MapCustomElement Class

The class used to draw any custom element on a map.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Map

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Map.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public class MapCustomElement :
    MapItem,
    ISupportCoordLocation,
    IPointCore,
    IClusterable,
    IClusterItemCore,
    IClusterItem,
    IColorizerElement

VB.NET

Public Class MapCustomElement
    Inherits MapItem
    Implements ISupportCoordLocation,
               IPointCore,
               IClusterable,
               IClusterItemCore,
               IClusterItem,
               IColorizerElement

Related API Members

The following members return MapCustomElement objects:

• MapHitInfo.CustomElement

Remarks

The following image shows an example of a map custom element.

Example

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-add-different-types-of-vector-items-to-a-vector-layer-t145602.

MainWindow.xaml

<dxm:MapCustomElement>
    <dxm:MapCustomElement.ContentTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Border Name="border" BorderBrush="DarkGray"  
                Background="LightGray" BorderThickness="1"
                Padding="5" Margin="5" CornerRadius="5">
                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                    <Image Source="DevExpress.png" Width="40" 
                       Height="40" Margin="5"/>
                    <TextBlock Text="This is a custom element." 
                           TextAlignment="Center" FontSize="18"
                           VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="5"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </Border>
        </DataTemplate>
    </dxm:MapCustomElement.ContentTemplate>
</dxm:MapCustomElement>

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-customize-a-maps-custom-element-appearance-and-behavior-t209896/VB/MapCustomElement/MainWindow.xaml#L70

<dxm:MapItemStorage>
    <dxm:MapCustomElement Location="-34.042876,151.206777"
                          Template="{StaticResource pushpinTemplate}"

how-to-add-different-types-of-vector-items-to-a-vector-layer-t145602/VB/DXMapExample/MainWindow.xaml#L90

<!--region #MapCustomElement-->
<dxm:MapCustomElement>
    <dxm:MapCustomElement.ContentTemplate>

Implements

IColorizerElement

Inheritance

Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Freezable

MapDependencyObject

MapItem

MapCustomElement

Extension Methods

GetErrorOperationCommands(Position)

GetErrorOperationCommands(Int32)

GetErrorOperationCommands(Point)