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DiagramShape.Content Property

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DiagramShape.Content Property

Gets or sets the text displayed by the shape.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraDiagram

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraDiagram.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Diagram

Declaration

csharp
[DiagramCategory(DiagramCategory.Common)]
public virtual string Content { get; set; }
vb
<DiagramCategory(DiagramCategory.Common)>
Public Overridable Property Content As String

Property Value

TypeDescription
String

The text displayed by the diagram shape.

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Remarks

To customize the text appearance settings, use the DiagramItem.Appearance property.

Example

The following code assigns the DevExpress.Diagram.Core.BasicFlowchartShapes.Decision shape kind to a shape and specifies the shape text and size.

csharp
diagramShape1.Shape = DevExpress.Diagram.Core.BasicFlowchartShapes.Decision;
diagramShape1.Content = "Initialized?";
diagramShape1.Size = new Size(150, 60);

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the Content property.

Note

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how-to-create-a-diagramshape-descendant-and-serialize-its-properties-t361265/CS/XtraDiagram.CustomShapeProperties/Form1.cs#L51

csharp
if (shape != null)
        shape.Content = (dataObject = DataObjects.FirstOrDefault(x => x.ID == shape.DatabaseObjectID)) == null ? null : dataObject.Content;
}

how-to-create-a-diagramshape-descendant-and-serialize-its-properties-t361265/VB/XtraDiagram.CustomShapeProperties/Form1.vb#L54

vb
dataObject = DataObjects.FirstOrDefault(Function(x) x.ID = shape.DatabaseObjectID)
    shape.Content = If(dataObject Is Nothing, Nothing, dataObject.Content)
End If

See Also

Appearance

DiagramShape Class

DiagramShape Members

DevExpress.XtraDiagram Namespace