GanttControl.CustomTaskDisplayText Event

Allows you to specify the text displayed inside, to the left, and to the right of the task.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGantt

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGantt.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Events")]
public event CustomTaskDisplayTextEventHandler CustomTaskDisplayText

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Events")>
Public Event CustomTaskDisplayText As CustomTaskDisplayTextEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
InsideText	Gets or sets the text displayed inside the task’s bar. This property is not in effect for summary tasks and milestones.
LeftText	Gets or sets the text displayed to the left of the task’s bar.
Node	Gets the processed node.
RightText	Gets or sets the text displayed to the right of the task’s bar.
TaskInfo	Provides access to view information about the task.

Example

The code below shows how to display captions to the left and to the right of the bars.

C#

HashSet<int> criticalPathIds = new HashSet<int> { 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 };
ganttControl.CustomTaskDisplayText += (sender, e) => {
    int taskId = Convert.ToInt32(e.Node.GetValue("Id"));
    if(criticalPathIds.Contains(taskId)) {
        e.RightText = "High priority";
    }
    else {
        e.RightText = string.Empty;
        e.LeftText = "Normal priority";
    }
};

VB.NET

Dim criticalPathIds As New HashSet(Of Integer)() From {1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13}
AddHandler ganttControl.CustomTaskDisplayText, Sub(sender, e)
    Dim taskId As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(e.Node.GetValue("Id"))
    If criticalPathIds.Contains(taskId) Then
        e.RightText = "High priority"
    Else
        e.RightText = String.Empty
        e.LeftText = "Normal priority"
    End If
End Sub

Note

Run the Gantt Code Examples demo to see the complete example.