ChartControl.Titles Property

Gets the collection of chart titles.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.2.UI.dll

Declaration

C#

public ChartTitleCollection Titles { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Titles As ChartTitleCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
ChartTitleCollection	A ChartTitleCollection object that represents the collection of chart titles.

Remarks

The Titles property provides access to a collection in which objects representing chart titles are stored (if any). Chart title objects can be manipulated (added or removed) via methods and properties provided by the ChartTitleCollection object. Individual chart titles (objects of the ChartTitle type) can be accessed via the Titles property using indexer notation.

For more information, refer to Chart Titles.

Example

This example demonstrates how chart titles can be accessed and customized at runtime.

C#

// Create chart titles.
ChartTitle chartTitle1 = new ChartTitle();
ChartTitle chartTitle2 = new ChartTitle();

// Define the text for the titles.
chartTitle1.Text = "<i>Basic</i> <b>HTML</b> <u>is</u> <color=blue>supported</color>.";
chartTitle2.Text = "The capability to word-wrap is available for chart titles.";

chartTitle2.WordWrap = true;
chartTitle2.MaxLineCount = 2;

// Define the alignment of the titles.
chartTitle1.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
chartTitle2.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near;

// Place the titles where it's required.
chartTitle1.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Top;
chartTitle2.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Bottom;

// Customize a title's appearance.
chartTitle1.Antialiasing = true;
chartTitle1.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 14, FontStyle.Bold);
chartTitle1.TextColor = Color.Red;
chartTitle1.Indent = 10;

// Add the titles to the chart.
chartControl1.Titles.AddRange(new ChartTitle[] {
chartTitle1,
chartTitle2});

VB.NET

' Create chart titles.
Dim chartTitle1 As New ChartTitle()
Dim chartTitle2 As New ChartTitle()

' Define the text for the titles.
chartTitle1.Text = "<i>Basic</i> <b>HTML</b> <u>is</u> <color=blue>supported</color>."
chartTitle2.Text = "The capability to word-wrap is available for chart titles."

chartTitle2.WordWrap = True
chartTitle2.MaxLineCount = 2

' Define the alignment of the titles.
chartTitle1.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
chartTitle2.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near

' Place the titles where it's required.
chartTitle1.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Top
chartTitle2.Dock = ChartTitleDockStyle.Bottom

' Customize a title's appearance.
chartTitle1.Antialiasing = True
chartTitle1.Font = New Font("Tahoma", 14, FontStyle.Bold)
chartTitle1.TextColor = Color.Red
chartTitle1.Indent = 10

' Add the titles to the chart.
chartControl1.Titles.AddRange(New ChartTitle() { chartTitle1, chartTitle2})