Associating a legend with a ChartArea - Is Legend or LegendName better?

[David]

Hi,

Reviewing the documentation and samples, I've noticed two different ways of associating a legend with a chart area. Given I have defined:

<telerik:ChartLegend x:Name="legend">

I can either associate with a chart area with LegendName:

<telerik:ChartArea LegendName="legend">

or bind it to the Legend property:

<telerik:ChartArea Legend="{Binding ElementName=legend}">

Which is the preferred way to associate a chart legend? Are there advantages/disadvantages with either way?

Kind regards,
Dave.

[Peshito]

Hi David,

By default, the RadChart.DefaultView.ChartLegend is associated with the RadChart.DefaultView.ChartArea. When you predefine the DefaultView of the RadChart, the LegendName property of the ChartArea needs to be set to the name of the newly created ChartLegend.

<telerik:ChartDefaultView.ChartLegend>
   <telerik:ChartLegend x:Name="legend" />
</telerik:ChartDefaultView.ChartLegend>

The ChartArea should have the same LegendName:

<telerik:ChartArea LegendName="legend">

The preferred way is:

<telerik:ChartArea LegendName="legend">

More about chart legends can be found here.

Kind regards,
Peshito
the Telerik team