legend property

Chart.legend property

Provides access to the chart legend properties.

@property
def legend(self) -> aspose.words.drawing.charts.ChartLegend:
    ...

Examples

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

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

shape = builder.insert_chart(aw.drawing.charts.ChartType.LINE, 450, 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(ARTIFACTS_DIR + "Charts.chart_legend.docx")

See Also

Chart.format property Chart.series property