Pyplot legend: left alignment of a title
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I want my legend title to be to the left of labels. How can this be achieved?
Just to be clear, left alignment of title above the labels is not what I'm asking for. I want the title to be approximately on the same horizontal level as the middle label.
Instead of this:
It should look something like this:
matplotlib legend
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
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I want my legend title to be to the left of labels. How can this be achieved?
Just to be clear, left alignment of title above the labels is not what I'm asking for. I want the title to be approximately on the same horizontal level as the middle label.
Instead of this:
It should look something like this:
matplotlib legend
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
682612
Can you provide a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example and give an example of how you would like the legend to look?
– DavidG
Nov 15 '18 at 10:20
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I want my legend title to be to the left of labels. How can this be achieved?
Just to be clear, left alignment of title above the labels is not what I'm asking for. I want the title to be approximately on the same horizontal level as the middle label.
Instead of this:
It should look something like this:
matplotlib legend
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
682612
I want my legend title to be to the left of labels. How can this be achieved?
Just to be clear, left alignment of title above the labels is not what I'm asking for. I want the title to be approximately on the same horizontal level as the middle label.
Instead of this:
It should look something like this:
matplotlib legend
matplotlib legend
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
682612
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
682612
edited Nov 15 '18 at 10:38
dyukha
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
682612
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
682612
asked Nov 15 '18 at 10:09
dyukhadyukha
682612
682612
Can you provide a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example and give an example of how you would like the legend to look?
– DavidG
Nov 15 '18 at 10:20
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Can you provide a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example and give an example of how you would like the legend to look?
– DavidG
Nov 15 '18 at 10:20
Can you provide a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example and give an example of how you would like the legend to look?
– DavidG
Nov 15 '18 at 10:20
Can you provide a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example and give an example of how you would like the legend to look?
– DavidG
Nov 15 '18 at 10:20
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One option to place the title to the left of the legend items is to take the title out of the vertical packer that makes up the legend and pack it horizontally with the legend columns.
It will then align to the top of the newly created very first column.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for i in range(4):
ax.plot(np.arange(4)+i, label="label ".format(i+1))
legend = ax.legend(title="Looong Title", ncol=2, loc="upper left")
def legend_title_left(leg):
c = leg.get_children()[0]
title = c.get_children()[0]
hpack = c.get_children()[1]
c._children = [hpack]
hpack._children = [title] + hpack.get_children()
legend_title_left(legend)
plt.show()
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
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Probably there is a better way to obtain it, but to have something similar to what you ask, you can try in this way:
leg = ax.legend(title='Title')
leg._legend_box.set_width(120)
leg.get_title().set_position((-50, -50))
Hope it helps
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
Thank you, but there are too many problems with this solutions: some wasted space on the right and on the top, and I couldn't make it work with 2 columns.
– dyukha
Nov 15 '18 at 19:13
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One option to place the title to the left of the legend items is to take the title out of the vertical packer that makes up the legend and pack it horizontally with the legend columns.
It will then align to the top of the newly created very first column.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for i in range(4):
ax.plot(np.arange(4)+i, label="label ".format(i+1))
legend = ax.legend(title="Looong Title", ncol=2, loc="upper left")
def legend_title_left(leg):
c = leg.get_children()[0]
title = c.get_children()[0]
hpack = c.get_children()[1]
c._children = [hpack]
hpack._children = [title] + hpack.get_children()
legend_title_left(legend)
plt.show()
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
142k13167245
add a comment |
One option to place the title to the left of the legend items is to take the title out of the vertical packer that makes up the legend and pack it horizontally with the legend columns.
It will then align to the top of the newly created very first column.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for i in range(4):
ax.plot(np.arange(4)+i, label="label ".format(i+1))
legend = ax.legend(title="Looong Title", ncol=2, loc="upper left")
def legend_title_left(leg):
c = leg.get_children()[0]
title = c.get_children()[0]
hpack = c.get_children()[1]
c._children = [hpack]
hpack._children = [title] + hpack.get_children()
legend_title_left(legend)
plt.show()
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
142k13167245
add a comment |
One option to place the title to the left of the legend items is to take the title out of the vertical packer that makes up the legend and pack it horizontally with the legend columns.
It will then align to the top of the newly created very first column.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for i in range(4):
ax.plot(np.arange(4)+i, label="label ".format(i+1))
legend = ax.legend(title="Looong Title", ncol=2, loc="upper left")
def legend_title_left(leg):
c = leg.get_children()[0]
title = c.get_children()[0]
hpack = c.get_children()[1]
c._children = [hpack]
hpack._children = [title] + hpack.get_children()
legend_title_left(legend)
plt.show()
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
142k13167245
One option to place the title to the left of the legend items is to take the title out of the vertical packer that makes up the legend and pack it horizontally with the legend columns.
It will then align to the top of the newly created very first column.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for i in range(4):
ax.plot(np.arange(4)+i, label="label ".format(i+1))
legend = ax.legend(title="Looong Title", ncol=2, loc="upper left")
def legend_title_left(leg):
c = leg.get_children()[0]
title = c.get_children()[0]
hpack = c.get_children()[1]
c._children = [hpack]
hpack._children = [title] + hpack.get_children()
legend_title_left(legend)
plt.show()
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
142k13167245
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
142k13167245
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
142k13167245
answered Nov 16 '18 at 0:49
ImportanceOfBeingErnestImportanceOfBeingErnest
142k13167245
142k13167245
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add a comment |
Probably there is a better way to obtain it, but to have something similar to what you ask, you can try in this way:
leg = ax.legend(title='Title')
leg._legend_box.set_width(120)
leg.get_title().set_position((-50, -50))
Hope it helps
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
Thank you, but there are too many problems with this solutions: some wasted space on the right and on the top, and I couldn't make it work with 2 columns.
– dyukha
Nov 15 '18 at 19:13
add a comment |
Probably there is a better way to obtain it, but to have something similar to what you ask, you can try in this way:
leg = ax.legend(title='Title')
leg._legend_box.set_width(120)
leg.get_title().set_position((-50, -50))
Hope it helps
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
Thank you, but there are too many problems with this solutions: some wasted space on the right and on the top, and I couldn't make it work with 2 columns.
– dyukha
Nov 15 '18 at 19:13
add a comment |
Probably there is a better way to obtain it, but to have something similar to what you ask, you can try in this way:
leg = ax.legend(title='Title')
leg._legend_box.set_width(120)
leg.get_title().set_position((-50, -50))
Hope it helps
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
Probably there is a better way to obtain it, but to have something similar to what you ask, you can try in this way:
leg = ax.legend(title='Title')
leg._legend_box.set_width(120)
leg.get_title().set_position((-50, -50))
Hope it helps
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
answered Nov 15 '18 at 11:25
JoeJoe
6,14421630
6,14421630
Thank you, but there are too many problems with this solutions: some wasted space on the right and on the top, and I couldn't make it work with 2 columns.
– dyukha
Nov 15 '18 at 19:13
add a comment |
Thank you, but there are too many problems with this solutions: some wasted space on the right and on the top, and I couldn't make it work with 2 columns.
– dyukha
Nov 15 '18 at 19:13
Thank you, but there are too many problems with this solutions: some wasted space on the right and on the top, and I couldn't make it work with 2 columns.
– dyukha
Nov 15 '18 at 19:13
Thank you, but there are too many problems with this solutions: some wasted space on the right and on the top, and I couldn't make it work with 2 columns.
– dyukha
Nov 15 '18 at 19:13
add a comment |
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Can you provide a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example and give an example of how you would like the legend to look?
– DavidG
Nov 15 '18 at 10:20