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GanttControl.CustomDrawTask Event

Fires before a task in the chart area is displayed. Provides access to a drawing surface and allows you to draw the task manually.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGantt

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGantt.v21.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Design, DevExpress.Win.Gantt

Declaration

[DXCategory("Events")]
public event CustomDrawTaskEventHandler CustomDrawTask

Event Data

The CustomDrawTask event's data class is CustomDrawTaskEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property Description
Appearance Provides access to the task’s appearance settings.
Cache Provides access to the drawing surface and a cache of brushes, pens, fonts, and other graphics. Inherited from CustomDrawEventArgs.
Duration Gets the task duration.
FinishDate Gets the task finish date.
Handled Gets or sets whether the event is handled and allows you to prevent the control from drawing the visual element in its default appearance. Inherited from CustomDrawEventArgs.
Info Provides access to view information about the task.
Node Gets the processed node.
Progress Gets the task progress.
StartDate Gets the task start date.
State Gets the object state: normal, hot tracked, pressed, disabled, or selected.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method Description
DefaultDraw() Draws the visual element in its default appearance. Inherited from CustomDrawEventArgs.
DrawBaseline() Draws the baseline.
DrawBaseline(RectangleF) Draws the baseline in the specified bounds.
DrawInsideText() Draws the text inside the bar.
DrawLeftLinkPoint() Draws a dependency connection point at the left side of the task.
DrawLeftText() Draws the text to the left of the bar.
DrawLeftText(RectangleF) Draws the text to the left of the bar within the specified bounds.
DrawRightLinkPoint() Draws a dependency connection point at the right side of the task.
DrawRightText() Draws the text to the right of the bar.
DrawRightText(RectangleF) Draws the text to the left of the bar within the specified bounds.
DrawShape() Draws the task shape: bar, summary bar, or milestone.
DrawShape(DateTime, DateTime) Draws the task shape (bar, summary bar, or milestone) with an interruption.
DrawShape(RectangleF, Single) Draws the task shape: bar, summary bar, or milestone.
DrawSplit(RectangleF)
GetPosition(DateTime) Returns the horizontal position of the specified date on the timescale.

Example

The code below shows how to highlight specific tasks and dependencies.

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Run Demo: Highlight Tasks and Dependencies

HashSet<int> tasks = new HashSet<int> { 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 };
ganttControl.CustomDrawTask += (sender, e) => {
    int taskId = Convert.ToInt32(e.Node.GetValue("Id"));
    if(tasks.Contains(taskId)) {
        e.Appearance.BackColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning;
        e.Appearance.ProgressColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning;
    }
};
ganttControl.CustomDrawTaskDependency += (sender, e) => {
    int predecessorId = Convert.ToInt32(e.PredecessorNode.GetValue("Id"));
    int successorId = Convert.ToInt32(e.SuccessorNode.GetValue("Id"));
    if(tasks.Contains(predecessorId) && tasks.Contains(successorId)) {
        e.Appearance.BackColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning;
    }
};

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