Tag: Annotations

I want to add annotations programmatically. I need to add line with arrow and textbox at Y1 and X1 of a line. It creates pointed annotation.

Here we use a TextAnnotation as follows

 var textAnnotation = new TextAnnotation
                                 {
                                     Name = seriesAnnotationParameter.Name,
                                     Text = seriesAnnotationParameter.Text,
                                     ToolTip = seriesAnnotationParameter.ToolTip,
                                     XAxisId = XAxisId,
                                     YAxisId = YAxisId,
                                     X1 = seriesAnnotationParameter.X1,
                                     Y1 = seriesAnnotationParameter.Y1,
                                     HorizontalAnchorPoint = HorizontalAnchorPoint.Center,
                                     VerticalAnchorPoint = VerticalAnchorPoint.Center,
                                     TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center,
                                     Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
                                     Opacity = 0.5,
                                     BorderThickness = new Thickness(1),
                                     CornerRadius = new CornerRadius(1),
                                     IsEditable = false
                                 };

It works perfectly all-rite when you attach it to the chart the first time as in attached image TextAnnotation_Good.png. However, after zooming in or zooming out, the annotation is resized to undesirable sizes as in attached image TextAnnotation_Bad.png.

How to make TextAnnotation to resize itself based on the size of text inside it ?

This is a very special TextAnnotation centered around a x,y coordinate. There is never X2,Y2 for this use case.

I have an unfinished project using the trial version on Visblox. I did not buy the licence since the performance was not good enough. Now Visiblox stopped support and so I am migrating to SciCharts. I have some questions though hope you can help.

1. The chart is DateTime,Double type, and there are multiply datapoints on some dates. When editing I need to delete particular points but the Remove method seems to remove all Y values for specific X value. So is it possible to remove a particular X,Y datapoint only from the chart?

2. I need to give each datapoint a name and I was using TextAnnotations on Visiblox (which had a datapoint property). However on SCIcharts the TextAnnotations does not have Datapoint property. How can I do this please?

3. I have 2 charts showing audio waveforms. One showing the full time and one showing a zoomed section. When I hit Play I need the zoomed chart to follow the music waveform. With Visiblox I was using a dispatcher timer and on every tick(20ms) I update the Xaxis range, however the performance was not very good.
   What best method to use for SCI charts please?

I’m making an app for curve-fitting a line to raw data, and I’d like to have a way for the user to manipulate the curve-fitted line (shown in pink below) in order to fine tune their results.

Ideally, after clicking a toolbar button the line would have a callout box around it similar to Microsoft Word’s Shape art. The different markers on the box would allow the user to rotate the line or change the shape.

I’m wondering if you have recommendations for built in classes to use or extend? Currently the line I want the user to be able to manipulate is a FastLineRenderableSeries. I understand one can draw vertical and horizontal annotation lines and then manipulate those, but don’t think I can use annotations since I want to be able to manipulate the shape of a data series.

Should I be trying to extend FastLineRenderableSeries to make it behave like an annotation, or extend baseannotation to make it draw as a data series?

Thanks,
Jesma Secord

I’m trying to create a few ChartSurface’s which show same elements but with different visible ranges.
If i share DataSeries by binding to SeriesSource this works. But if i try to binding Annotations to a few ChartSurface’s i see annotations only on last chart. If i manually create copy of annotations that everything works but takes a long time.
Is there any way to binding Annotations to a few Charts?

I am working on an application where I have multiple XY data series. For one of the series, we are producing annotation data for some of the points. There are 8 different types of annotations that can be created. Based on the response you gave to a previous question, I am creating the annotations as separate data series instead of as actual annotation objects since there are thousands of them. Performance starts to suffer as the number of annotations increases.

The issue I’m running into now is the number of series is now 14 which is unwieldy for displaying in a legend. My current legend is horizontally oriented as shown in the attached image. I would prefer that the user not have to scroll to view all of the legend items and am trying to figure out how to achieve that.

Is there a way to specify a fixed width for the legend and have items wrap to a new line if there is not enough room for them? I didn’t see that as being an option for the standard legend template.

Also, is there a way to use multiple legends for a chart? Ideally it would be nice to split the series that are associated with annotation data into their own legend instead of mixing them in with the legend for the normal data. The SeriesInfo object doesn’t appear to have any property that would allow me to categorize the data.

Thanks,
Scott

Hi all, how i can add annotation on the columns of a chart?

Hi,

I am working on a live graph similar to the sparse impulse series 3D and would like to add live annotations to the plotted data points to display the Y axis value.

Does the SciChart3DSurface support annotations?

If not I would like to instead use the TooltipModifier3D, but would like to force the tooltip to be displayed all the time and reduce the amount of data displayed to a single Y-Axis value. Does this sound reasonable.

Thanks

Marc

Hello
I’m working on a WPF app. Everything is OK except that I don’t understand how to render the series above the annotations.
The XAML code is the following:

<s:SciChartSurface Name="sciChartSurface"
                   s:ThemeManager.Theme="SciChartv4Dark"
                   Annotations="{Binding Path=Annotations}"
                   ChartTitle="{Binding Path=GraphTitle}"
                   DataContext="{Binding Path=ChartViewModel,
                   RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type charts:ChartView}}}"
                   FocusVisualStyle="{x:Null}"
                   Focusable="True"
                   SeriesSource="{Binding Path=Series}"
                   Padding="0 5 8 0">

    <s:SciChartSurface.RenderSurface>
        <s:HighQualityRenderSurface/>
    </s:SciChartSurface.RenderSurface>
    <s:SciChartSurface.ChartModifier>
        <s:ModifierGroup>


         [...]



        </s:ModifierGroup>
    </s:SciChartSurface.ChartModifier>

    <!--  Create an X Axis  -->
    <s:SciChartSurface.XAxis>
        <s:NumericAxis AutoRange="{Binding Path=XAxis.AutoScaling,
                                           Converter={StaticResource BooleanToAutoRangeConverter}}"
                       AxisTitle="{Binding Path=XAxis.AxisTitle}"
                       DrawMajorGridLines="{Binding Path=XAxis.ShowGridLines}"
                       DrawMinorGridLines="False"
                       DrawMinorTicks="True"
                       GrowBy="0, 0.1"
                       AxisBandsFill="#1c1c1e" 
                       VisibleRange="{Binding Path=XAxis.AxisRange,
                                              Mode=TwoWay}"
                       MajorDelta="{Binding XAxis.MajorDelta, Mode=TwoWay}"
                       MinorDelta="{Binding XAxis.MinorDelta, Mode=TwoWay}"
                       AutoTicks="{Binding XAxis.AutoTicks}" 
                       />
    </s:SciChartSurface.XAxis>

    <!--  Create a Y Axis  -->
    <s:SciChartSurface.YAxis>
        <s:NumericAxis AutoRange="{Binding Path=YAxis.AutoScaling,
                                           Converter={StaticResource BooleanToAutoRangeConverter}}"
                       AxisAlignment="Left"
                       AxisTitle="{Binding Path=YAxis.AxisTitle}"
                       DrawMajorGridLines="{Binding Path=YAxis.ShowGridLines}"
                       DrawMinorGridLines="False"
                       DrawMinorTicks="True"
                       GrowBy="0.1, 0.1"
                       IsPrimaryAxis="True"
                       AxisBandsFill="#1c1c1e" 
                       VisibleRange="{Binding Path=YAxis.AxisRange,
                                              Mode=TwoWay}"
                       MajorDelta="{Binding YAxis.MajorDelta, Mode=TwoWay}"
                       MinorDelta="{Binding YAxis.MinorDelta, Mode=TwoWay}"
                       AutoTicks="{Binding YAxis.AutoTicks}"
                       />
    </s:SciChartSurface.YAxis>
</s:SciChartSurface>

Edit: this is the code that creates the horizontal annotation:

 /// <summary>
    /// Creates a chart annotation
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="a"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private AnnotationBase CreateChartAnnotation(Annotation a)
    {
        HorizontalLineAnnotation annotation;

        //not used??
        //ColorToBrushConverter brushConverter = new ColorToBrushConverter();

        annotation = new HorizontalLineAnnotation() { Y1 = a.ThresholdValue.Value };
        annotation.Stroke = new SolidColorBrush((Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString(a.Stroke));
        annotation.HorizontalAlignment = System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
        annotation.IsEditable = false;
        annotation.LabelTextFormatting = string.Format("{0} 0.0", a.Label);
        annotation.StrokeThickness = 2;
        annotation.LabelPlacement = LabelPlacement.Axis;
        annotation.ShowLabel = a.ShowLabel;
        if (a.DashArray != null)
        {
            annotation.StrokeDashArray = new DoubleCollection(a.DashArray);
        }


        return annotation;
    }

I tried to set AnnotationCanvas.BelowChart but the behaviour is very strange: the horizontal annotation line is no more continuous
I attached two jpegs

Regards
Gianpaolo

I am building a real-time graph with CategoryDate X Axis and Numeric Y Axis. I found it hard to understand the Annotation API’s regarding the X and Y positions.

Q1:
Looking at AnnotationsAreEasyFragment, it draw a Horizontal line of (seemingly) full width. it declares

sciChartBuilder.newHorizontalLineAnnotation()
    .withPosition(7d, 2.8d)
    .withStroke(2, ColorUtil.Orange)
    .build()

i can under Y = 2.8d, but what is the X=7d for? and in the next Horizontal line which is short, it declares .withPosition(5d, 3.2d)?? X=5d and X=7d gives such a big difference.

Q2:
Since i am using CategoryDateAxis, referring to InteractionWithAnnotationsFragment to draw a vertical line at a specific date/time, there is a short line vertical line on 3rd Dec with the code

sciChartBuilder.newVerticalLineAnnotation()
    .withX1(20).withY1(35d).withY2(33d)
    ...

Since its a date axis, i would expect it to accept a Date.class (or long in millis) instead of .withX1(20). It doesnt even make sense! How exactly do i create full height vertical line at a specific date/time?

Hi,

Was hoping you could point me in the right direction. I’m trying to create horizontal line annotations on demand using MVVM but have become stuck. I’ve have them working in MVVM when the chart loads but not when a button is clicked although I have achieved this using code behind.

I’ve tried using an observable collection of AnnotationCollection type but am struggling to add the horizontal lines annotations to it as they are of a different type.

Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Tim

Example of MVVM

TradeAnnotations = CreateHorizontalAnnotations();

private AnnotationCollection _annotations;

    public AnnotationCollection TradeAnnotations
    {
        get { return _annotations; }
        set
        {
            _annotations = value;
            OnPropertyChanged("TradeAnnotations");
        }
    }

    private static AnnotationCollection CreateHorizontalAnnotations()
    {
        //var annotations = new AnnotationCollection();

        var annotations = new AnnotationCollection();

        Color strokeColor = (Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("#008B45");
        Brush strokeBrush = new SolidColorBrush(strokeColor);

        HorizontalLineAnnotation annotation = new HorizontalLineAnnotation();

        annotation.ShowLabel = true;
        annotation.LabelPlacement = LabelPlacement.Axis;
        annotation.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
        annotation.IsEditable = true;
        annotation.SnapsToDevicePixels = true;
        annotation.Stroke = strokeBrush;

        annotation.X1 = DateTime.Now;
        annotation.Y1 = 129;

        annotations.Add(annotation);

        return annotations;          
    }

Example of code behind

        private void CreateHorizontalAnnotations(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        //var annotations = new AnnotationCollection();

        var annotationCollection = new AnnotationCollection();

        Color strokeColor = (Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("#008B45");
        Brush strokeBrush = new SolidColorBrush(strokeColor);

        HorizontalLineAnnotation annotation = new HorizontalLineAnnotation();

        annotation.ShowLabel = true;
        annotation.LabelPlacement = LabelPlacement.Axis;
        annotation.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
        annotation.IsEditable = true;
        annotation.SnapsToDevicePixels = true;
        annotation.Stroke = strokeBrush;

        annotation.X1 = DateTime.Now;
        annotation.Y1 = 129;

        this.priceChart.Annotations.Add(annotation);
    }

I have an application for which the VerticalLineAnnotation is a near perfect fit. However, to make it easier to add these annotations from the AnnotationCreatioinModifier, I would like to derive a new annotation class from VerticalLineAnnotation with a couple of new dependency properties, and new label style using these properties. Is this possible? I’ve looked through the forum and existing examples, and can’t find relevant examples. Can you point me in the right direction?

Bill

Hi,

I’m trying to follow the instructions here: https://www.scichart.com/documentation/v5.x/Tutorial%2007%20-%20Adding%20Annotations.html
to create a subclass of CustomAnnotation. I have copied the attributes given in the example (VerticalAnchorPoint=”Bottom” HorizontalAnchorPoint=”Center”) but I still get the error “An attribute name is missing” on anything I put after the attributes. Are there other attributes that may be required for CustomAnnotation, not given in this example?

Thanks,
Rachel

Hello SciChart-Team,
we had the requirement to show the zero line when there are negative values ​​in the chart.
We noticed the following things, especially in connection with the main grid lines.
There are some side effects at certain sizes of the window:
When the gridlines are on(see screenshot 1):
1. Grid line and tick are not on the same level (Only for certain sizes)
2. The grid line and horizontal annotation line (green) are not aligned either (Only at certain sizes)
3. The axis line (defined via BorderThickness) is also not aligned with the grid line (regardless of the size of the control).And the bottom tick is never aligned with the major grid line

If the major grid lines are switched off, the zero annotation line is not aligned to the ticks for certain sizes of the control (see screenshot 2)

It looks like different algorithms were used to calculate the line position of the ticks, grid lines and line annotations.

The problem was detected on the monitor with 100% scaling. On a 4K monitor with scaling > 100%, the problem became even more apparent

Do you have any suggestion how to solve the problem?

I’ve attached a modified example project in which the behavior can be reproduced.

Regards
Silvester Schneidt

I am working on an MVVM application that has a dozen or so view models, each having multiple XY data series that are being displayed in a chart. Now I need to add annotations to the charts for some of the view models. I have some code up and running but am running into a few issues and I wanted to see if you have any suggestions for a way forward.

The first issue relates to performance. Each data series (~100K data points) can have several thousand annotations associated with it. In the app, the view models are all created in memory and the user can change between them by selecting one in a list box (see attached image). Once the number of annotations starts to get into the thousands, I start to notice a delay when switching between data models where one of them contains annotations. If I click a different item in the list box, it takes a few seconds before the selection actually changes and the chart is updated. The delay seems to be more pronounced when switching FROM a view model that has annotations TO one that does not contain them. The delay increases with the number of annotations. I’m not sure if there is anything that can be done about this but thought I would check.

The second issue relates to how the view models are created. Because I am loading data for ALL of the view models into memory, I am trying to create them asynchronously in a background thread as much as possible so the UI remains responsive. That was fine when I was just dealing with the XY data, but it is causing problems for the annotations. If I try to create the CustomAnnotation objects in a background thread I get an error “The calling thread must be STA, because many UI components require this.” Do you have any suggestions for how to create lots of annotations while keeping the UI responsive?

Thanks,
Scott

Hi,

I am currently adding a Vertical Slice Modifier with just on Vertical Line inside of it.
The idea is to create a vertical cursor to display Y values for a given X value.
As my chart is a real time chart, I don’t want my cursor position changed expect on user interaction, I set to Relative the CoordinateMode property of my Annotation.

<s:VerticalSliceModifier Name="sliceModifier" ShowTooltipOn="Always" IsEnabled="True">
                    <s:VerticalSliceModifier.VerticalLines>
                        <s:VerticalLineAnnotation IsEditable="True" X1="0.5" Stroke="#D62D15" CoordinateMode="Relative"/>
                    </s:VerticalSliceModifier.VerticalLines>
                </s:VerticalSliceModifier>

The vertical line is correctly displayed at the centre of the surface but point markers and tooltips are not displayed at the line position, it seems the relative coordinate mode is not handle on this area.

Thanks for your help
Jean-Charles

I add a LineAnnotation programmaticly to my surface and want to readjust it just like in the Examples Suite via clicking and draging the ends of the annotation.
As long as i dont use a Theme everything works fine. But when applying a custom theme the Manipulation points are not there anymore (and not only visualy, clicking at the end of the line also does not work. Furthermore the mousecursor does not change to a cross when hovering above the annotation end).

This is my Custom theme code:

<ResourceDictionary  x:Class="Reprocess.SciChartDisplay.CustomTheme"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    >       

<!--  *************************  -->
<!--  Colors and Brushes  -->
<!--  *************************  -->

<!--  Chart Brushes  -->
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TickTextBrush" Color="Black"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="MajorGridLineBrush" Color="LightGray"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="MinorGridLineBrush" Color="LightGray"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="SciChartBackground" Color="White"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="GridBorderBrush" Color="#102A47"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="GridBackgroundBrush" Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="RolloverLineBrush" Color="#33FD9F25"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="CursorLineBrush" Color="#996495ED"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="RubberBandFillBrush" Color="#33333399"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="RubberBandStrokeBrush" Color="#77999999"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="LegendBackgroundBrush" Color="AliceBlue"/>

<SolidColorBrush x:Key="LabelBackgroundBrush" Color="#AA6495ED"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="LabelBorderBrush" Color="#FF6495ED"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="LabelForegroundBrush" Color="Black"/>

<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextAnnotationForeground" Color="#EEEEEE"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextAnnotationBackground" Color="#AA6495ED"/>

<Color x:Key="AxisBandsFill">White</Color>

<!--  Default Series Colors  -->
<Color x:Key="UpWickColor">Gray</Color>
<Color x:Key="DownWickColor">Gray</Color>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="UpBodyBrush" Color="Gray"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="DownBodyBrush" Color="Gray"/>

<Color x:Key="UpBandSeriesLineColor">#22117711</Color>
<Color x:Key="DownBandSeriesLineColor">#22111111</Color>
<Color x:Key="UpBandSeriesFillColor">Black</Color>
<Color x:Key="DownBandSeriesFillColor">Red</Color>

<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="MountainAreaBrush" StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1">
    <GradientStop Color="Gray" Offset="0"/>
    <GradientStop Color="#000710" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>

<Color x:Key="MountainLineColor">Black</Color>
<Color x:Key="LineSeriesColor">Black</Color>
<Color x:Key="ColumnLineColor">#11FFFFFF</Color>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ColumnFillBrush" Color="#11FFFFFF"></SolidColorBrush>

<Brush x:Key="OverviewFillBrush">White</Brush>


<Brush x:Key="ScrollbarViewportBackgroundBrush">White</Brush>

<LinearGradientBrush x:Key="DefaultColorMapBrush">
    <GradientStop Offset="0" Color="White"/>
    <GradientStop Offset="0.5" Color="White"/>
    <GradientStop Offset="1" Color="White"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>

Any suggestions?

When I enter PathAnnotation in the xaml, I get the error “The type ‘s:PathAnnotation’ was not found.” I do have the following Annotation types available:
– AxisMarkerAnnotation
– BoxAnnotation
– CustomAnnotation
– HorizontalLineAnnotation
– LineAnnotation
– LineArrowAnnotation
– SeriesValueAxisMarkerAnnotation
– TextAnnotation
– VerticalLineAnnotation

I want to be able to make a star shape annotation, and PathAnnotation seemed to be the only way to do this. Please let me know if there’s another way to do this.

Thanks,
Rachel

I am trying to add some annotations to my graph. The problem is that this function is called from a different thread so I get the following excepion:

I thried using an invoke on the main thread but this doesn’t help.

This is the code I use:

 var verticalLineAnnotation = new VerticalLineAnnotation
            {
                X1 = annotation.X,
                Tag = annotation,
                StrokeThickness = annotation.StrokeThickness,
                StrokeDashArray = annotation.StrokeDashArray,
                Stroke = annotation.Brush,
                ToolTip = annotation.LabelTooltip
            };

            var referenceDataAnnotation = annotation as ReferenceDataAnnotation;
            if (referenceDataAnnotation != null)
            {
                verticalLineAnnotation.ContextMenu = ChartContextDataTypesFactory.CreateContextMenus(referenceDataAnnotation.Type.Name, Application.Current.MainWindow);
            }

            if (IsChartFirst)
            {
                verticalLineAnnotation.AnnotationLabels = new ObservableCollection<AnnotationLabel>
                {
                    new AnnotationLabel
                    {
                        LabelPlacement = LabelPlacement.TopLeft,
                        FontSize = 12,
                        FontWeight = FontWeights.Normal,
                        Margin = new Thickness {Bottom = -5},
                        Text = annotation.LabelText
                    }
                };
            }
//This is the line where I get the exception
            ParentSurface.Annotations.Add(verticalLineAnnotation);

Hi,

I’m looking for an annotation that have text and a line or rectangle (like in commix speech balloon) that are anchored to a point on the chart.
Is there such a build in annotation or do I have to build it myself?

Hi,

CompositeAnnotation works perfectly and easy to use, but I need it in MVVM. CompositeAnnotationViewModel looks the same, but it is not visible. This is my code:

AnnotationViewModels.Add(new CompositeAnnotationViewModel()
{
    Annotations = new ObservableCollection<IAnnotationViewModel>()
    {
        new VerticalLineAnnotationViewModel
        {
            VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Stretch,
            Stroke = Colors.Blue,
            StrokeThickness = 2,
            IsEditable = true,
            StrokeDashArray = new DoubleCollection() { 2, 2 },
            CoordinateMode = AnnotationCoordinateMode.Relative,
            X1 = 0
        },
        new VerticalLineAnnotationViewModel
        {
            VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Stretch,
            Stroke = Colors.Blue,
            StrokeThickness = 2,
            IsEditable = true,
            StrokeDashArray = new DoubleCollection() { 2, 2 },
            CoordinateMode = AnnotationCoordinateMode.Relative,
            X1 = 1
        }
    },
    IsEditable = true,
    X1 = 3,
    X2 = 5
});

What is my mistake?

I’ve seen lots of questions like that here but still can’t figure out how to work with UserControl in WPF and how can i dinamically arrange annotations on user events (lines, figures,text etc). Can you please provide links which may help to get started from scratch. Thank you!

Using MVVM, I have an AnnotationCollection databound to the SciChartSurface.Annotations. Individual LineAnnotations are added to the collection as the application code runs.

If annotations are added while the chart is displayed, they are all drawn correctly.

However, if the chart page is reloaded (say, the user navigates to a different page and then returns to the chart page), the annotations do not always redraw. If the annotations have AnnotationCanvas set to default (AnnotationCanvas.AboveChart, I believe) they redraw correctly about 50% of the time. If the annotations’ AnnotationCanvas is set to AnnotationCanvas.XAxis, they never redraw.

All the annotations still exist in the ObservableCollection in all these cases, so they shouldn’t need to be re-created.

Is this a bug in SciChart or is there something I may be doing wrong with the annotations?
(There is only one X-Axis so no axisID is necessary.)

LineAnnotation lAnno = new LineAnnotation();
lAnno.CoordinateMode = AnnotationCoordinateMode.RelativeY;
lAnno.Y1 = 0.0;
lAnno.X1 = DataPoints;
lAnno.Y2 = 1.0;
lAnno.X2 = DataPoints;
lAnno.YAxisId = "Counts";
lAnno.Foreground = new System.Windows.Media.SolidColorBrush(System.Windows.Media.Color.FromRgb(255, 255, 255));
lAnno.Stroke = new System.Windows.Media.SolidColorBrush(System.Windows.Media.Color.FromArgb(96, 255, 0, 0));
lAnno.StrokeThickness = 2;
lAnno.AnnotationCanvas = AnnotationCanvas.XAxis;

Markers.Add(lAnno);

To whom this may concern:

I am following up to an issue that I posted a few years ago: https://www.scichart.com/questions/wpf/resizing-custom-annotations

I’ve attached a sample project that outlines what I am trying to accomplish. It is a simple scatter chart with randomized points in which I am trying to draw a rotatable ellipse annotation around the points.

The annotation inherits the “BoxAnnotation” class and replaces it’s template with an ellipse that is shaped to within the bounds of the annotation. This ellipse can be rotated by dragging the ellipse with the right-click button of the mouse. Upon doing so, in order to ensure the ellipse still maintains its shape when zooming in, the ellipse is converted to a geometric path. (Shown when the color of the ellipse changes from red to green.) Like this, when re-sizing the ellipse, it maintains its shape. After re-sizing, if the user wants to rotate the ellipse again, the original Ellipse UIElement re-surfaces and the Path UIElement is hidden. The user can then rotate the ellipse, which is in turn rendered back to a Path UIElement once again. The bounds of the annotation are modified to ensure the ellipse and its geometric path maintains its shape when switching between the Ellipse and the Path UIElements.

The issue is when re-sizing the annotation, and then attempting to rotate the ellipse again, the ellipse is clipped by the bounds of the annotation, even though “ClipToBounds” is set to false (in the code-behind). Unfortunately, I can’t find a pattern for which this occurs, and I have no solution to this issue. Examples of the clipped and non-clipped ellipses are shown in the attached images.

Hopefully the attached project is easy to understand. Can you please advise?

Thank you kindly!

— Ari

EDIT: Code attached as .ZIP file