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Problem with adding CustomAnnotationViewModel using AnnotationCreationModifierMVVM

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Previously I used AnnotationCreationModifier and my custom annotations were added by one left button mouse click on the chart surface (the annotation was added to the collection and the event handler “AnnotationCreated” fired). Now I’m trying to switch to using the mvvm pattern and I have problems adding my custom annotations using AnnotationCreationModifierMVVM.

Now it works like this:
1) I click (mouse left button) on the chart surface to add an annotation and it is added to the collection and displayed.
2) I click on the chart surface again, and only after that the event handler “AnnotationCreated” is called.

If I carry out some external manipulations with the added annotation between first and second click (for example, moving to the given coordinates by the button click), annotation moved, but when I hover the mouse over the chart surface, it returns to it’s original position. And this behavior will be until I click again on the chart surface so that the event handler “AnnotationCreated” is called.

The built-in annotations work fine though (for examle, VerticalLineAnnotationViewModel or HorizontalLineAnnotationViewModel are successfully added to the collection and call the event handler “AnnotationCreated” by one click on chart surface).

Is it possible to somehow fix this behavior of the custom annotation so that it is added to the collection and triggers an event “AnnotationCreated” for one click on the chart surface, as was the case with AnnotationCreationModifier? I am attaching an example code:

MainWindow.xaml

<Window x:Class="WpfAppMvvm.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:s="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart"
    xmlns:ext="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart/exampleExternals"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:i="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Interactivity;assembly=System.Windows.Interactivity"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
<Grid>
    <s:SciChartSurface Annotations="{s:AnnotationsBinding Annotations}">
        <s:SciChartSurface.XAxis>
            <s:NumericAxis AxisTitle="X"/>
        </s:SciChartSurface.XAxis>
        <s:SciChartSurface.YAxis>
            <s:NumericAxis AxisAlignment="Left" AxisTitle="Y"/>
        </s:SciChartSurface.YAxis>
        <s:SciChartSurface.ChartModifier>
            <s:ModifierGroup>
                <s:AnnotationCreationModifierMVVM IsEnabled="True" AnnotationViewModelsCollection="{Binding Annotations}" AnnotationViewModelType="{Binding AnnotationType}">
                    <i:Interaction.Behaviors>
                        <ext:EventToCommandBehavior Command="{Binding AnnotationCreatedCommand}" Event="AnnotationCreated" PassArguments="True"/>
                    </i:Interaction.Behaviors>
                </s:AnnotationCreationModifierMVVM>
            </s:ModifierGroup>
        </s:SciChartSurface.ChartModifier>
    </s:SciChartSurface>
</Grid>

MainWindow.xaml.cs

using System.Windows;
namespace WpfAppMvvm
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DataContext = new MainWindowViewModel();
        }
    }
}

MainWindowViewModel.cs

using SciChart.Charting.ChartModifiers;
using SciChart.Charting.Common.Helpers;
using SciChart.Charting.Model.ChartSeries;
using SciChart.Examples.ExternalDependencies.Common;
using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Windows;
namespace WpfAppMvvm
{
    internal class MainWindowViewModel:BaseViewModel
    {
        public ObservableCollection<IAnnotationViewModel> Annotations { get; private set; }
        public Type AnnotationType { get; private set; }
        public ActionCommand<AnnotationCreationMVVMArgs> AnnotationCreatedCommand { get; private set; }

        public MainWindowViewModel()
        {
            Annotations = new ObservableCollection<IAnnotationViewModel>();
            AnnotationType = typeof(MyCustomAnnotationViewModel);
            AnnotationCreatedCommand = new ActionCommand<AnnotationCreationMVVMArgs>(ExecCmd, e => true);
        }
        private void ExecCmd(AnnotationCreationMVVMArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("OnAnnotationCreated executed");
        }
    }
}

MyCustomAnnotation.xaml

<s:CustomAnnotationForMvvm x:Class="WpfAppMvvm.MyCustomAnnotation"
         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" 
         mc:Ignorable="d" 
         xmlns:s="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart"
         d:DesignHeight="450" d:DesignWidth="800">
<Grid>
    <Ellipse
        Width="20"
        Height="20"
        Fill="Transparent"
        Stroke="Red"
        StrokeThickness="3"
    />
</Grid>

MyCustomAnnotation.xaml.cs

using SciChart.Charting.Visuals.Annotations;

namespace WpfAppMvvm
{
    public partial class MyCustomAnnotation : CustomAnnotationForMvvm
    {
        public MyCustomAnnotation()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}

MyCustomAnnotationViewModel.cs

using SciChart.Charting.Model.ChartSeries;
using System;

namespace WpfAppMvvm
{
    public class MyCustomAnnotationViewModel:CustomAnnotationViewModel
    {
    public override Type ViewType => typeof(MyCustomAnnotation);
    }
}
Version
5.2.1.11757
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Hello, I have the same problem, I see that Maksim described it in great detail,
I’m using the latest version of SciChart (v8.3.0.28019), TargetFramework net7.0-windows.
Could you please take a look at this issue.

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Hi Maksim,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Unfortunately, I have noticed you use an outdated SciChart version.
We recommend using the latest one, which is SciChart v6.6.0.26505 currently. It has lots of improvements, including our new and fast Visual Xccelerator Engine. And SciChart v5.x is no longer supported.

If you still experience this issue with the latest SciChart version, please prepare a small sample project reproducing this and send us for investigation.

Thanks in advance,
Lex

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