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MapCustomElementSettings.Template Property

Gets or sets the template used to display custom elements generated with these settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Map

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Map.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Map

Declaration

public ControlTemplate Template { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
ControlTemplate

A ControlTemplate object.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type Path to Template
MapCustomElementSettings
.Default .Template

Example

This example demonstrates how to customize the appearance and behavior of automatically generated custom map elements. The MapCustomElementSettings class allows specifying parameters of the adapter generated map custom elements.

To do this, assign a MapCustomElementSettings object to the ListSourceDataAdapter.ItemSettings property, and customize one or several of the following properties.

<Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:dxm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/map" x:Class="MapCustomElementSettings.MainWindow"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>
        <XmlDataProvider x:Key="data" Source="Data/Ships.xml" XPath="/Ships"/>
        <ControlTemplate x:Key="template">
            <Border Name="border" BorderThickness="2" Padding="4"
                    BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlDarkDarkBrushKey}}" 
                    Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlLightBrushKey}}">
                <ContentControl Content="{Binding MapItem.Content}" 
                                ContentTemplate="{Binding MapItem.ContentTemplate}"/>
            </Border>
            <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseEnter">
                    <BeginStoryboard>
                        <Storyboard>
                            <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush.Color" 
                                            Storyboard.TargetName="border" 
                                            To="{x:Static SystemColors.HotTrackColor}" 
                                            Duration="0:0:0"/>
                            <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background.Color" 
                                            Storyboard.TargetName="border" 
                                            To="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightColor}" 
                                            Duration="0:0:0"/>
                        </Storyboard>
                    </BeginStoryboard>
                </EventTrigger>
                <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseLeave">
                    <BeginStoryboard>
                        <Storyboard>
                            <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="BorderBrush.Color" 
                                            Storyboard.TargetName="border" 
                                            To="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlDarkDarkColor}"
                                            Duration="0:0:0"/>
                            <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background.Color" 
                                            Storyboard.TargetName="border" 
                                            To="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlLightColor}" 
                                            Duration="0:0:0"/>
                        </Storyboard>
                    </BeginStoryboard>
                </EventTrigger>
            </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
        </ControlTemplate>
        <DataTemplate x:Key="contentTemplate">
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <Image Width="32" Height="32" Source="Images/Ship.png"/>
                <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/>
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Year}"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </Window.Resources>

    <Grid>
        <dxm:MapControl CenterPoint="-37, 147" ZoomLevel="5">
            <dxm:ImageTilesLayer>
                <dxm:BingMapDataProvider BingKey="Your Bing Key"/>
            </dxm:ImageTilesLayer>
            <dxm:VectorLayer>
                <dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter DataSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource data}, XPath=Ship}">
                    <dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.Mappings>
                        <dxm:MapItemMappingInfo Latitude="Latitude" Longitude="Longitude"/>
                    </dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.Mappings>
                    <dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.ItemSettings>
                        <dxm:MapCustomElementSettings Template="{StaticResource template}"
                                                      ContentTemplate="{StaticResource contentTemplate}"/>
                    </dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter.ItemSettings>
                </dxm:ListSourceDataAdapter>
            </dxm:VectorLayer>
        </dxm:MapControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>
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