CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase.LegendText Property

Gets or sets the text of the legend item of the series or series point that is currently being painted.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public string LegendText { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property LegendText As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	The text of the legend for the series currently being painted.

Remarks

If the LegendText property is set to Empty or null (Nothing in Visual Basic), the corresponding legend item will be hidden.

Example

This example demonstrates how you can conditionally customize legend items in the ChartControl.CustomDrawSeriesPoint event handler.

C#

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
// ...

private void chartControl1_CustomDrawSeriesPoint(object sender, 
CustomDrawSeriesPointEventArgs e) {
    if (Convert.ToDouble(e.SeriesPoint.Values[0]) > 5) {
        e.LegendText = "exceeded";
        e.LegendTextColor = Color.Red;
    }
    else {
        e.LegendMarkerVisible = false;
        e.LegendTextVisible = false;
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
' ...

Private Sub chartControl1_CustomDrawSeriesPoint(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As CustomDrawSeriesPointEventArgs) Handles chartControl1.CustomDrawSeriesPoint
    If Convert.ToDouble(e.SeriesPoint.Values(0)) > 5 Then
        e.LegendText = "exceeded"
        e.LegendTextColor = Color.Red
    Else
        e.LegendMarkerVisible = False
        e.LegendTextVisible = False
    End If
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-change-the-names-of-auto-created-series-e2022/CS/Form1.cs#L16

private void chartControl1_CustomDrawSeries(object sender, CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs e) {
    e.LegendText = e.LegendText.Remove(0, 3);
}

VB.NET

how-to-change-the-names-of-auto-created-series-e2022/VB/Form1.vb#L19

Handles chartControl1.CustomDrawSeries
    e.LegendText = e.LegendText.Remove(0, 3)
End Sub