How do I change the order of the legend items in a reporting chart?

[Joe]

I've added several series to a vertical stacked bar chart. The series are displayed on the chart in the reverse order relative to their position in the series collection. On the other hand legend items are displayed in the same order that they are contained in the series collection. I'd like to reverse the order of the items in the legend so that they match the displayed data.

Is there any way for me to change the legend items?

Thanks,
Joe

[Chavdar]

Hello Joe,

The only way to reverse the items in the legend is to populate it manually. Here is a sample code snippet which illustrates the approach:

For Each series As ChartSeries In Me.chart1.Series
    series.Appearance.LegendDisplayMode = ChartSeriesLegendDisplayMode.Nothing
Next

Dim i As Integer = Me.chart1.Series.Count - 1
While i >= 0
    Dim s As ChartSeries = Me.chart1.Series(i)

    Me.chart1.Legend.AddCustomItemToLegend(s.Name, s.Appearance.FillStyle, "Circle")
    System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Decrement(i),i + 1)
End While

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Chavdar
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[Joe]

Thanks,

That worked well. One other thing I had to do was set the series colors manually instead of using a series palette. The modified legend did not automatically pick up the colors from the series palette.

[Chavdar]

Hi Joe,

It is good news that the workaround has helped. As for the problem with the series appearance, it is true that they should be set manually instead of getting them automatically from the series palette. We will put this down as a feature request and will try to implement it in future.

All the best,
Chavdar
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