# Overview
`RadLegendControl` is a stand-alone control that facilitates the reading and understanding of the displayed information in RadChart.
**RadLegendControl Visual Structure**
To access the **RadLegendControl**, add the following namespace: `xmlns:telerikPrimitives="using:Telerik.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives"`
To setup the legend control, you can use the following properties:
* `LegendProvider`—It accepts an element that implements the `ILegendInfoProvider` interface. The chart controls, like `RadCartesianChart`, implements the interface. The legend uses the provider to get its legend items.
#### **Setting the LegendProvider**
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* `ItemsPanel`—The items panel used by the legend to arrange the items.
#### **Setting the ItemsPanel**
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* `ItemTemplate`—Sets the `DataTemplate` used to define the appearance of the legend items.
#### **Setting the ItemTemplate**
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* `LegendItems`: A collection of `LegendItem` objects that describes the visuals in the control. It can be used to manually populate the legend with items.
#### **Populating the LegendItems**
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## Populating with LegendItems
The following example shows how to add a chart and a legend next to it, where the controls are independent from one another.
#### **Defining the model and viewmodel**
```C#
public class CustomPoint
{
public double Value { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
}
public class ViewModel
{
public ViewModel()
{
this.SeriesData = new List()
{
new CustomPoint { Category = "Dogs", Value = 10 },
new CustomPoint { Category = "Cats", Value = 14 },
new CustomPoint { Category = "Birds", Value = 5 },
};
}
public List SeriesData { get; set; }
}
```
#### **Defining the RadCartesianChart and RadLegendControl**
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**Unbound RadLegendControl**
