Legend position change after printing

I draw a bar figure and set the legend using
leg = legend('w/s QOS','w/o QOS','Location','best');
And then I try to save the figure using print
fig2.PaperPositionMode = 'manual';
fig2.PaperUnits = 'points';
fig2.PaperPosition = ([0 0 1920 1080]);
print('./figure/delay_avg','-djpeg');
The following figure is what I have in Matlab window
and the figure below is the figure saved in the file
As you can see, the position of the legend changes. Is this a bug of Matlab? I'm using R2015a

Answers (6)

I have the same issue in 2014b. A big problem for a large automated report with thousands of figures.
Abhinav Gupta
Abhinav Gupta on 21 May 2022
Edited: Abhinav Gupta on 21 May 2022
This problem still exists in the R2021b. It would be great if this could be fixed!
Found a workaround :
l = findobj(gcf, 'type', 'legend');
set(l, 'Location', 'none');
before printing. It disables auto layout for legend and uses its current 'position' for printing. It works for me in R2017b.
Hi Junyi,
I work for MathWorks and I have forwarded this feedback to the appropriate product team.
Regards,
Rohit

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What was the answer of the appropriate product team?

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Use
set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto');
before printing. It works for me (R1015b).
Indeed, I just ran into the same issue in Matlab R2021b.
Please fix it!

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on 2 Oct 2015

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