Legend (command)
Legend-cmd
Creates a legend for the active graph window or updates the current legend if one exists.
Syntax:
legend [option]
Options:
no option, Creates if no legend or update the legend on the active graph window
Syntax: legend
Creates or update a legend on the active graph window. If the original legend contains unnecessary lines not associated with any data plot (indicated as "####"), these lines will be eliminated by this command. This is useful, for example, when the graph is created from a template which contains many legend items.
-ah, rearrange legend entries horizontally into one row
Syntax: legend -ah
Rearrange legend entries horizontally into one row.
Also, see the label command flag -al.
-av, rearrange legend entries vertically into one column
Syntax: legend -av
Rearrange legend entries vertically into one column.
-d, Reset legend position
Syntax: legend -d
Reset legend position
-r, reconstruct a best fit legend
Syntax: legend -r
Reconstruct a best fit legend on the active graph window. This is equivalent to the menu Graph:Legend:Reconstruct Legend. When this is executed, Origin will create a most suitable legend based on the graph type and graph customization. Possible legend types to be reconstructed are legend for data plots, legend for box chart components, point by point legend and legend for categorical values. For details on each type of legend, you can refer to the Graph Legends, Color Scale and Bubble Scale chapter in the Origin Help book.
-s, create a legend in the parent layer
Syntax: legend -s
If...
and...
- Include Data Plots from All Layers is selected on the Legends tab of the graph template's Plot Details dialog box...
then, it creates a legend in the parent layer -- or if no parent layer exists, in the active layer -- that includes data sets from all layers.This is equivalent to menu command Graph:New Legend (CTRL + L), when Include Data Plots from All Layers is selected on the Legends tab of the Plot Details dialog box.
Syntax: legend -sa
auto update legend
-p, Add the label to the individual plot using the information in the Parameters row
Syntax: legend -p
Used to label the individual line plots of active graph window, using the information stored in the Parameters row.
-tt, Legend text color follows plot
Syntax: legend -tt
Toggle legend text color follows plot
-v, Reverse the order in legend for data plots
Minimum Origin Version Required: 2015 SR0
Syntax: legend -v
If the current legend is for data plots and it has never been manually updated, use this command to reverse the order of data plot entries in the legend. It is equivalent to menu Graph:Legend:Reverse Order.
See Also:
Label (command)
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