[SOLVED] Legend text
lazarus / 55-TAChart

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eric · 2012-07-30 18:27

I apologise for needing to ask this question, but I've read the
documentation many times and I still don't know the answer.

I've got a TAChart with two line series which draw lines in different
colours. I want to include a legend indicating what each colour
represents, but try as I may, I can't see how to add text labels to
the legend items. Could someone please explain it in simple terms that
even I can understand?

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wp · 2012-07-30 18:51

Each series has a property "Title", this text is displayed in the
legend. Don't forget to set Chart.Legend.Visible to true.

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eric · 2012-07-30 21:38

How simple! I'm embarrassed that I missed it. Thank you for your help.

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Ask · 2012-07-31 05:21

Eric, do you have any suggestions about how to improve the
documentation here
Quotehttp://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/TAChart_documentation#Legend_i
tem_textto make it more clear?

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eric · 2012-07-31 06:44

I read that many times, but the simple solution didn't make itself
apparent to me. I think that the documentation describes how the
components work and fit together, whereas I was looking for a step by
step guide for what to do. That's a criticism of me, not of the
documentation. If the documentation included a sentence similar to
wp's message above, I would have understood immediately.

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wp · 2012-07-31 08:29

My impression from reading many questions here is that beginners would
appreciate some kind of "Getting started" to help them through the
first steps. I was beginning to write one, but never have been able to
finish it so far.

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BigChimp · 2012-07-31 11:11

@wp: I'm sure people will appreciate it if you put up what you have on
the wiki - something is better than nothing and perhaps other TAChart
users will be able to contribute!

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Knipfty · 2012-07-31 12:58

I would love to see a getting started guide fro TACharts.  I have zero
knowledge of how it works, but will be looking to use it in a 2 to 3
weeks after plowing thru LazReports.  (at least if I stay on schedule)