Ticket T627912
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WinForms Dashboard - How to configure the legend of the Pie Dashboard Item layout

created 7 years ago

Hi Support,

We are wondering how we can configure the pie dashboard item legend so that they are displayed at the right or top side of the pie for instance instead of being displayed around the pie. The thing is that it can be messy when there is 10 or more items to display. Having them as a list at the top or right would make it easier to read.

The attached zip file contains an example of:
- The current pie dashboard item display
- How we want it to be displayed

Thanks and Regards.

Answers approved by DevExpress Support

created 7 years ago (modified 6 years ago)

Hi Ismail,
The current version of the Dashboard Suite does not provide a way to show a legend instead of point labels in the dashboard Pie Item. As a workaround, you can access the inner chart control and enable its legend using the approach described in the Access to Underlying Controls topic. Let me know if you are interested in this approach.
Please note that printed or exported documents containing a dashboard/dashboard item do not reflect appearance settings applied using this approach.

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    DevExpress Support Team 6 years ago

      It seems that you missed the dxSample CS.zip and dxSample VB.zip archives containing the WinForms sample projects attached to my first post in this thread. Please try the approach demonstrated in these samples in your application and let me know whether it operates correctly.

        yes, great, thanks…

        and, for webforms… i already have controlupdate underlyng widgts… but… how I configure exactly…

        thanks again!

        DevExpress Support Team 6 years ago

          Hi,
          To avoid discussing multiple platforms within a single thread I've created a separate ticket for the webforms platform on your behalf (T688873: Web Dashboard - How to show the legend with Arguments and values in the Pie Dashboard Item). It has been placed in our processing queue and will be answered shortly.

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