ChartLegend

ChartLegend class

Represents chart legend properties.

To learn more, visit the Working with Charts documentation article.

public class ChartLegend

Properties

NameDescription
Font { get; }Provides access to the default font formatting of legend entries. To override the font formatting for a specific legend entry, use theFont property.
LegendEntries { get; }Returns a collection of legend entries for all series and trendlines of the parent chart.
Overlay { get; set; }Determines whether other chart elements shall be allowed to overlap legend. Default value is false.
Position { get; set; }Specifies the position of the legend on a chart. Default value is Right.

Examples

Shows how to edit the appearance of a chart’s legend.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

Shape shape = builder.InsertChart(ChartType.Line, 450, 300);
Chart chart = shape.Chart;

Assert.AreEqual(3, chart.Series.Count);
Assert.AreEqual("Series 1", chart.Series[0].Name);
Assert.AreEqual("Series 2", chart.Series[1].Name);
Assert.AreEqual("Series 3", chart.Series[2].Name);

// Move the chart's legend to the top right corner.
ChartLegend legend = chart.Legend;
legend.Position = LegendPosition.TopRight;

// Give other chart elements, such as the graph, more room by allowing them to overlap the legend.
legend.Overlay = true;

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Charts.ChartLegend.docx");

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