excel.chartlegendformat.yml

### YamlMime:TSType
name: Excel.ChartLegendFormat
uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat:class'
package: excel!
fullName: Excel.ChartLegendFormat
summary: Encapsulates the format properties of a chart legend.
remarks: '\[ [API set: ExcelApi 1.1](/javascript/api/requirement-sets/excel/excel-api-requirement-sets) \]'
isPreview: false
isDeprecated: false
type: class
properties:
  - name: border
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#border:member'
    package: excel!
    fullName: border
    summary: 'Represents the border format, which includes color, linestyle, and weight.'
    remarks: '\[ [API set: ExcelApi 1.8](/javascript/api/requirement-sets/excel/excel-api-requirement-sets) \]'
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'readonly border: Excel.ChartBorder;'
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.ChartBorder:class" />'
  - name: context
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#context:member'
    package: excel!
    fullName: context
    summary: >-
      The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host
      application's process.
    remarks: ''
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'context: RequestContext;'
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.RequestContext:class" />'
  - name: fill
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#fill:member'
    package: excel!
    fullName: fill
    summary: 'Represents the fill format of an object, which includes background formatting information.'
    remarks: '\[ [API set: ExcelApi 1.1](/javascript/api/requirement-sets/excel/excel-api-requirement-sets) \]'
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'readonly fill: Excel.ChartFill;'
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.ChartFill:class" />'
  - name: font
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#font:member'
    package: excel!
    fullName: font
    summary: 'Represents the font attributes such as font name, font size, and color of a chart legend.'
    remarks: >-
      \[ [API set: ExcelApi 1.1](/javascript/api/requirement-sets/excel/excel-api-requirement-sets) \]


      #### Examples


      ```TypeScript

      // Link to full sample:
      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/excel/10-chart/chart-legend.yaml


      await Excel.run(async (context) => {
          const sheet = context.workbook.worksheets.getItem("Sample");

          let chart = sheet.charts.getItemAt(0);
          chart.legend.visible = true;

          // Format the legend font.
          let font = chart.legend.format.font;
          font.bold = true;
          font.color = "red";
          font.italic = true;
          font.size = 15;
          font.name = "Calibri";
          font.underline = "Single";

          await context.sync();
      });

      ```
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'readonly font: Excel.ChartFont;'
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.ChartFont:class" />'
methods:
  - name: load(options)
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#load:member(1)'
    package: excel!
    fullName: load(options)
    summary: >-
      Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call `context.sync()` before reading
      the properties.
    remarks: ''
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'load(options?: Excel.Interfaces.ChartLegendFormatLoadOptions): Excel.ChartLegendFormat;'
      parameters:
        - id: options
          description: Provides options for which properties of the object to load.
          type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.Interfaces.ChartLegendFormatLoadOptions:interface" />'
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat:class" />'
        description: ''
  - name: load(propertyNames)
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#load:member(2)'
    package: excel!
    fullName: load(propertyNames)
    summary: >-
      Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call `context.sync()` before reading
      the properties.
    remarks: ''
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'load(propertyNames?: string | string[]): Excel.ChartLegendFormat;'
      parameters:
        - id: propertyNames
          description: A comma-delimited string or an array of strings that specify the properties to load.
          type: 'string | string[]'
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat:class" />'
        description: ''
  - name: load(propertyNamesAndPaths)
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#load:member(3)'
    package: excel!
    fullName: load(propertyNamesAndPaths)
    summary: >-
      Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call `context.sync()` before reading
      the properties.
    remarks: ''
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: |-
        load(propertyNamesAndPaths?: {
                    select?: string;
                    expand?: string;
                }): Excel.ChartLegendFormat;
      parameters:
        - id: propertyNamesAndPaths
          description: >-
            `propertyNamesAndPaths.select` is a comma-delimited string that specifies the properties to load, and
            `propertyNamesAndPaths.expand` is a comma-delimited string that specifies the navigation properties to load.
          type: |-
            {
                        select?: string;
                        expand?: string;
                    }
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat:class" />'
        description: ''
  - name: 'set(properties, options)'
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#set:member(1)'
    package: excel!
    fullName: 'set(properties, options)'
    summary: >-
      Sets multiple properties of an object at the same time. You can pass either a plain object with the appropriate
      properties, or another API object of the same type.
    remarks: ''
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'set(properties: Interfaces.ChartLegendFormatUpdateData, options?: OfficeExtension.UpdateOptions): void;'
      parameters:
        - id: properties
          description: >-
            A JavaScript object with properties that are structured isomorphically to the properties of the object on
            which the method is called.
          type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.Interfaces.ChartLegendFormatUpdateData:interface" />'
        - id: options
          description: Provides an option to suppress errors if the properties object tries to set any read-only properties.
          type: '<xref uid="office!OfficeExtension.UpdateOptions:interface" />'
      return:
        type: void
        description: ''
  - name: set(properties)
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#set:member(2)'
    package: excel!
    fullName: set(properties)
    summary: 'Sets multiple properties on the object at the same time, based on an existing loaded object.'
    remarks: ''
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'set(properties: Excel.ChartLegendFormat): void;'
      parameters:
        - id: properties
          description: ''
          type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat:class" />'
      return:
        type: void
        description: ''
  - name: toJSON()
    uid: 'excel!Excel.ChartLegendFormat#toJSON:member(1)'
    package: excel!
    fullName: toJSON()
    summary: >-
      Overrides the JavaScript `toJSON()` method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to
      `JSON.stringify()`<!-- -->. (`JSON.stringify`<!-- -->, in turn, calls the `toJSON` method of the object that is
      passed to it.) Whereas the original Excel.ChartLegendFormat object is an API object, the `toJSON` method returns a
      plain JavaScript object (typed as `Excel.Interfaces.ChartLegendFormatData`<!-- -->) that contains shallow copies
      of any loaded child properties from the original object.
    remarks: ''
    isPreview: false
    isDeprecated: false
    syntax:
      content: 'toJSON(): Excel.Interfaces.ChartLegendFormatData;'
      return:
        type: '<xref uid="excel!Excel.Interfaces.ChartLegendFormatData:interface" />'
        description: ''
extends: '<xref uid="office!OfficeExtension.ClientObject:class" />'