ShapeTitleOptions.TextGlowColor Property

Gets or sets the text glowing color of shape titles.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraMap

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraMap.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public Color TextGlowColor { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property TextGlowColor As Color

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color value.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Show 11 property paths

Object Type	Path to TextGlowColor
MapBubble	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapDot	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapEllipse	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapLine	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapPath	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapPathBase<T>	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapPie	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapPolygon	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapPolyline	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapRectangle	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor
MapShape	.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor

Remarks

The following image explains the text color and the text glow color.

Example

This example demonstrates how to customize shape title options. To do this, customize the required properties from the following list.

• ShapeTitleOptions.Pattern - allows customizing the Pattern used to display a title.
• ShapeTitleOptions.TextColor - allows customizing the title text color.
• ShapeTitleOptions.TextGlowColor - allows customizing the title text glowing color.
• ShapeTitleOptions.Visibility - allows specifying the title visibility.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-customize-shape-title-options-t202086

Form1.cs

private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    MapItemStorage storage = new MapItemStorage();
    VectorItemsLayer layer = new VectorItemsLayer() {
        Data = storage
    };

    dot = new MapDot() { Size = 100 };
    dot.TitleOptions.TextColor = Color.Orange;
    dot.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor = Color.Black;
    dot.TitleOptions.Pattern = "{Title}";

    dot.Attributes.Add(new MapItemAttribute() { Name = "Title", Value = "Hello,\nI am Dot." });
    storage.Items.Add(dot);

    mapControl1.Layers.Add(layer);
}

Form1.vb

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim storage As New MapItemStorage()
    Dim layer As New VectorItemsLayer() With {.Data = storage}

    dot = New MapDot() With {.Size = 100}
    dot.TitleOptions.TextColor = Color.Orange
    dot.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor = Color.Black
    dot.TitleOptions.Pattern = "{Title}"

    dot.Attributes.Add(New MapItemAttribute() With {.Name = "Title", .Value = "Hello," & ControlChars.Lf & "I am Dot."})
    storage.Items.Add(dot)

    mapControl1.Layers.Add(layer)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-customize-shape-title-options-t202086/CS/ShapeTitleOptions/Form1.cs#L22

dot.TitleOptions.TextColor = Color.Orange;
dot.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor = Color.Black;
dot.TitleOptions.Pattern = "{Title}";

VB.NET

how-to-customize-shape-title-options-t202086/VB/ShapeTitleOptions/Form1.vb#L22

dot.TitleOptions.TextColor = Color.Orange
dot.TitleOptions.TextGlowColor = Color.Black
dot.TitleOptions.Pattern = "{Title}"