Re: [Matplotlib-users] Rotate legend ?

[Naoli <na...@tu...>]

Such a shame... Anyway, I'm glad to learn horizontal bars are possible, I'll
try it.

Thanks for your answers.

Naoli



2009/3/1 Jae-Joon Lee <lee...@gm...>

> Horizontal bar is possible, although i'm not sure it fits your need.
>
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/barh_demo.html
>
> Anyhow, with the current mpl, I guess it is much easy to make the
> horizontal bars with rectangle patches (in case barh does not do what
> you want), rather than trying to rotate the legend.
>
> -JJ
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:34 AM, Naoli <na...@tu...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > thanks for the answer. That's what I thought.
> > I'm using a bar chart plot to do a Gantt Project planner (please see
> > example). Since it's not possible to draw horizontal bars, I plot a
> "normal"
> > bar chart (vertical bars) and rotate the whole figure (please see
> attached
> > file), this is why I need the legend to be 90°-rotated, so that it's in
> the
> > right position afterall.
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > N.
> >
> >
> > 2009/3/1 Jae-Joon Lee <lee...@gm...>
> >>
> >> I don' think these is a straight forward way to rotate the legend as a
> >> whole.
> >> As a matter of fact, it is hardly possible with the current
> >> implementation of the legend class. Could you explain why do you want
> >> to have a rotated legend? An example figure (from other plotting
> >> package) will be very helpful. If a rotated legend is desirable, I'll
> >> work on to support it.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> -JJ
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Naoli <na...@tu...> wrote:
> >> > Hi guys,
> >> >
> >> > I was wondering if it's possible to rotate a legend ?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help.
> >> >
> >> > Naoli
> >> >
> >> >
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