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WPF Chart Pan on Mouse-Drag

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Demonstrates mouse-dragging of SciChart: Overlays three series on a SciChartSurface and applies the ZoomPanModifier. This is a built-in ChartModifierBase derived class which adds the behavior of panning on mouse-drag. ChartModifiers can be added to the SciChartSurface via the SciChartSurface.ChartModifier property, or via a ModifierGroup

Interactivity Options

Change input button to start the pan operation, e.g. Left, Middle button (WPF Only) or Right Button

Documentation links

ChartModifiers provided by SciChart
ZoomPanModifier

The C#/WPF source code for the WPF Chart Pan on Mouse-Drag example is included below (Scroll down!).

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MouseDragToPan.xaml
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<UserControl x:Class="SciChart.Examples.Examples.ZoomAndPanAChart.MouseDragToPan"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
             xmlns:ex="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart/exampleExternals"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
             xmlns:s="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart"             
             Loaded="MouseDragToPan_Loaded"
             d:DesignHeight="400"
             d:DesignWidth="600"
             mc:Ignorable="d">

    <UserControl.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
                <ResourceDictionary Source="/SciChart.Examples.ExternalDependencies;component/Resources/Styles/ToolbarButtonsCommon.xaml" />
            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </UserControl.Resources>

    <Grid>
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
            <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

        <Border Background="#FF232426"
                BorderBrush="#323539"
                Panel.ZIndex="9999"
                BorderThickness="0,0,2,0">

            <WrapPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                       Orientation="Vertical">

                <ex:FlyoutMenuButton x:Name="dragToPanModExample"
                                     HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                                     Padding="0"
                                     Content="Pan"
                                     Style="{StaticResource FlyoutMenuButtonStyle}"
                                     ToolTipService.ToolTip="Pan">

                    <ex:FlyoutMenuButton.PopupContent>
                        <StackPanel MinWidth="150" Orientation="Vertical">

                            <TextBlock Text="Pan SciChart on" />

                            <ComboBox x:Name="panSciChartOn"
                                      SelectedIndex="0"
                                      SelectionChanged="PanSciChartOn_OnSelectionChanged" />

                        </StackPanel>
                    </ex:FlyoutMenuButton.PopupContent>
                </ex:FlyoutMenuButton>

                <Button HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                        Command="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=sciChart}, Path=AnimateZoomExtentsCommand}"
                        Content="Zoom Extents"
                        Style="{StaticResource ZoomExtentsButtonStyle}"
                        ToolTipService.ToolTip="Zoom to Extents" />

            </WrapPanel>
        </Border>

        <s:SciChartSurface x:Name="sciChart" Grid.Column="1">

            <s:SciChartSurface.RenderableSeries>
                <s:FastMountainRenderableSeries Fill="#77279B27" Stroke="#FF177B17">
                    <s:FastMountainRenderableSeries.SeriesAnimation>
                        <s:ScaleAnimation AnimationDelay="0:0:1" Duration="0:0:3"/>
                    </s:FastMountainRenderableSeries.SeriesAnimation>
                </s:FastMountainRenderableSeries>
                <s:FastMountainRenderableSeries Fill="#77FF1919" Stroke="#FFDD0909">
                    <s:FastMountainRenderableSeries.SeriesAnimation>
                        <s:ScaleAnimation AnimationDelay="0:0:1" Duration="0:0:3"/>
                    </s:FastMountainRenderableSeries.SeriesAnimation>
                </s:FastMountainRenderableSeries>
                <s:FastMountainRenderableSeries Fill="#771964FF" Stroke="#FF0944CF">
                    <s:FastMountainRenderableSeries.SeriesAnimation>
                        <s:ScaleAnimation AnimationDelay="0:0:1" Duration="0:0:3"/>
                    </s:FastMountainRenderableSeries.SeriesAnimation>
                </s:FastMountainRenderableSeries>
            </s:SciChartSurface.RenderableSeries>

            <s:SciChartSurface.XAxis>
                <s:NumericAxis GrowBy="0.1, 0.1" />
            </s:SciChartSurface.XAxis>

            <s:SciChartSurface.YAxis>
                <s:NumericAxis GrowBy="0.1, 0.1" />
            </s:SciChartSurface.YAxis>

            <!--  Adding the ZoomPanModifier gives SciChart the ability to pan on mouse-drag  -->
            <s:SciChartSurface.ChartModifier>
                <s:ModifierGroup>
                    <s:ZoomPanModifier x:Name="zoomPanModifier"
                                       ExecuteOn="MouseLeftButton"
                                       IsEnabled="True" />
                </s:ModifierGroup>
            </s:SciChartSurface.ChartModifier>

        </s:SciChartSurface>

    </Grid>

</UserControl>
MouseDragToPan.xaml.cs
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using SciChart.Charting.ChartModifiers;
using SciChart.Charting.Model.DataSeries;
using SciChart.Data.Model;
using SciChart.Examples.ExternalDependencies.Data;

namespace SciChart.Examples.Examples.ZoomAndPanAChart
{
    public partial class MouseDragToPan : UserControl
    {
        public MouseDragToPan()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void MouseDragToPan_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            // Performing multiple updates in a SuspendUpdates block is efficient as only one redraw is performed
            using (sciChart.SuspendUpdates())
            {
                // Create 3 DataSeries of type X=double, Y=double
                var dataSeries0 = new XyDataSeries<double, double>();
                var dataSeries1 = new XyDataSeries<double, double>();
                var dataSeries2 = new XyDataSeries<double, double>();

                var data1 = DataManager.Instance.GetDampedSinewave(300, 1.0, 0.0, 0.01, 1000);
                var data2 = DataManager.Instance.GetDampedSinewave(300, 1.0, 0.0, 0.024, 1000);
                var data3 = DataManager.Instance.GetDampedSinewave(300, 1.0, 0.0, 0.049, 1000);

                // Append data to series.
                dataSeries0.Append(data1.XData, data1.YData);
                dataSeries1.Append(data2.XData, data2.YData);
                dataSeries2.Append(data3.XData, data3.YData);

                // Assign DataSeries to RenderableSeries
                sciChart.RenderableSeries[0].DataSeries = dataSeries0;
                sciChart.RenderableSeries[1].DataSeries = dataSeries1;
                sciChart.RenderableSeries[2].DataSeries = dataSeries2;

                // Set initial zoom
                sciChart.XAxis.VisibleRange = new DoubleRange(3, 6);
                sciChart.ZoomExtentsY();
            }

            panSciChartOn.ItemsSource = new List<string>
            {
                ExecuteOn.MouseLeftButton.ToString(), 
                ExecuteOn.MouseMiddleButton.ToString(),
                ExecuteOn.MouseRightButton.ToString()
            };
        }

        // Optional: demonstrates changing which mouse button ZoomPanModifier reacts to
        private void PanSciChartOn_OnSelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (zoomPanModifier != null)
                zoomPanModifier.ExecuteOn = (ExecuteOn)Enum.Parse(typeof(ExecuteOn), (string)panSciChartOn.SelectedValue);
        }
    }
}
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