Legend.Orientation Property
Specifies whether legend items are arranged in a column (from the top to the bottom) or row (from the left to the right).
Namespace: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Charts
Assembly: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Charts.dll
NuGet Package: DevExpress.XamarinForms.Charts
Declaration
public LegendOrientation Orientation { get; set; }
Property Value
Type | Description |
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LegendOrientation | A LegendOrientation enumeration value that specifies the legend orientation. |
Available values:
Name | Description |
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LeftToRight | Legend items are positioned horizontally from the left to the right according to the corresponding series indexes within a chart view. |
TopToBottom | Legend items are positioned vertically from the top to the bottom according to the corresponding series indexes within a chart view. |
Remarks
Use the Orientation property to specify whether the legend should be vertically or horizontally oriented.
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.
<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>