Changes LEGEND fontsize while maintaining proper alignment between the legend's text strings and line symbols.
Example: Double the fontsize
hLeg = legend(h,'string1','string2',...);
resize_legend(hLeg, 2);
See graphics snapshot below for a DEMO.
Cite As
Denis Gilbert (2021). resize_legend (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/2190-resize_legend), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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This code cannot work in R2014b or later.
Code uses legend's children to increase the font size. There are no children of legend in aforementioned versions of Matlab.
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/graphics_transition/why-is-the-children-property-empty-for-some-objects.html
Matlab has implemented this as built-in functions from R2014b. Please check the examples on
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/legend.html
Not working with Matlab R2016a.
Tried resize_test.m (included file)
Showing below error.
l=legend(...)
get(l,'Children')
% returns
% 0x0 empty GraphicsPlaceholder array
it's really helpful. thx
it's really helpful. it's what i want to achieve in my code. and Thank you!
Very helpful...controlled resize of legends was exactly what I was trying to learn to do...Thanks