DiagramItem.Position Property

Gets or sets the coordinates of the item’s upper left corner relative to the diagram canvas.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraDiagram

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraDiagram.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[CustomAction(typeof(ActionAffectsConnectorsRouting))]
[DefaultValue(typeof(PointFloat), "0,0")]
[DiagramCategory(DiagramCategory.Layout)]
public virtual PointFloat Position { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(GetType(PointFloat), "0,0")>
<DiagramCategory(DiagramCategory.Layout)>
<CustomAction(GetType(ActionAffectsConnectorsRouting))>
Public Overridable Property Position As PointFloat

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
PointFloat	"0,0"	The coordinates of the item’s upper left corner.

Remarks

For items within a container, the DiagramItem.Position property specifies the coordinates of the item’s upper left corner relative to the container.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-diagram-proportionally-resize-shapes-within-container/CS/WindowsFormsApp4/Form1.cs#L44

var containingRect = customContainer.Items.Select(x => x.RotatedDiagramBounds().BoundedRect()).Aggregate(Rect.Empty, Rect.Union);
customContainer.Position = new PointFloat((float)containingRect.X, (float)containingRect.Y);
customContainer.Width = (float)containingRect.Width;

winforms-diagram-create-rotatable-containers-with-shapes/CS/WindowsFormsApp4/Form1.cs#L43

var containingRect = container.Items.Select(x => x.RotatedDiagramBounds().BoundedRect()).Aggregate(Rect.Empty, Rect.Union);
container.Position = new PointFloat((float)containingRect.X, (float)containingRect.Y);
container.Width = (float)containingRect.Width;

How-to-execute-an-arbitrary-action-when-a-diagram-item-is-clicked-winforms/CS/DXSample/Form1.cs#L26

caption: "An item was clicked",
text: $"Item: {item.GetType()}{Environment.NewLine}Position: {item.Position}",
buttons: MessageBoxButtons.OK,

VB.NET

winforms-diagram-proportionally-resize-shapes-within-container/VB/WindowsFormsApp4/Form1.vb#L46

Dim containingRect = customContainer.Items.[Select](Function(x) x.RotatedDiagramBounds().BoundedRect()).Aggregate(Rect.Empty, New Func(Of Rect, Rect, Rect)(AddressOf Rect.Union))
customContainer.Position = New PointFloat(CSng(containingRect.X), CSng(containingRect.Y))
customContainer.Width = CSng(containingRect.Width)

winforms-diagram-create-rotatable-containers-with-shapes/VB/WindowsFormsApp4/Form1.vb#L47

Dim containingRect = container.Items.[Select](Function(x) x.RotatedDiagramBounds().BoundedRect()).Aggregate(Rect.Empty, New Func(Of Rect, Rect, Rect)(AddressOf Rect.Union))
container.Position = New PointFloat(CSng(containingRect.X), CSng(containingRect.Y))
container.Width = CSng(containingRect.Width)

How-to-execute-an-arbitrary-action-when-a-diagram-item-is-clicked-winforms/VB/DXSample/Form1.vb#L26

If tempVar Then
    MessageBox.Show(owner:=Me, caption:= "An item was clicked", text:= $"Item: {item.GetType()}{Environment.NewLine}Position: {item.Position}", buttons:= MessageBoxButtons.OK, icon:= MessageBoxIcon.Information)
End If