Re: [Matplotlib-users] Looking for additional help about moving a legend

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Jonathan Bruck <jdt...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Forgive me as this is the first time I've posted here. I've asked a
> question on StackOverFlow:
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10101700/moving-matplotlib-legend-outside-of-the-axis-makes-it-cutoff-by-the-figure-box#comment12952803_10101700
>
> The question relates to adjusting the size of the figure box to
> accommodate a large legend when the legend is placed below instead of on
> top of the axes.
>
> I thought I'd post here to see if there are any other answers to avoiding
> having the figure box cut off the bottom of the legend.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jonathan
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> E: jdt...@gm...
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>
If you only care about saving the figure, the savefig() method can take
bbox='tight' and bbox_extra_artists=[legnd_obj] arguments (assuming you
save the legend to such a variable.  As for on-screen displays, I have yet
to find a solution.

Ben Root