Legend Placement

[kstultz]

Is there a way to increase the space above the graph so that I can place the legend above the graph instead of inside the graph. I would be omitting the main title string.

Thanks, Kenny

[DPlotAdmin]

Using a trick, yes. Enter one or more \n's for any of the title lines (or add \n's after any existing title lines). For example "\n\n\n" for the first title line will add whitespace above the graph equal to 3 times the line height of the font used for the title.

[kstultz]

Thanks very much.

Kenny

[highlycaffeinated]

Is there a similar trick for moving the legend to the left of the plot, into the Y axis label area? I've tried setting the x offset to a negative value but then the legend gets clipped rather than the plot resized to fit the legend.

Thanks
David

[DPlotAdmin]

If your legend is clipped on the left side then yes: you can add \n's before the Y axis title to add space to the left side of the plot.

[highlycaffeinated]

That did the trick. Thanks!

[jsc]

David,

Hope this is as good a spot to ask this question as any.

Legend text seems to accept \n to break up long legend entries, but the legend itself does not adjust to accommodate the change. The second line overwrites the next legend entry. If it's the last item in the list, \n caused the second line to overwrite the first line of that entry.

I thought this worked once. Is 2.2.2.5 acting correctly?

Thanks,
Jon

[DPlotAdmin]

I don't recall that ever working. Just an oversight, will get it done in the next release.

[jsc]

Thanks!

Any chance that while you're working on that, that you could consider having a check box to easily turn the legend text and line display for a particular curve on and off? (Was a suggestion of mine last November.)

Yes, I know, I'm pushing it!

[DPlotAdmin]

Sure, that's a good one. "Good" in this case meaning "easy".