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LegendTextDirection

LegendTextDirection

is an option for Legend that specifies the direction of text next to the key box.

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PlotLegends`
PlotLegends`

LegendTextDirection

As of Version 9, all the functionality of the PlotLegends package is built into the Wolfram System.

LegendTextDirection

is an option for Legend that specifies the direction of text next to the key box.

Details and Options

  • To use LegendTextDirection, you first need to load the Plot Legends Package using Needs["PlotLegends`"].
  • The following settings can be given:
  • Automaticautomatically determine directions (default)
    dirthe same settings used in the Text graphics primitive

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Normally oriented text in the legend:

Legend text at a 45° angle:

Wolfram Research (2007), LegendTextDirection, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendTextDirection.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), LegendTextDirection, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendTextDirection.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "LegendTextDirection." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendTextDirection.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). LegendTextDirection. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendTextDirection.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_legendtextdirection, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LegendTextDirection}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendTextDirection.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_legendtextdirection, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LegendTextDirection}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendTextDirection.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-August-2025]}