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LegendLayout

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is an option for legends that specifies how to format the legend content.

Details

  • Possible settings for LegendLayout are:
  • Automaticautomatic layout
    "Row"left-to-right layout
    "Column"bottom-to-top layout
    "ReversedRow"right-to-left layout
    "ReversedColumn"top-to-bottom layout
    flayout determined by function f
  • For LineLegend, PointLegend, and SwatchLegend, the argument to the function f is a table {{style1,label1},{style2,label2},…} of styles and associated labels.
  • For BarLegend, the argument to f is a color function cf, range of values {min,max}, and list of contour values contours.

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)Summary of the most common use cases

Format a legend horizontally:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6hs7xxa6-zg0m6z
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6hs7xxa6-3qcfqw
Out[2]=2

Format a legend vertically:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6hs7xxa6-mwdov2
Out[1]=1

Reverse the order:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6hs7xxa6-i9vsj8
Out[2]=2
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6hs7xxa6-9cnpgg
Out[3]=3

Write a function to construct a legend as a formatted table:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6hs7xxa6-vp4naa
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6hs7xxa6-d5bcdg
Out[2]=2
Wolfram Research (2012), LegendLayout, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html.
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Wolfram Research (2012), LegendLayout, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2012), LegendLayout, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html.

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Wolfram Research (2012), LegendLayout, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2012. "LegendLayout." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2012. "LegendLayout." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2012). LegendLayout. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html

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Wolfram Language. (2012). LegendLayout. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_legendlayout, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LegendLayout}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-May-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_legendlayout, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LegendLayout}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-May-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_legendlayout, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LegendLayout}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-May-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_legendlayout, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LegendLayout}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LegendLayout.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-May-2025 ]}