shapes-with-connection-points/CS/DXDiagram.CreateCustomShapes/MainWindow.xaml#L11

<Grid>
    <dxdiag:DiagramDesignerControl Name="diagramControl"/>

wpf-diagramcontrol-create-items-with-custom-content/CS/DXDiagram.ContentItem/MainWindow.xaml#L17

<Grid>
    <dxdiag:DiagramDesignerControl Name="diagramControl" SelectedStencils="BasicShapes" />
</Grid>

wpf-diagram-register-and-use-svg-shapes/CS/DiagramSVGItemsWpf/MainWindow.xaml#L7

<Grid>
    <dxdiag:DiagramDesignerControl Name="diagramDesignerControl1"/>
</Grid>

wpf-diagram-create-diagramshape-descendant-with-editable-and-serializable-properties/CS/DXDiagram.CustomShapeProperties/MainWindow.xaml#L11

<Grid>
    <dxdiag:DiagramDesignerControl Name="diagramControl" CustomGetEditableItemProperties="diagramControl_CustomGetEditableItemProperties" />
</Grid>

wpf-diagram-create-custom-diagram-containers/CS/DXDiagram.CreateCustomContainers/MainWindow.xaml#L11

<Grid>
    <dxdiag:DiagramDesignerControl Name="diagramControl"/>
</Grid>

Inheritance

Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

DiagramControl

DiagramDesignerControl