Gets or sets the number of horizontal cells used to draw the legend cell's content.
Indicates the number of horizontal cells used to draw the content.
Syntax
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Public Overridable Property CellSpan As Integer |
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Dim instance As LegendCell
Dim value As Integer
instance.CellSpan = value
value = instance.CellSpan
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public virtual int CellSpan {get; set;} |
Return Value
The number of horizontal cells used to draw the legend cell content. By default, this value is 1.
Example
In this example we ad two legend cells to a legend item, and then add the legend item to a legend.
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Dim legendItem As New LegendItem
legendItem.Cells.Add(New LegendCell(LegendCellType.Text, "United States", ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft))
legendItem.Cells.Add(New LegendCell(LegendCellType.SeriesSymbol, "", ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft))
legendItem.Cells(0).CellSpan = 2
chart1.Legends("Default").CustomItems.Add(legendItem) |
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// Create new custom legend item.
LegendItem legendItem = new LegendItem();
// Add two cells.
legendItem.Cells.Add(new LegendCell(LegendCellType.Text, "United States", ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft));
legendItem.Cells.Add(new LegendCell(LegendCellType.SeriesSymbol, "", ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft));
// Set the first cell to span two cells.
legendItem.Cells[0].CellSpan = 2;
// Add this custom legend item to the chart.
chart1.Legends["Default"].CustomItems.Add(legendItem); |
Remarks
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family
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