Formatting the Legend Labels

How to:

The labels property controls the format of legend labels.


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Syntax: How to Format the Legend Labels
legend: {
   labels: {
      font: 'fstring',
      color: 'cstring'
      }
} 

where:

'fstring'

Is a string that defines the size, style, and typeface of the legend labels. The default value is '7.5pt Sans-Serif'.

'cstring'

Is a string that defines the color of the legend labels using a color name or numeric specification string. The default value is 'black'.

For information about defining colors, see Colors and Gradients.



Example: Formatting Legend Labels

The following request against the GGSALES data source makes the legend labels red, bold, 12pt Times Roman:

GRAPH FILE GGSALES
SUM DOLLARS BUDDOLLARS UNITS BUDUNITS
BY PRODUCT
WHERE CATEGORY EQ 'Gifts'
ON GRAPH PCHOLD FORMAT JSCHART
ON GRAPH SET LOOKGRAPH VBAR
ON GRAPH SET STYLE *
*GRAPH_JS
legend: {
   labels: {
      font: 'Bold 12pt Times Roman',
      color: 'red'   
   },     
},
series: [
    {series: 0, color: 'lightgreen'},
    {series: 1, color: 'coral'},
    {series: 2, color: 'lightblue'},
    {series: 3, color: 'burlywood'} 
]
*END
INCLUDE=ENIADefault_combine.sty,$
ENDSTYLE
END

The output is:


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