Re: setLegendPosition() does not associate with changing layout of legendItem.

[lingfa Y. <li...@br...>]

lingfa Yang wrote:
> Dear Qwt developer,
>
> Bottom and Top legends prefer a horizontal item layout, and Left and 
> Right legends prefer a vertical item layout.
> Both work well if they are inserted before adding QwtPlotCurves.
> But, later, if one decides to change the position, for example, from 
> BottomLegend to RightLegend, the horizontal layout does not 
> automatically switch to vertical one, which I think it should. 
> Otherwise, it just looks not good.
>
> The other minor question is is it possible to draw a tight box around 
> legend items, instead of a wide/long box the same width/height with the 
> canvas?
>
> Thanks,
> Lingfa
>   
Actually, most often people put legend on right-top corner inside the 
canvas if there is enough space (not overlap with curves). It seems Qwt 
library does not support this, right?
I actually prefer a free legend position, which allow user to specify.

Lingfa