Selection in WinUI Chart (SfPyramidChart)

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The pyramid chart supports selection that allows the selection of a segment in the chart by using the SelectionBehavior.

Properties

The Selection feature can be configured using the following properties:

  • Type - Gets or Sets the ChartSelectionType Enum value for the Selection Behavior.
    The following ChartSelectionType can be achieved during Selection:
    • Single - Allows to select a single segment.
    • SingleDeselect - Allows to select and deselect a single segment.
    • Multiple - Allows to select multiple segments.
    • None - Restricts the segment selection.
  • SelectionBrush - Gets or Sets the SelectionBrush color value for Selection Behavior.
  • SelectedIndex - Gets or Sets the index value of the segment that should be selected during the Selection.
  • SelectedIndexes - Gets or Sets the list of indexes of the segments that should be selected during the Selection.

Enable Selection

To enable the selection in the chart, create an instance of the DataPointSelectionBehavior and set it to the SelectionBehavior of the pyramid chart. And also, set the SelectionBrush property to highlight the segment in the pyramid chart.

<chart:SfPyramidChart x:Name="chart" 
                      Height="388" Width="500"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                      XBindingPath="Category"
                      YBindingPath="Value">

    <chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>
        <chart:DataPointSelectionBehavior SelectionBrush="Red"/>
    </chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>

</chart:SfPyramidChart>
SfPyramidChart chart = new SfPyramidChart();
chart.SetBinding(SfPyramidChart.ItemsSourceProperty, new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("Data") });
chart.XBindingPath = "Category";
chart.YBindingPath = "Value";
DataPointSelectionBehavior selection = new DataPointSelectionBehavior()
{
    SelectionBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red),
};
chart.SelectionBehavior = selection;
. . .
this.Content = chart;

Segment selection support in WinUI Chart

Multi-selection

Pyramid chart provides support to select multiple segments by using the Type property as Multiple. By default, the value of the Type is Single and it is used for a single selection.

NOTE

Series and MultiSeries selection type is not support for pyramid chart.

<chart:SfPyramidChart x:Name="chart"  
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                      XBindingPath="Category"
                      YBindingPath="Value">

    <chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>
        <chart:DataPointSelectionBehavior
					Type="Multiple" 
					SelectionBrush="Red"/>
    </chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>
. . .
</chart:SfPyramidChart>
SfPyramidChart chart = new SfPyramidChart();
chart.SetBinding(SfPyramidChart.ItemsSourceProperty, new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("Data") });
chart.XBindingPath = "Category";
chart.YBindingPath = "Value";
DataPointSelectionBehavior selection = new DataPointSelectionBehavior()
{
    SelectionBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red),
    Type = ChartSelectionType.Multiple
};
chart.SelectionBehavior = selection;
. . .
this.Content = chart;

Multi selection support in WinUI Chart

Selection on initial rendering

SelectedIndex

Pyramid chart provides support to select a point programmatically on a chart using the SelectedIndex property of the DataPointSelectionBehavior.

<chart:SfPyramidChart x:Name="chart" 
                      Height="388" Width="500"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                      XBindingPath="Category"
                      YBindingPath="Value">

    <chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>
        <chart:DataPointSelectionBehavior
					SelectionBrush="Red"
					SelectedIndex="1"/>
    </chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>

</chart:SfPyramidChart>
SfPyramidChart chart = new SfPyramidChart();
chart.SetBinding(SfPyramidChart.ItemsSourceProperty, new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("Data") });
chart.XBindingPath = "Category";
chart.YBindingPath = "Value";
DataPointSelectionBehavior selection = new DataPointSelectionBehavior()
{
    SelectionBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red),
    SelectedIndex= 1
};
chart.SelectionBehavior = selection;
. . .
this.Content = chart;

SelectedIndex in WinUI Chart

SelectedIndexes

Pyramid chart provides support to select multiple points programmatically on a chart using the SelectedIndexes property of the DataPointSelectionBehavior.

<chart:SfPyramidChart x:Name="chart"  
                      ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                      XBindingPath="Category"
                      YBindingPath="Value">
 
    <chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>
        <chart:DataPointSelectionBehavior
					Type="Multiple" 
					SelectionBrush="Red"
					SelectedIndexes="{Binding SelectedIndexes}"/>
    </chart:SfPyramidChart.SelectionBehavior>
. . .
</chart:SfPyramidChart>
SfPyramidChart chart = new SfPyramidChart();
chart.SetBinding(SfPyramidChart.ItemsSourceProperty, new Binding() { Path = new PropertyPath("Data") });
chart.XBindingPath = "Category";
chart.YBindingPath = "Value";
DataPointSelectionBehavior selection = new DataPointSelectionBehavior()
{
    SelectionBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red),
    Type = ChartSelectionType.Multiple,
    SelectedIndexes = new List<int>() { 2, 4 }
};
chart.SelectionBehavior = selection;
. . .
this.Content = chart;

SelectedIndexes in WinUI Chart

Events

The following selection events are available in the ChartSelectionBehavior.

SelectionChanging

The SelectionChanging event occurs before the data point is being selected. This is a cancelable event. The ChartSelectionChangingEventArgs contains the following information.

  • NewIndexes - Gets the collection of selected data point index. Here, NewIndexes[0] is the current selected index.
  • OldIndexes - Gets the collection of previous selected data point index. Here, OldIndexes[0] is the current unselected index.
  • Cancel - Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the selection should be canceled.

SelectionChanged

The SelectionChanged event occurs after a data point has been selected. The ChartSelectionChangedEventArgs contains the following information.

  • NewIndexes - Gets the collection of selected data point index. Here, NewIndexes[0] is the current selected index.
  • OldIndexes - Gets the collection of previous selected data point index. Here, OldIndexes[0] is the current unselected index.