LegendStyle Class

Stores legend appearance settings.

Assembly: DevExpress.Maui.Charts.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Maui.Charts

Declaration

public class LegendStyle :
    TextElementStyleBase

The following members return LegendStyle objects:

Remarks

Assign a LegendStyle object with the specified properties to the Legend.Style property to customize the chart legend appearance. You can adjust the following settings:

Legend Style

Example

This example shows how to add a legend to a pie chart and adjust the legend settings.

To add a legend to the chart, assign a Legend object to the PieChartView.Legend property and use the following properties of this object to specify the legend orientation and position:
- Orientation - display legend items in a row, from left to right.
- VerticalPosition - place the legend above the chart diagram.
- HorizontalPosition - align the legend horizontally to the center.
Set the Legend.Style property to a LegendStyle object and specify the following properties of this object to configure the legend appearance:
- BorderColor and BorderThickness - configure the legend border.
- BackgroundColor - specify the background color.
- MarkerSize and TextIndent - change the size of markers, and set the distance between an item text and marker.
- ItemsHorizontalIndent - specify the distance between legend items.
- Padding - specify the distance between legend edges and content.
- TextStyle - change the item text color and size.
To exclude points of the chart’s first series from the legend, set the VisibleInLegend property of this series to false.

Chart Legend

XAML
C#

<dxc:PieChartView x:Name="chartView">
    <dxc:PieChartView.Series>
        <dxc:DonutSeries Data="{Binding SecuritiesByTypes}" VisibleInLegend="False"/>
        <dxc:DonutSeries Data="{Binding SecuritiesByRisk}"/>
    </dxc:PieChartView.Series>
    <dxc:PieChartView.Legend>
        <dxc:Legend Orientation="LeftToRight"
                    VerticalPosition="TopOutside"
                    HorizontalPosition="Center">
            <dxc:Legend.Style>
                <dxc:LegendStyle BorderColor="LightGray" BorderThickness="3"
                                 BackgroundColor="Gray"
                                 MarkerSize="30" TextIndent="10"
                                 ItemsHorizontalIndent="50"
                                 Padding="150,150,10,10">
                    <dxc:LegendStyle.TextStyle>
                        <dxc:TextStyle Color="White" Size="24"/>
                    </dxc:LegendStyle.TextStyle>
                </dxc:LegendStyle>
            </dxc:Legend.Style>
        </dxc:Legend>
    </dxc:PieChartView.Legend>
</dxc:PieChartView>

using Microsoft.Maui.Graphics;
using DevExpress.Maui.Charts;
// ...

chartView.Legend = new Legend()
{
    Orientation = LegendOrientation.LeftToRight,
    VerticalPosition = LegendVerticalPosition.TopOutside,
    HorizontalPosition = LegendHorizontalPosition.Center,
    Style = new LegendStyle() {
        BorderColor = Color.LightGray,
        BorderThickness = 3,
        BackgroundColor = Color.Gray,
        MarkerSize = 30,
        TextIndent = 10,
        ItemsHorizontalIndent = 50,
        Padding = new Padding(150, 150, 10, 10),
        TextStyle = new TextStyle() {
            Color = Color.White,
            Size = 24
        }
    }
};