You can customize most of DiagramLite visualization effects.
Background
The Diagram background area can be filled using a solid brush, gradient, texture or color patterns, by setting the BackBrush property. Background theme can also be an image set by the BackgroundImage property. The image can be any from the supported by the System.Drawing.Image file formats - metafiles, icons, bitmaps, jpegs or gifs. Background image can be centered, aligned to a corner of the control or document, tiled or stretched to cover the drawing area - depending on the BackgroundImageAlign property value. It is possible to paint the area outside Bounds using a distinct brush by setting the ExteriorBrush property.
Selection
The color of selection handles drawn around the active item can be set with the ActiveItemHandlesBrush property. Items in multiple-selection have their handles drawn in the color specified by the SelectedItemHandlesBrush property. Disabled manipulation handles are painted in DisabledHandlesColor when ShowDisabledHandles is enabled (see
EnabledHandles). The Style property of the
Selection class controls the way multiple-selection is displayed.
Mouse Cursors
Different mouse cursor icons can be set to give context-sensitive feedback to users, prompting them if creation/modification of an item is possible. The following properties specify what cursors are displayed at different situations: PointerCursor, MoveCursor, DisallowCursor, DrawLinkCursor, AllowLinkCursor, DisallowLinkCursor, HorizontalResizeCursor, VerticalResizeCursor, DiagonalResizeCursor, CounterDiagonalResizeCursor.
DiagramLite displays the PanCursor while panning the diagram view. Set the OverrideCursor property if you need to set a cursor that does not depend on the current context.
Grid Settings
An alignment grid is drawn if the
ShowGrid is set to
true. The
GridColor property specifies the color of grid points.
