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Hello,

I am currently trying to create a Text Annotation that has a Top section displaying the point data ( like a tooltip), but allows custom entry of text underneath. My current attempt is to re-template the TextAnnotation, and I have got it this far (real styling will come later, just trying to get layout for now:

        <Style x:Key="TextAnnotationStyle" TargetType="s:TextAnnotation" >
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="#22B22020"/>
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black" />
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#666666"/>
        <Setter Property="CornerRadius" Value="2" />
    </Style>

    <Style x:Key="PositionedTextAnnotationStyle" TargetType="s:TextAnnotation" BasedOn="{StaticResource TextAnnotationStyle}">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="s:TextAnnotation">
                    <Border x:Name="PART_TextAnnotationRoot"
                       Margin="{TemplateBinding Margin}"
                    Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
                    BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
                    BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
                    CornerRadius="{TemplateBinding CornerRadius}"
                            Opacity="0">
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

                            <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Orientation="Horizontal" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
                                <TextBlock Text="Frequency: " />
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding X1, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=s:TextAnnotation}}" FontWeight="Bold"/>
                                <TextBlock Text=" Time: " />
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Y1, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=s:TextAnnotation}}" FontWeight="Bold"/>
                            </StackPanel>
                            <TextBox Grid.Row="1" 
                                     x:Name="PART_InputTextArea" 
                                     Background="Transparent" 
                                     BorderThickness="0"/>
                        </Grid>
                    </Border>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>

    </Style>

My question is this: the bindings of the 2 TextBlocks to the annotation’s current point don’t appear to be working. There is no output for failed Bindings when it runs, but I get no data when it renders. See the attached screen cap… Am I going down the right path? Is there another direction I should be using, or is there something small that I am missing to make the binding work?

Thank you,
Mike.

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Hi Michael

Retemplating TextAnnotation seems mighty complicated for this task. Is it possible to use a CustomAnnotation which is simply one of our annotation types with a .Content of your choice?

Best regards,
Andrew

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Thanks. My goal has been to create an architecture where a user can choose one of many annotations, most of which will be custom (I may need more help as I go… :+) ), and then have each bound a it’s own ViewModel. This is the first “guinea pig” implementation of that pattern. Your suggestion helped, and I ended up with the following solution. I have a ViewModelBase with X1 and Y1 properties, and a PositionedTextAnnotationViewModel which adds a Text property. Then in XAML:

<s:CustomAnnotation x:Class="Grapes.Common.Charts.Annotations.PositionedTextAnnotation"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
         xmlns:s="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart"
         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Grapes.Common.Charts.Annotations"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
         d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300"
                X1="{Binding X1, Mode=OneWayToSource}"
                Y1="{Binding Y1, Mode=OneWayToSource}">

<Border x:Name="PART_TextAnnotationRoot"
                    Margin="2"
                    Background="Azure"
                    BorderBrush="Black"
                    BorderThickness="1"
                    CornerRadius="2"  >
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Orientation="Horizontal">
            <TextBlock Text="Frequency: " />
            <Label Content="{Binding X1}"/>
            <TextBlock Text=" Time: " />
            <Label Content="{Binding Y1}"/>
        </StackPanel>
        <TextBox Grid.Row="1" x:Name="PART_InputTextArea" Text="{Binding Text}" />
    </Grid>
</Border>

And on AnnotationCreationModifier.AnnotationCreated:

  var vm = PositionedTextAnnotationViewModel.Create();
  annotation.DataContext = vm;

The keys were to make the bindings on the Annotation Mode=OneWayToSource (otherwise the annotation picks up the NaN values on the VM) and also to change the TextBlocks to Labels so their size reacts to data changes. I Still have formatting to do of course, but the pattern is there, thank you very much!

Mike.

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