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LinearGaugeControl Class

A Linear Gauge control shipped with the DXGauges Suite.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Gauges

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Gauges

Declaration

public class LinearGaugeControl :
    AnalogGaugeControl

Remarks

The LinearGaugeControl class is a visual gauge control intended for creating thermometer, indicators, etc.

The following images show some examples of a linear gauge.

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A gauge control is comprised of separate elements, such as level bars, scales, range bars, ranges, etc. To learn more about them, refer to the Visual Elements (Linear Gauge) section.

Example

This example illustrates how to create a LinearGaugeControl instance with two LinearScale objects.

View Example

<Window x:Class="DXGauges_Linear.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:dxga="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/gauges"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="525">
    <Grid>
        <dxga:LinearGaugeControl  Name="linearGaugeControl1" Margin="0,24,0,20">
            <dxga:LinearGaugeControl.Model>
                <dxga:LinearRedThermometerModel/>
            </dxga:LinearGaugeControl.Model>
            <dxga:LinearGaugeControl.Scales>
                <dxga:LinearScale StartValue="-40" EndValue="120" 
                                  MajorIntervalCount="8"  Width="60">
                    <dxga:LinearScale.Ranges>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleRange EndValue="32" StartValue="-40">
                            <dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                                <dxga:DefaultLinearScaleRangePresentation Fill="LightBlue" />
                            </dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                        </dxga:LinearScaleRange>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleRange EndValue="120" StartValue="32">
                            <dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                                <dxga:DefaultLinearScaleRangePresentation Fill="Tomato" />
                            </dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                        </dxga:LinearScaleRange>
                    </dxga:LinearScale.Ranges>
                    <dxga:LinearScale.CustomLabels>
                        <dxga:ScaleCustomLabel Content="°F" Offset="-45" Value="-45" />
                    </dxga:LinearScale.CustomLabels>
                    <dxga:LinearScale.Layers>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleLayer/>
                    </dxga:LinearScale.Layers>
                    <dxga:LinearScale.LevelBars>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleLevelBar Value="59" />
                    </dxga:LinearScale.LevelBars>
                </dxga:LinearScale>
                <dxga:LinearScale StartValue="-40" EndValue="120" 
                                  MajorIntervalCount="8" Margin="68,0,0,0" >
                    <dxga:LinearScale.Ranges>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleRange StartValue="-40" EndValue="32" >
                            <dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                                <dxga:DefaultLinearScaleRangePresentation Fill="LightBlue" />
                            </dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                        </dxga:LinearScaleRange>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleRange StartValue="32" EndValue="120" >
                            <dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                                <dxga:DefaultLinearScaleRangePresentation Fill="Tomato" />
                            </dxga:LinearScaleRange.Presentation>
                        </dxga:LinearScaleRange>
                    </dxga:LinearScale.Ranges>
                    <dxga:LinearScale.Markers>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleMarker Value="68" />
                    </dxga:LinearScale.Markers>
                    <dxga:LinearScale.CustomLabels>
                        <dxga:ScaleCustomLabel Content="°F" Offset="-7" Value="-45" />
                    </dxga:LinearScale.CustomLabels>
                    <dxga:LinearScale.LabelOptions>
                        <dxga:LinearScaleLabelOptions Offset="3" />
                    </dxga:LinearScale.LabelOptions>
                    <dxga:LinearScale.MinorTickmarkOptions>
                        <dxga:MinorTickmarkOptions Offset="-16" />
                    </dxga:LinearScale.MinorTickmarkOptions>
                </dxga:LinearScale>
            </dxga:LinearGaugeControl.Scales>
        </dxga:LinearGaugeControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>

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