Hello,
With the Q1 2008 release date closing-in fast, I'd like to present to you yet another big improvement that will be introduced in the new version of RadChart -- automatic text-wrapping support.
So what's it all about?
RadChart introduces automatic Notepad-like word-wrapping functionality for the following text elements:
Automatic text-wrapping will be disabled by default but the chart control provides fine-grained API that allows you to enable wrapping for all elements, or alternatively on individual element basis.
Here are a few screenshots that demonstrate the rich customization options provided for text-wrapping (also this is a sneak preview of some of our new skins namely "Wood", "Metal", and "Marble" ;)). Another cool thing is text-wrapping and auto-layout intergrate seamlessly with one another and combined produce stunning results for free -- you do not need to write a single line of code on the wrapping / layout customization:).
Text-wrapping enabled globally for all text elements:
Text-wrapping enabled globally but explicitly disabled for the axis item labels:
Text-wrapping enabled only for the axis item labels:
In case you missed them, you can find short reviews on the other two major new features that I already spoke about -- AutoLayout and Zooming / Scrolling support.
Enjoy!
Iana Tsolova is Product Manager at Telerik’s DevTools division. She joined the company back in the beginning of 2008 as a Support Officer and has since occupied various positions at Telerik, including Senior Support Officer, Team Lead at one of the ASP.NET AJAX teams and Technical Support Director. Iana’s main interests are web development, reading articles related to geography, wild nature and latest renewable energy technologies.