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How to: Add a Custom Legend Item

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This example demonstrates how to add a custom legend item to a legend.

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Custom Legend Item

Create a CustomLegendItem object and add it to the CustomItems collection. Use the following properties to configure the custom item:

CustomLegendItem.MarkerImage
Returns the custom legend item’s marker image.
CustomLegendItem.Text
Gets or sets the text the custom legend item displays.

Note

To show custom and automatically generated legend items, set the LegendBase.ItemVisibilityMode to AutoGeneratedAndCustom.

using DevExpress.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace CustomLegendItemSample {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            #region #CustomLegendItems
            // Create a new custom item.
            CustomLegendItem item = new CustomLegendItem();
            chart.Legend.CustomItems.Add(item);
            // Specify its text and marker.
            item.Text = "Custom Legend Item";
            FileStream outfile = new FileStream("Image\\DXLogo_16x16.png", FileMode.Open);
            DXImage image = DXImage.FromStream(outfile);
            item.MarkerImage.DXImage = image;

            // Set a value indicating that both autogenerated and custom items are displayed.
            chart.Legend.ItemVisibilityMode = LegendItemVisibilityMode.AutoGeneratedAndCustom;
            #endregion #CustomLegendItems
        }
    }
}