Class ChartLegend

The ChartLegend control represents the rectangular region that in turn contains 1 or more legend items, each of them usually representing a series in the chart.

Inheritance

System.Object

ChartDockControl

ChartLegend

Implements

IChartDockControl

IChartLegend

Inherited Members

ChartDockControl.Behavior

ChartDockControl.ChartAlignmentChanged

ChartDockControl.ChartDockChanged

ChartDockControl.DockingFree

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.add_LocationChanged(EventHandler)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.add_SizeChanged(EventHandler)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.add_VisibleChanged(EventHandler)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.get_Enabled()

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.get_Location()

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.get_Size()

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.remove_LocationChanged(EventHandler)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.remove_SizeChanged(EventHandler)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.remove_VisibleChanged(EventHandler)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.set_Enabled(Boolean)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.set_Location(Point)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.set_Size(Size)

ChartDockControl.IChartDockControl.Visible

ChartDockControl.LocationChanging

ChartDockControl.Name

Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Chart

Assembly: Syncfusion.Chart.Windows.dll

Syntax

public class ChartLegend : ChartDockControl, IChartDockControl, IChartLegend

Constructors

ChartLegend()

Initializes a new instance of the ChartLegend class.

Declaration

public ChartLegend()

ChartLegend(ChartControl)

Initializes a new instance of the ChartLegend class. For internal use. Do not use this constructor directly.

Declaration

public ChartLegend(ChartControl chart)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ChartControl	chart	The chart control aggregating this legend.

ChartLegend(ChartControl, Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the ChartLegend class. For internal use. Do not use this constructor directly.

Declaration

public ChartLegend(ChartControl chart, bool isWindowLess)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ChartControl	chart	The chart.
System.Boolean	isWindowLess	if set to true [is window less].

Fields

DefaultName

The name of default legend.

Declaration

public const string DefaultName = ""

Field Value

Type
System.String

Properties

Alignment

Controls the alignment of the Docked Control inside the ChartArea

Declaration

public override ChartAlignment Alignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ChartAlignment

Overrides

ChartDockControl.Alignment

Anchor

Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent.

Declaration

public override AnchorStyles Anchor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles

BackColor

Gets or sets the background color for the control.

Declaration

public override Color BackColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Color

BackInterior

Gets or sets back interior of the chart legend.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public BrushInfo BackInterior { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
BrushInfo

Border

Gets the line style of the border used by the legend.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Content)]
public LineInfo Border { get; }

Property Value

Type
LineInfo

ColumnsCount

Gets or sets the number of the columns to be used in the legend. Default is 1.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public int ColumnsCount { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

CustomItems

Gets or sets the list of custom LegendItems.

Declaration

public ChartLegendItem[] CustomItems { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ChartLegendItem[]

Dock

Gets or sets which control borders are docked to its parent control and determines how a control is resized with its parent.

Declaration

public override DockStyle Dock { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ComponentModel.InvalidEnumArgumentException	The value assigned is not one of the System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle values.

FloatingAutoSize

Gets or sets a value indicating whether floating the legend's auto size. It indicates whether the legend will automatically position and size itself when floating. Default is true.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public bool FloatingAutoSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if [floating auto size]; otherwise, false.

Font

Gets or sets the font of the text displayed by the control.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public override Font Font { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Font

IsWindowLess

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart control is working as simple object. If it's true then chart don't uses functional of the control.

Declaration

public bool IsWindowLess { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Items

Gets the items of the legend.

Declaration

public ChartLegendItem[] Items { get; }

Property Value

Type
ChartLegendItem[]

ItemsAlignment

Gets or sets the alignment of the Legend items. Default is Near.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public StringAlignment ItemsAlignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.StringAlignment

ItemsShadowColor

Gets or sets the color for the legend's shadow.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public Color ItemsShadowColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Color

ItemsShadowOffset

Gets or sets the offset of shadow for items on the legend.

Declaration

public Size ItemsShadowOffset { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Size

ItemsSize

Gets or sets the default size of items.

Declaration

public Size ItemsSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Size

ItemsTextAligment

Gets or sets the text alignment of the legend item. Default is Center.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public VerticalAlignment ItemsTextAligment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
VerticalAlignment

LegendAlignment

Gets or sets the alignment of legend. Default is Center.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
[Obsolete("Use Alignment property.")]
public ChartAlignment LegendAlignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ChartAlignment

OnlyColumnsForFloating

Gets or sets a value indicating whether [only columns for floating]. Specifies if the legend should only layout the items in columns while floating. Default is true.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public bool OnlyColumnsForFloating { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if [only columns for floating]; otherwise, false.

Orientation

Gets or sets the orientation of items on the legend. Default is Vertical.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public override ChartOrientation Orientation { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ChartOrientation

Overrides

ChartDockControl.Orientation

Position

Gets or sets the legend position.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public override ChartDock Position { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ChartDock

Overrides

ChartDockControl.Position

RepresentationType

Gets or sets RepresentationType which specifies how the icon in each legend item should be represented. By default, it renders an icon based on the series type.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public ChartLegendRepresentationType RepresentationType { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ChartLegendRepresentationType

RowsCount

Gets or sets the number of rows to be used in the legend. Default is 1.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public int RowsCount { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

SetDefSizeForCustom

Gets or sets a value indicating whether [set def size for custom]. This property is obsolete.

Declaration

[Obsolete("This property is obsolete and not used anymore.")]
public bool SetDefSizeForCustom { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if [set def size for custom]; otherwise, false.

ShowBorder

Gets or sets a value indicating whether show the legend border.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public bool ShowBorder { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

ShowItemsShadow

Gets or sets a value indicating whether [show items shadow].

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public bool ShowItemsShadow { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if [show items shadow]; otherwise, false.

ShowSymbol

Gets or sets a value indicating whether [show symbol]. If true, the exact symbol rendered in the series datapoints will be used to render the icon in the legend as well. This overrides most other settings. Default is false.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public bool ShowSymbol { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Spacing

Gets or sets the spacing between the element borders and the control

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public int Spacing { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

Style

Gets or sets the style of the ChartLegend.

Declaration

public ChartLegendStyle Style { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ChartLegendStyle

TabIndex

Gets or sets the tab order of the control within its container.

Declaration

public int TabIndex { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

Text

Gets or sets the text associated with this control.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public override string Text { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

TextAlignment

Gets or sets the alignment of the text. Default is Center.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public StringAlignment TextAlignment { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.StringAlignment

TextColor

Gets or sets the color of the text.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use ForeColor property.")]
public Color TextColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color	The color of the text.

VisibleCheckBox

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the checkbox of the legend is visible. If visible, the user can use the checkbox to show/hide the whole series.

Declaration

[ChartTemplate(ChartTemplateSet.Simple)]
public bool VisibleCheckBox { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Methods

Dispose(Boolean)

Releases the unmanaged resources used by the System.Windows.Forms.Control and its child controls and optionally releases the managed resources.

Declaration

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	disposing	true to release both managed and unmanaged resources; false to release only unmanaged resources.

GetItemBy(Point)

Gets the legend item at the specified point.

Declaration

public ChartLegendItem GetItemBy(Point pt)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Point	pt	The point.

Returns

Type	Description
ChartLegendItem	Returns ChartLegendItem.

GetItemBy(Int32, Int32)

Gets the legend item at the specified coordinates.

Declaration

public ChartLegendItem GetItemBy(int x, int y)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	x	The x.
System.Int32	y	The y.

Returns

Type	Description
ChartLegendItem	Returns ChartLegendItem.

GetMinSize(Graphics)

Calculates and returns the minimum size required by this legend to fit all display items.

Declaration

public Size GetMinSize(Graphics g)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Graphics	g	Graphics object to be used for metrics.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Size	Size required.

Measure(SizeF)

Internal method. Please do not call from your code.

Declaration

public override SizeF Measure(SizeF size)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.SizeF	size	The Size.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Drawing.SizeF	Returns SizeF.

Overrides

ChartDockControl.Measure(SizeF)

OnCursorChanged(EventArgs)

Override the System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnCursorChanged(System.EventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnCursorChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

OnDoubleClick(EventArgs)

Override the OnDoubleClick(EventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnDoubleClick(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

OnLocationChanged(EventArgs)

Override the System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnLocationChanged(System.EventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnLocationChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs)

Override the OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

Overrides

Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Chart.ChartDockControl.OnMouseDown(System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs)

OnMouseLeave(EventArgs)

Override the OnMouseLeave(EventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseLeave(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs)

Override the OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

Overrides

Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Chart.ChartDockControl.OnMouseMove(System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs)

OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs)

Override the OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

Overrides

Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Chart.ChartDockControl.OnMouseUp(System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs)

OnPaint(PaintEventArgs)

Override on the standard method of class control. Event handler to event Paint.

Declaration

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs	e	A System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs that contains the event data.

OnParentChanged(EventArgs)

Override the System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnParentChanged(System.EventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnParentChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

OnTextChanged(EventArgs)

Override the System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnTextChanged(System.EventArgs) method.

Declaration

protected override void OnTextChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e	The EventArgument type args.

Refresh()

Overrides the System.Windows.Forms.Control.Refresh method.

Declaration

public override void Refresh()

SetEventHandler(LegendFilterItemsEventHandler)

Sets the callback handler to filter the legend items.

Declaration

public void SetEventHandler(LegendFilterItemsEventHandler handler)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
LegendFilterItemsEventHandler	handler	The handler.

Events

DrawItem

Fired when a legend item needs to draw. Handle this event to change the drawing of items.

Declaration

public event LegendDrawItemEventHandler DrawItem

Event Type

Type
LegendDrawItemEventHandler

DrawItemText

Fired when a legend item text needs to draw. Handle this event to change the drawing of items text

Declaration

public event LegendDrawItemTextEventHandler DrawItemText

Event Type

Type
LegendDrawItemTextEventHandler

FilterItems

Fired when the legend items need to be filtered. Handle this event to change the collection of LegendItems that the legend contains.

Declaration

public event LegendFilterItemsEventHandler FilterItems

Event Type

Type
LegendFilterItemsEventHandler

MinSize

Fired when the legend's minimum size is to be fixed.

Declaration

public event ChartLegendMinSizeEventHandler MinSize

Event Type

Type
ChartLegendMinSizeEventHandler

Explicit Interface Implementations

IChartLegend.get_Name()

Declaration

string IChartLegend.get_Name()

Returns

Type
System.String

IChartLegend.set_Name(String)

Declaration

void IChartLegend.set_Name(string value)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	value

Implements

IChartDockControl

IChartLegend