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kramer65
kramer65

Reputation: 53923

How to view legend next to matplotlib?

I've got a plot in matplotlib, which has a lot of lines. I've got a legend which is therefore rather extensive and I placed it next to my plot using the following code:

fontP = FontProperties()
fontP.set_size('small')
plt.legend(variablelist, loc=0, prop = fontP, bbox_to_anchor=(1.0, 1.0))
plt.savefig(filename+'.png')

The result is as follows: enter image description here

As you can see however, the legend is cut off on the right. Is there a way that I can create more space on the right side of the image so that I can see the full legend?

All tips are welcome!

In response to @mmgp I posted the following code below. As you can see by his answer I forgot to add bbox_inches='tight' to the savefig part. So for future readers to have a fully working code I just added the bbox_inches='tight' in the code below, which makes it work perfectly well.. :) :

from random import random
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties

mylist = []
for a in range(10):
    mylist.append([])
    for b in range(10):
        mylist[a].append(random())
        
x = range(len(mylist))
for enum, i in enumerate(mylist):
    plt.plot(x, mylist[enum], label='label_'+str(enum))

plt.grid(b=True)
fontP = FontProperties()
fontP.set_size('small')

variablesList = []
for i in range(10):
    variablesList.append('label_'+str(i))

legenda = plt.legend(variablesList, loc=0, prop = fontP, bbox_to_anchor=(1.0, 1.0))
plt.savefig('testplot.png', bbox_extra_artists=[legenda], bbox_inches='tight')

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1727

Answers (1)

mmgp
mmgp

Reputation: 19241

Almost there now, just add a new parameter in savefig: bbox_inches = 'tight'. That makes matplotlib figure out the needed size for your plot.

Upvotes: 7

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