Binding Annotations collection to some items collection

[Intecom]

Hello.

I need to implement a chart with vertical lines and labels, as I understand it can be implemented using annotations.
As I can see from examples, it should look lile this:

<telerik:RadCartesianChart.Annotations>
    <telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation Axis="{Binding ElementName=horizontalAxis}" Value="3000" Label="label1">
        <telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation.LabelDefinition>
            <telerik:ChartAnnotationLabelDefinition Location="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalOffset="4" DefaultVisualStyle="{StaticResource annotationLabelStyle}">
            </telerik:ChartAnnotationLabelDefinition>
        </telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation.LabelDefinition>
    </telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation>
    <telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation Axis="{Binding ElementName=horizontalAxis}" Value="3200" Label="label2">
        <telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation.LabelDefinition>
            <telerik:ChartAnnotationLabelDefinition Location="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalOffset="4" DefaultVisualStyle="{StaticResource annotationLabelStyle}">
            </telerik:ChartAnnotationLabelDefinition>
        </telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation.LabelDefinition>
    </telerik:CartesianGridLineAnnotation>
</telerik:RadCartesianChart.Annotations>

But information for annotations I get from ViewModel. And I don't see a way how to bind my collections from ViewModel to Annotations collection. Is it possible? I mean something like this:

<telerik:AnnotationSeries  ItemsSource="{Binding AnnotationsItems}" />

I found a workaround, to add annotations in a code-behind class of the view:

foreach (var item in ViewModel.AnnotationsItems)
{
    Chart1.Annotations.Add(new CartesianGridLineAnnotation { Label = item.Name, Value = item .Coordinate, Axis = Chart1.HorizontalAxis });
}

But seems it is not a true way.


Best regards,
Dimitr

[Peshito]

Hello,

I am happy that you have found a workaround.

You are right that the annotations does not have an ItemsSource property. We are aware of this limitation and we will consider an improvement for the future.

Regards,
Peshito
Telerik

[Wouter]

Is this something that is evaluated for a possible future release? It would be nice to cut down on code behind.

[Peshito]

Hello,

We have this feature logged in as a feature request. Our latest official release is coming out soon and we will be making our road map for the next one really soon, so this feature will be considered for a possible implementation. I however cannot commit for a specific time frame when or will it be included in the next release. You can comment and vote for the feature in order to increase its priority here.

Regards,
Peshito
Telerik

[David]

I also really hope that being able to bind to a collection of Annotations is added to the ChartView control library in the near future.  I'd be more than happy to beta test it when this functionality is being developed.

[Peshito]

Hello David,

We haven's scheduled this feature for the upcoming release, however you can vote and rise its priority by doing so, and we will consider it for the upcoming releases. Thank you for your feedback.

Regards,
Peshito
Telerik