Adjusting the legend spacing
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Shivaprasad Shridhara Bhat
on 25 Nov 2021
Answered: Image Analyst
on 25 Nov 2021
I have slightly lengthy legend titles as shown in the figure below. Is there a way to adjust the location of 'a val' / 'b val' more towards the centre of their title name (move leftwards)?
Similarly for 'c limit' /'d limit' ( move towards right!!)
The sample code used to generate the plot is given below
a=rand(1,10);
b=rand(1,10);
c=ones(1,10)*0.7;
d=ones(1,10)*0.2;
figure;
p1=plot(a,'o-r');
hold on
p2=plot(b,'s-b');
p3=plot(c,'-.k');
p4=plot(d,'-.k');
lg=legend([p1 p2 p3 p4],'a val','b val','c limit','d limit');
lg.NumColumns=2;
title(lg,'raw data values from experiments limitation values');
ylim([0 1.2])
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Image Analyst
on 25 Nov 2021
I don't know of any way in the legend() function. You might try creating strings for your legends manually and put a \n at the end of the string or beginning of the string.
Alternatively make your own legend manually with the text() function and place them wherever you want.
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the cyclist
on 25 Nov 2021
Not directly answering your question, but a different (and more conventional) approach would be to move the limit annotations out of the legend.
rng default
a=rand(1,10);
b=rand(1,10);
figure
hold on
p1=plot(a,'o-r');
p2=plot(b,'s-b');
yline(0.7,'-.')
yline(0.2,'-.')
text(9,0.675,'d limit')
text(9,0.175,'c limit')
lg=legend([p1 p2],{'a','b'});
title('raw data values from experiments');
ylim([0 1.2])
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