You can create a custom legend visual using the Kendo legend methods.
legend: {
item: {
visual: function (e) {
// get the default color for the legend shape
var color = e.options.markers.background;
// get the default color for the legend text
var labelColor = e.options.labels.color;
// bounds of the legend
var rect = new kendo.geometry.Rect([0, 0], [100, 50]);
var layout = new kendo.drawing.Layout(rect, {
spacing: 5,
alignItems: "center"
});
// Recreate the legend shape (can be any shape)
var marker = new kendo.drawing.Path({
fill: {
color: color
}
}).moveTo(10, 0).lineTo(15, 10).lineTo(5, 10).close();
// recreate the label text
var label = new kendo.drawing.Text(e.series.name, [0, 0], {
fill: {
color: labelColor
}
});
// This is the key part: it draws the label first then the shape
layout.append(label, marker);
layout.reflow()
return layout;
}
}
The important part of this code is this part:
layout.append(label, marker);
Because we're specifying the label first, then the marker, the label should appear first.
I don't have a jsFiddle setup for this, but Kendo has an example in their dojo: http://dojo.telerik.com/OdiNi