Legend.HorizontalPosition Property

Gets or sets the legend’s horizontal position within the chart control.

Namespace: DevExpress.UI.Xaml.Charts

Assembly: DevExpress.UI.Xaml.Charts.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Uwp.Controls

Declaration

C#

public HorizontalPosition HorizontalPosition { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property HorizontalPosition As HorizontalPosition

Property Value

Type	Description
HorizontalPosition	A HorizontalPosition enumeration member which specifies the legend’s horizontal position within the chart control.

Available values:

Name	Description
LeftOutside	The legend is positioned to the left of the Chart area.
Left	The legend is positioned on the left side of the chart area.
Center	Centers a legend horizontally within the chart area.
Right	The legend is positioned on the right side of the Chart Area.
RightOutside	The legend is positioned to the right of the Chart area.

Remarks

To specify the legend’s vertical position, use the Legend.VerticalPosition property.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create a simple Cartesian chart with 3 Stacked Bar series, populate them with data and adjust common settings.

XAML

<Page
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:CartesianChart"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:Charts="using:DevExpress.UI.Xaml.Charts"
    x:Class="CartesianChart.MainPage"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <Grid Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">

        <Charts:CartesianChart Margin="50">
            <Charts:CartesianChart.Legend>
                <Charts:Legend HorizontalPosition="Left" VerticalPosition="Top"/>
            </Charts:CartesianChart.Legend>
            <Charts:CartesianChart.Series>
                <Charts:Series DisplayName="Illinois">
                    <Charts:Series.View>
                        <Charts:StackedBarSeriesView />
                    </Charts:Series.View>
                    <Charts:Series.Data>
                        <Charts:DataPointCollection ArgumentScaleType="Qualitative">
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="1998" Value="423.721"/>
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="2001" Value="476.851"/>
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="2004" Value="528.904"/>
                        </Charts:DataPointCollection>
                    </Charts:Series.Data>
                </Charts:Series>
                <Charts:Series DisplayName="Indiana">
                    <Charts:Series.View>
                        <Charts:StackedBarSeriesView />
                    </Charts:Series.View>
                    <Charts:Series.Data>
                        <Charts:DataPointCollection ArgumentScaleType="Qualitative">
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="1998" Value="178.719" />
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="2001" Value="195.769" />
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="2004" Value="227.271" />
                        </Charts:DataPointCollection>
                    </Charts:Series.Data>
                </Charts:Series>
                <Charts:Series DisplayName="Michigan" >
                    <Charts:Series.View>
                        <Charts:StackedBarSeriesView />
                    </Charts:Series.View>
                    <Charts:Series.Data>
                        <Charts:DataPointCollection ArgumentScaleType="Qualitative">
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="1998" Value="308.845" />
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="2001" Value="335.793" />
                            <Charts:DataPoint Argument="2004" Value="372.576" />
                        </Charts:DataPointCollection>
                    </Charts:Series.Data>
                </Charts:Series>
            </Charts:CartesianChart.Series>
        </Charts:CartesianChart>

    </Grid>
</Page>