Enable JavaScript to interact with content and submit forms on Wolfram websites. Learn how

Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center

LegendLayout

LegendLayout

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

Details

Possible settings for LegendLayout are:

	Automatic	automatic layout
	"Row"	left-to-right layout
	"Column"	bottom-to-top layout
	"ReversedRow"	right-to-left layout
	"ReversedColumn"	top-to-bottom layout
	f	layout 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)

Format a legend horizontally:

Format a legend vertically:

Reverse the order:

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

Top