The Legend

By default, all Chartsmith charts contain a legend. Each legend contains a legend title and legend entries for each chart series, or in the case of pie charts, for each data element or pie slice. As chart series (or pie slices) are added to the chart, the legend is automatically resized to fit the new number of entries. The legend can be hidden using the Legend switch found in the Data View Window, but cannot be deleted since it is an integral component of the chart.

Features of the Legend

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Resizing
The legend is resizable and its minimum size is the smallest size needed to contain all of the legend entries. As you resize the legend, the layout of the entries (number of rows and columns) will change automatically to optimally fill the legend.

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Fonts
The legend font can be changed by selecting the legend, and then setting the font using the font panel. The legend title accepts the new font, while the legend entries use the same font in a smaller size.

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Colors can be dragged to the legend to set the legend's background color, title color or entry label color. Colors can also be dragged to the legend entry keys to set the series colors (or, for pie chart legends, pie slice colors). When the legend has a gradient fill background, colors can be dragged to either end of the gradient to set the start or end color of the background.

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Series Drawing Order
The drawing order of the chart series is determined by the order of the series columns in the Data View. The order can be controlled within the legend by control-clicking and dragging an entry, then dragging it to a new location in the legend (not applicable for Pie charts)(the order can also be controlled by control-dragging columns in the Data View). For non-pie charts, this order is matched in the legend by the order of the legend entries.


Legend Inspector

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Title
The switch shows or hides the legend title. The text field sets the title string for the legend. And the color well sets the title color.

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Entry Labels
Sets the color of the series entry labels, and the textual descriptor displayed with the series name to identify which Y axis the series is associated with (useful when both the Y1 and Y2 axis are being used).

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Fill Color
The Use Gradient Fill switch sets the type of fill used in the legend (gradient or solid color). The start color sets the solid fill color when no gradient is used, or the start gradient color when a gradient is used. The end color well sets the end color of the gradient fill. The color swap button between the color wells swaps the start color with the end color.

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Border
The switch shows or hides the legend border. The slider and text field set the width of the border. The color well set the color of the border.

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Shadow
The switch shows or hides the legend shadow. The color well sets the color of the shadow.

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Size To Fit
Sizes the legend to fit the entries.