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[Matplotlib-users] legend whitespace offset

[Steve S. <el...@gm...>]

Hi

I discovered that when I plot many (e.g. 20) data sets in one plot and 
request a normal boxed legend the whitespace between the lower and upper 
box bounds and the firet and last legend entries increases with the 
number of data sets (i.e. legend entries). Is there a way to make this 
whitespace offset independent from the length of the legend?

cheers,
steve

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Re: [Matplotlib-users] legend whitespace offset

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Schmerler <el...@gm...> writes:


    Steve> Hi I discovered that when I plot many (e.g. 20) data sets
    Steve> in one plot and request a normal boxed legend the
    Steve> whitespace between the lower and upper box bounds and the
    Steve> firet and last legend entries increases with the number of
    Steve> data sets (i.e. legend entries). Is there a way to make
    Steve> this whitespace offset independent from the length of the
    Steve> legend?

Not currently, though it is a good idea.  Right now you can control
the legend "pad" which is the fractional whitespace inside the legend
border.  So you should be able to tweak this parameter in the final
output to get something that looks about right, but having this in
points rather than in relative coords makes more sense ultimately.

JDH