TimelineViewAppointmentDisplayOptionsEx.ShowClippedText Property

Gets or sets whether Timeline View appointments should draw their text strings even when there is not enough space to do that.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraScheduler

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Scheduler

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public bool ShowClippedText { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(False)>
<XtraSerializableProperty>
Public Property ShowClippedText As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	false	true, to draw strings when appointments have not enough height; false to hide text strings.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to ShowClippedText
TimelineView	.AppointmentDisplayOptions .ShowClippedText

Remarks

Scheduler control hides appointment images and text strings if an appointment is too small to display this content. Images hide when there is not enough either vertical or horizontal space.

How to provide appointment images

In the animation above, images for all appointments labeled as “Important” are assigned on the SchedulerControl.InitAppointmentImages event.

C#

private void SchedulerControl_InitAppointmentImages(object sender, AppointmentImagesEventArgs e) {
    if (Object.Equals(e.Appointment.LabelKey, 1)) { //"Important" label
        AppointmentImageInfo info = new AppointmentImageInfo();
        info.Image = SystemIcons.Warning.ToBitmap();
        e.ImageInfoList.Add(info);
    }
}

VB.NET

Private Sub SchedulerControl_InitAppointmentImages(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AppointmentImagesEventArgs)
    If Object.Equals(e.Appointment.LabelKey, 1) Then '"Important" label
        Dim info As New AppointmentImageInfo()
        info.Image = SystemIcons.Warning.ToBitmap()
        e.ImageInfoList.Add(info)
    End If
End Sub

Appointment text hides only when it does not fit vertically. In Timeline and Month Views, this can happen when you manually reduce the appointment height.

C#

schedulerControl1.MonthView.AppointmentDisplayOptions.AppointmentHeight = 15;

VB.NET

schedulerControl1.MonthView.AppointmentDisplayOptions.AppointmentHeight = 15

In Day and Week Views, text hides if the font is higher than a time cell.

How to enlarge appointment text

Time cells in Day and Week Views adapt to appointment font settings when you set them through the BaseViewAppearance.Appointment object. For that reason, cells can be lacking height only when you change font settings dynamically, i.e. on the SchedulerControl.AppointmentViewInfoCustomizing event.

C#

private void SchedulerControl_AppointmentViewInfoCustomizing(object sender, AppointmentViewInfoCustomizingEventArgs e) {
    e.ViewInfo.Appearance.FontSizeDelta = 10;
}

VB.NET

Private Sub SchedulerControl_AppointmentViewInfoCustomizing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AppointmentViewInfoCustomizingEventArgs)
    e.ViewInfo.Appearance.FontSizeDelta = 10
End Sub

To force appointments to draw their texts and images even when there is not enough space, enable the ShowClippedText and ShowClippedImages settings.

You can access these settings through the View’s AppointmentDisplayOptions. For instance, for Day View:

C#

schedulerControl1.DayView.AppointmentDisplayOptions.ShowClippedImages = true;
schedulerControl1.DayView.AppointmentDisplayOptions.ShowClippedText = true;

VB.NET

schedulerControl1.DayView.AppointmentDisplayOptions.ShowClippedImages = True
schedulerControl1.DayView.AppointmentDisplayOptions.ShowClippedText = True