is an option for charting functions that specifies what legends should be used for chart elements.


ChartLegends
is an option for charting functions that specifies what legends should be used for chart elements.
Details


- ChartLegends->{leg1,leg2,…} uses legi as a legend label for the i
element in each dataset.
- The legi can be any strings, graphics, or other static or dynamic expressions.
- Any legend labels that are specified are collected in a legend that is displayed as part of the chart.
- The overall form and appearance of legends is specified by settings for LegendAppearance.
- None indicates no legend label. If there are more elements in a dataset than lbli specified, the subsequent legi are taken to be None.
- If explicit legending is specified in a dataset using Legended, it is added to legends specified through ChartLegends.
- Positioning of legends and other effects can be specified using Placed.
- ChartLegendsPlaced[leg,pos] places the legend leg at the position specified by pos.
- Possible forms for pos are:
-
Above,Below,Before,After positions outside the bounding box for expr {h,v} horizontal h and vertical positions v {{ex,ey},{lx,ly}} scaled position {lx,ly} in the legend at scaled position {ex,ey} in expr - Possible horizontal positions include Before, Left, Center, Right and After.
- Possible vertical positions include Below, Bottom, Center, Top and Above.
- ChartLegends->{spec1,spec2,…} uses the successive speci to specify legend labels for successive dimensions in nested lists of datasets.

Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2008), ChartLegends, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChartLegends.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "ChartLegends." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChartLegends.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). ChartLegends. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChartLegends.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_chartlegends, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ChartLegends}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChartLegends.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_chartlegends, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ChartLegends}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ChartLegends.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}