Returns information about the chart element at specified X and Y coordinates. This method is unusual in that you specify values for only the first two arguments. Microsoft Excel fills in the other arguments, and your code should examine those values when the method returns.
expression.GetChartElement(X, Y, ElementID, Arg1, Arg2)
expression Required. An expression that returns a Chart object.
X Required Long. The X coordinate of the chart element.
Y Required Long. The Y coordinate of the chart element.
ElementID Required Long. When the method returns, this argument contains the XLChartItem value of the chart element at the specified coordinates. For more information, see the “Remarks” section.
Arg1 Required Long. When the method returns, this argument contains information related to the chart element. For more information, see the “Remarks” section.
Arg2 Required Long. When the method returns, this argument contains information related to the chart element. For more information, see the “Remarks” section.
Remarks
The value of ElementID after the method returns determines whether Arg1 and Arg2 contain any information, as shown in the following table.
| ElementID | Arg1 | Arg2 |
|---|---|---|
| xlAxis | AxisIndex | AxisType |
| xlAxisTitle | AxisIndex | AxisType |
| xlDisplayUnitLabel | AxisIndex | AxisType |
| xlMajorGridlines | AxisIndex | AxisType |
| xlMinorGridlines | AxisIndex | AxisType |
| xlPivotChartDropZone | DropZoneType | None |
| xlPivotChartFieldButton | DropZoneType | PivotFieldIndex |
| xlDownBars | GroupIndex | None |
| xlDropLines | GroupIndex | None |
| xlHiLoLines | GroupIndex | None |
| xlRadarAxisLabels | GroupIndex | None |
| xlSeriesLines | GroupIndex | None |
| xlUpBars | GroupIndex | None |
| xlChartArea | None | None |
| xlChartTitle | None | None |
| xlCorners | None | None |
| xlDataTable | None | None |
| xlFloor | None | None |
| xlLegend | None | None |
| xlNothing | None | None |
| xlPlotArea | None | None |
| xlWalls | None | None |
| xlDataLabel | SeriesIndex | PointIndex |
| xlErrorBars | SeriesIndex | None |
| xlLegendEntry | SeriesIndex | None |
| xlLegendKey | SeriesIndex | None |
| xlSeries | SeriesIndex | PointIndex |
| xlShape | ShapeIndex | None |
| xlTrendline | SeriesIndex | TrendLineIndex |
| xlXErrorBars | SeriesIndex | None |
| xlYErrorBars | SeriesIndex | None |
The following table describes the meaning of Arg1 and Arg2 after the method returns.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| AxisIndex | Specifies whether the axis is primary or secondary. Can be one of the following XlAxisGroup constants: xlPrimary or xlSecondary. |
| AxisType | Specifies the axis type. Can be one of the following XlAxisType constants: xlCategory, xlSeriesAxis, or xlValue. |
| DropZoneType | Specifies the drop zone type: column, data, page, or row field. Can be one of the following XlPivotFieldOrientation constants: xlColumnField, xlDataField, xlPageField, or xlRowField. The column and row field constants specify the series and category fields, respectively. |
| GroupIndex | Specifies the offset within the ChartGroups collection for a specific chart group. |
| PivotFieldIndex | Specifies the offset within the PivotFields collection for a specific column (series), data, page, or row (category) field. -1 if the drop zone type is xlDataField. |
| PointIndex | Specifies the offset within the Points collection for a specific point within a series. A value of – 1 indicates that all data points are selected. |
| SeriesIndex | Specifies the offset within the Series collection for a specific series. |
| ShapeIndex | Specifies the offset within the Shapes collection for a specific shape. |
| TrendlineIndex | Specifies the offset within the Trendlines collection for a specific trendline within a series. |
Example
This example warns the user if she moves the mouse over the chart legend.
Private Sub Chart_MouseMove(ByVal Button As Long, _
ByVal Shift As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long)
Dim IDNum As Long
Dim a As Long
Dim b As Long
ActiveChart.GetChartElement X, Y, IDNum, a, b
If IDNum = xlLegendEntry Then _
MsgBox "WARNING: Move away from the legend"
End Sub