How to manipulate the chart legend in WinForms Chart?
The chart legend in Syncfusion® WinForms Chart, can be displayed by setting the Legend's Visibile property to true. The ShowItemsShadow property controls whether shadows are shown for the legend items. The BackInterior property specifies the gradient and background style of the legend.
// Displays Legend
this.chartControl1.Legend.Visible = true;
this.chartControl1.LegendAlignment = ChartAlignment.Center;
this.chartControl1.Legend.Position = ChartDock.Top;
this.chartControl1.LegendsPlacement = ChartPlacement.Outside;
this.chartControl1.Legend.BackInterior = new BrushInfo(GradientStyle.ForwardDiagonal, Color.White, Color.LightBlue);
// Setting Border Properties
this.chartControl1.Legend.Border.ForeColor = Color.Blue;
this.chartControl1.Legend.Border.DashStyle = DashStyle.Dot;
this.chartControl1.Legend.Border.Width = 2;
this.chartControl1.Legend.ShowBorder = true;
this.chartControl1.Legend.ShowItemsShadow = false;
this.chartControl1.Legend.ShowSymbol = false;
// Setting Text Properties
this.chartControl1.Legend.Text = "Legend";
this.chartControl1.Legend.TextColor = Color.Brown;
this.chartControl1.Legend.Font = new Font("Verdana", 8f, FontStyle.Bold);'Displays Legend
columnChart.Legend.Visible = True
columnChart.LegendAlignment = ChartAlignment.Center
columnChart.Legend.Position = ChartDock.Top
columnChart.LegendsPlacement = ChartPlacement.Outside
columnChart.Legend.BackInterior = New BrushInfo(GradientStyle.ForwardDiagonal, Color.White, Color.LightBlue)
'Setting border properties
columnChart.Legend.Border.ForeColor = Color.Blue
columnChart.Legend.Border.DashStyle = DashStyle.Dot
columnChart.Legend.Border.Width = 2
columnChart.Legend.ShowBorder = True
columnChart.Legend.ShowItemsShadow = False
columnChart.Legend.ShowSymbol = False
'Setting Text properties
columnChart.Legend.Text = "Legend"
columnChart.Legend.TextColor = Color.Brown
columnChart.Legend.Font = New Font("verdana", 8.0F, FontStyle.Bold)
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to manipulate the Chart Legend in WinForms Chart.
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