DiagramShape Class

Displays a shape on the diagram canvas.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraDiagram

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraDiagram.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public class DiagramShape :
    DiagramItem,
    IDiagramShape,
    IDiagramShapeBase,
    IDiagramItem

VB.NET

Public Class DiagramShape
    Inherits DiagramItem
    Implements IDiagramShape,
               IDiagramShapeBase,
               IDiagramItem

Remarks

Use the following properties to initialize a shape’s main settings.

• DiagramShape.Shape - Gets or sets the shape kind.
• DiagramItem.Bounds - Gets or sets the item bounds.
• DiagramShape.Content - Gets or sets the text displayed by the shape.

You can link two shapes with a DiagramConnector, using the DiagramConnector.BeginItem, DiagramConnector.EndItem, DiagramConnector.BeginItemPointIndex and DiagramConnector.EndItemPointIndex properties.

For more information on shapes, see the Diagram Items topic.

Example

The following code assigns the DevExpress.Diagram.Core.BasicFlowchartShapes.Decision shape kind to a shape and specifies the shape text and size.

C#

diagramShape1.Shape = DevExpress.Diagram.Core.BasicFlowchartShapes.Decision;
diagramShape1.Content = "Initialized?";
diagramShape1.Size = new Size(150, 60);

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-handle-diagramcontrol-events-to-save-diagrams-to-a-database-instead-of-a-file-system-t360920/CS/XtraDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage/DiagramStorageInitializer.cs#L18

for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    diagram.Items.Add(new DiagramShape() {
        Position = new DevExpress.Utils.PointFloat(200, 100 + i * 100),

how-to-create-a-diagramshape-descendant-and-serialize-its-properties-t361265/CS/XtraDiagram.CustomShapeProperties/DiagramShapeEx.cs#L11

namespace XtraDiagram.CustomShapeProperties {
    public class DiagramShapeEx : DiagramShape {
        [XtraSerializableProperty]

how-to-use-the-customdrawitem-event-to-draw-custom-icons-inside-diagram-items-t441104/CS/XtraDiagram.CustomDraw/Form1.cs#L49

public class DiagramShapeEx : DiagramShape {

how-to-register-and-use-svg-shapes-t478182/CS/DiagramSVGItemsWinForms/Form1.cs#L52

    diagramControl1.Items.Add(new DiagramShape() { Shape = stencil.GetShape("aid-kit"), Width = 100, Height = 100, Position = new PointFloat(300, 300) });
}

VB.NET

how-to-handle-diagramcontrol-events-to-save-diagrams-to-a-database-instead-of-a-file-system-t360920/VB/XtraDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage/DiagramStorageInitializer.vb#L20

For i As Integer = 0 To 4
    diagram.Items.Add(New DiagramShape() With {.Position = New DevExpress.Utils.PointFloat(200, 100 + i * 100), .Width = 100, .Height = 50, .Content = "Item " & (i + 1).ToString()})
    If i = 0 Then

how-to-create-a-diagramshape-descendant-and-serialize-its-properties-t361265/VB/XtraDiagram.CustomShapeProperties/DiagramShapeEx.vb#L12

Public Class DiagramShapeEx
    Inherits DiagramShape

how-to-use-the-customdrawitem-event-to-draw-custom-icons-inside-diagram-items-t441104/VB/XtraDiagram.CustomDraw/Form1.vb#L53

Public Class DiagramShapeEx
    Inherits DiagramShape

how-to-register-and-use-svg-shapes-t478182/VB/DiagramSVGItemsWinForms/Form1.vb#L45

    diagramControl1.Items.Add(New DiagramShape() With {.Shape = stencil.GetShape("aid-kit"), .Width = 100, .Height = 100, .Position = New PointFloat(300, 300)})
End Sub

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

DiagramItem

DiagramShape