Chart.ShowLegend

Chart.ShowLegend property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the chart legend will be displayed. Default is true.

public bool ShowLegend { get; set; }

Examples

using System;
using Aspose.Cells;
using Aspose.Cells.Charts;

namespace AsposeCellsExamples
{
    public class ChartPropertyShowLegendDemo
    {
        public static void Run()
        {
            // Create a new workbook
            Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
            Worksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            // Add sample data
            sheet.Cells["A1"].PutValue("Item");
            sheet.Cells["A2"].PutValue("Apple");
            sheet.Cells["A3"].PutValue("Orange");
            sheet.Cells["A4"].PutValue("Banana");
            sheet.Cells["B1"].PutValue("Quantity");
            sheet.Cells["B2"].PutValue(10);
            sheet.Cells["B3"].PutValue(20);
            sheet.Cells["B4"].PutValue(30);

            // Add a chart
            int chartIndex = sheet.Charts.Add(Aspose.Cells.Charts.ChartType.Column, 5, 0, 15, 5);
            Aspose.Cells.Charts.Chart chart = sheet.Charts[chartIndex];
            
            // Set chart data range
            chart.NSeries.Add("B2:B4", true);
            chart.NSeries.CategoryData = "A2:A4";

            // Show legend by default (true)
            Console.WriteLine("Legend initially visible: " + chart.ShowLegend);
            
            // Hide the legend
            chart.ShowLegend = false;
            Console.WriteLine("Legend after setting to false: " + chart.ShowLegend);
            
            // Save the workbook
            workbook.Save("ChartLegendExample.xlsx");
        }
    }
}

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