overlay property

ChartLegend.overlay property

Determines whether other chart elements shall be allowed to overlap legend. Default value is False.

@property
def overlay(self) -> bool:
    ...

@overlay.setter
def overlay(self, value: bool):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to edit the appearance of a chart’s legend.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
shape = builder.insert_chart(chart_type=aw.drawing.charts.ChartType.LINE, width=450, height=300)
chart = shape.chart
self.assertEqual(3, chart.series.count)
self.assertEqual('Series 1', chart.series[0].name)
self.assertEqual('Series 2', chart.series[1].name)
self.assertEqual('Series 3', chart.series[2].name)
# Move the chart's legend to the top right corner.
legend = chart.legend
legend.position = aw.drawing.charts.LegendPosition.TOP_RIGHT
# Give other chart elements, such as the graph, more room by allowing them to overlap the legend.
legend.overlay = True
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Charts.ChartLegend.docx')

See Also

• module aspose.words.drawing.charts
• class ChartLegend