GetChartElement Method

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   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