legend

adjust-layout adjustLayout

Boolean

Forces the plotarea to consider the legend positioning and prevent overlapping with it.

true | false | 1 | 0

align

String

Automatically aligns the legend and adjusts "plotarea" margins accordingly.

"left" | "center" | "right"

alpha

Numeric

Demo

Sets the transparency of the object. The higher the value, the less transparent the object appears. Requires the formatting 0.x.

0.3 | 0.9 | ...

background-color backgroundColor

String

Demo

Sets the background color of the object. Colors can be entered by name (e.g. "red", "blue", "yellow"), in hexadecimal notation (e.g. "#FF0000", "#0000FF", "#FFFF00"), or in RGB notation (e.g. "rgb(255,0,0)", "rgb(0,0,255)", "rgb(255,255,0)").

One color will set a solid background color, two colors will, by default, create a horizontal gradient. For more complex gradients, use gradient-colors and gradient-stops.

"none" | "transparent" | "#f00" | "#f00 #00f" | "red yellow" | "rgb(100, 15, 15)" | ...

background-color-1 backgroundColor1

String

Demo

Sets the first color of a 2 color background gradient of the object. To be used with background-color-2.

"none" | "transparent" | "#f00" | "#f00 #00f" | "red yellow" | "rgb(100, 15, 15)" | ...

background-color-2 backgroundColor2

String

Demo

Sets the second color of a 2 color background gradient of the object. To be used with background-color-1.

"none" | "transparent" | "#f00" | "#f00 #00f" | "red yellow" | "rgb(100, 15, 15)" | ...

background-fit backgroundFit

String

Demo

Sets the direction/s on which the background image is being "stretched".

"x" | "y" | "xy"

background-image backgroundImage

String

Demo

Sets a background image for the object. Value can be a local file or a web image's location.

"image.png" | ...

background-position backgroundPosition

String

Demo

Sets the position of the background when the background-repeat value is no-repeat.

"0 0" | "50 100" | "80% 60%" | ...

background-repeat backgroundRepeat

String

Demo

Sets the repeating mode for the background image.

"no-repeat" | "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y"

border-bottom borderBottom

String

Demo

Sets the object's bottom border style. Accepts solid, dotted, and dashed. Also accepts named colors. If color is not set properly, will default to black.

"2px solid #f00" | ...

border-color borderColor

String

Demo

Sets the border color of the object, applicable on closed shapes. See also line-color for closed shapes.

"none" | "transparent" | "#f00" | "#f00 #00f" | "red yellow" | "rgb(100, 15, 15)" | ...

border-left borderLeft

String

Demo

Sets the object's left border style. Accepts solid, dashed, and dotted styles.

"2px solid #f00" | ...

border-radius borderRadius

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's border radius, for rounded corners. The higher the value, the more rounded the corners appear.

4 | "6px" | "6px 10px 3px 5px" | "-10px" | ...

border-radius-bottom-left borderRadiusBottomLeft

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's bottom-left border radius, for rounded corners. Larger values create rounder corners, while smaller values create sharper corners. A negative value will cut a corner off without rounding.

4 | "6px" | "-6px" | -4 | ...

border-radius-bottom-right borderRadiusBottomRight

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's bottom-right border radius, for rounded corners. Larger values create rounder corners, while smaller values create sharper corners. A negative value will cut a corner off without rounding.

4 | "6px" | "-6px" | -4 | ...

border-radius-top-left borderRadiusTopLeft

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's top-left border radius, for rounded corners. Larger values create rounder corners, while smaller values create sharper corners. A negative value will cut a corner off without rounding.

4 | "6px" | "-6px" | -4 | ...

border-radius-top-right borderRadiusTopRight

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's top-right border radius, for rounded corners. Larger values create rounder corners, while smaller values create sharper corners. A negative value will cut a corner off without rounding.

4 | "6px" | "-6px" | -4 | ...

border-right borderRight

String

Demo

Sets the object's right border style. Accepts solid, dashed, and dotted styles.

"2px solid #f00" | ...

border-top borderTop

String

Demo

Sets the object's top border style. Values must include the border width, style, and color. Accepts solid, dashed, and dotted styles.

"2px solid #f00" | ...

border-width borderWidth

Mixed

Demo

Sets the border width of the object, applicable on closed shapes. See also line-width for closed shapes.

4 | "6px" | ...

callout

Boolean

Demo

Sets whether an object will have a callout arrow or not.

true | false | 1 | 0

callout-extension calloutExtension

Mixed

Demo

Sets the length for an extension line off the tip of the callout arrow.

4 | "6px" | ...

callout-height calloutHeight

Mixed

Demo

Sets the height of the object's callout arrow. A larger value will create a taller callout arrow.

4 | "6px" | ...

callout-hook calloutHook

Array

Demo

Sets a location for the point of the tip of the callout arrow. Uses XY coordinates.

[200, 50] | ...

callout-offset calloutOffset

Mixed

Demo

Sets the offset for the origin of the callout arrow. Uses positive or negative values to move the arrow right/left/up/down.

4 | "6px" | ...

callout-position calloutPosition

String

Demo

Sets the position for the object's callout arrow. The position is "bottom" by default.

"top" | "right" | "bottom" | "left"

callout-width calloutWidth

Mixed

Demo

Sets which edge will be the location for the object's callout arrow.

4 | "6px" | ...

collapse

Boolean

Sets legend to be collapsed by default

true | false | 1 | 0

drag-handler dragHandler

String

Demo

Sets the handler used to drag the legend: icon will create a dragging icon on the legend header, which will be the only area on which you can click and drag, header will make the whole header object active for dragging the legend.

"header" | "icon"

draggable

Boolean

Demo

Sets whether the legend can be dragged or not.

true | false | 1 | 0

fill-angle fillAngle

Numeric

Demo

Sets the angle of the axis along which the linear gradient is drawn.

-45 | 115 | ...

fill-offset-x fillOffsetX

Mixed

Demo

Sets an X offset to apply to the fill.

4 | "6px" | ...

fill-offset-y fillOffsetY

Mixed

Demo

Sets an Y offset to apply to the fill.

4 | "6px" | ...

fill-type fillType

String

Demo

Sets the background gradient fill type to either linear or radial.

"linear" | "radial"

footer

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the legend footer.

{...}

gradient-colors gradientColors

String

Demo

Sets a set of colors for a complex background gradient (more than 2 colors). To be used with gradient-stops.

"#f00 #0f0 #00f" | ...

gradient-stops gradientStops

String

Demo

Sets the position for the introduction of each color for a complex background gradient (more than 2 colors). To be used with gradient-colors.

"0.1 0.5 0.9" | ...

header

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the legend header.

{...}

height

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's height.

10 | "20px" | 0.3 | "30%" | ...

highlight-plot highlightPlot

Boolean

An alias for the "highlight" attribute in the "plot" object. Highlights the corresponding plot when the legend item is moused over.

true | false | 1 | 0

icon

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the legend icons (minimize/maximize and drag).Icon style applies to all icons (minimize/maximize and drag)

{...}

item

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the active legend items.

{...}

item-off itemOff

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the inactive legend items.

{...}

layout

String

Demo

Sets the layout for the legend items.

"horizontal" | "h" | "vertical" | "v" | "row x col" | "x col" | "row x" | "float"

margin

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's margin/s from the top-left of the chart.

10 | "5px" | "10 20" | "5px 10px 15px 20px" | ...

margin-bottom marginBottom

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's bottom margin.

4 | "6px" | ...

margin-left marginLeft

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's left margin.

4 | "6px" | ...

margin-right marginRight

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's right margin.

4 | "6px" | ...

margin-top marginTop

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's top margin.

4 | "6px" | ...

marker

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the legend markers.

{...}

max-items maxItems

Numeric

Demo

Sets the maximum number of items displayed on the legend. To be used with overflow.

5 | 10 | ...

minimize

Boolean

Demo

Sets whether the legend can be minimized or not.

offset-x offsetX

Mixed

Demo

Sets an X offset to apply when positioning the legend. A positive value moves the legend to the right. A negative value moves the legend to the left.

4 | "6px" | ...

offset-y offsetY

Mixed

Demo

Sets a Y offset to apply when positioning the legend. A positive value moves the legend down. A negative value moves the legend up.

4 | "6px" | ...

overflow

String

Demo

Sets the display mode for legend items beyond max-items setting: none will display all items, hidden will display just top max-items items, page will enable the pagination module, scrollwill enable legend scrolling, with top max-items items per page. To be used with max-item.

"none" | "hidden" | "page" | "scroll"

page-off pageOff

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the inactive page navigation object (previous and next arrows).

{...}

page-on pageOn

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the active page navigation object (previous and next arrows).

{...}

page-status pageStatus

Object

Demo

Sets the styling for the page status text.

{...}

reverse-series reverseSeries

Boolean

Reverses the items in the legend

position

String

Demo

Sets the object's position relative to its container. Similar results can be obtained by setting [margin] and [margin-...] attributes. Uses x,y coordinates originating from the top left of the chart.

scroll

Object

To enable legend scrolling.

{...}

shadow

Boolean

Demo

Sets whether the object's shadow is visible or not.

Has limited effect on HTML5 implementation.

true | false | 1 | 0

shadow-alpha shadowAlpha

Numeric

Demo

Sets the transparency of the shadow of the object. The higher the value, the less transparent the shadow will be.

0.3 | 0.9 | ...

shadow-angle shadowAngle

Numeric

Demo

Sets the angle of the shadow underneath the object.

-45 | 115 | ...

shadow-blur shadowBlur

Mixed

Demo

Sets the blur effect size for the shadow of the object.

Has limited effect on HTML5 implementation.

4 | "6px" | ...

shadow-color shadowColor

String

Demo

Sets the color of the shadow of the object.

"none" | "transparent" | "#f00" | "#f00 #00f" | "red yellow" | "rgb(100, 15, 15)" | ...

shadow-distance shadowDistance

Mixed

Demo

Sets the distance between the shadow and the object.

4 | "6px" | ...

shared

boolean

Demo

For graphsets with multiple chart objects, setting this attribute to true within the legend object of each chart will allow you to use one legend to toggle data on or off for each chart simultaneously. It should be noted that while each chart must have a legend object, the visible attribute can be set to false to hide a legend.

true | false | 1 | 0

toggle-action toggleAction

String

Demo

Sets the action performed on legend item toggle: hide will simply hide the respective plot, remove will repaint the chart without considering the respective plot, disabled will not generate any action for the legend items/markers.

"hide" | "remove" | "disabled"

tooltip

Object

To create and style legend tooltips.

{...}

vertical-align verticalAlign

String

Automatically aligns the legend and adjusts "plotarea" margins accordingly.

"top" | "middle" | "bottom"

visible

Boolean

Demo

Sets the visibility of the object. Allows you to turn off the object without removing lines of JSON.

true | false | 1 | 0

width

Mixed

Demo

Sets the object's width.

10 | "20px" | 0.3 | "30%" | ...

x

Mixed

Demo

Sets the X position of the object.

10 | "20px" | 0.3 | "30%" | ...

y

Mixed

Demo

Sets the Y position of the object.

10 | "20px" | 0.3 | "30%" | ...