legendflex.m: a more flexible, customizable legend
Create a legend with more flexible positioning and labeling capabilities
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Cite As
Kelly Kearney (2026). legendflex.m: a more flexible, customizable legend (https://github.com/kakearney/legendflex-pkg), GitHub. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired by: SETPOS 1.2 - GETPOS 1.2
General Information
- Version 1.9.0.1 (121 KB)
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MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
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| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
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| 1.9.0.1 | linked GitHub readme |
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| 1.9.0.0 | Updated description (which was erased when the github link was added) |
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| 1.8.0.0 | - Corrected some remaining R2014b bugs; all graphics handles should now be objects rather than numeric if running in R2014b or later.
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| 1.7.0.0 | Added note regarding legendflex with the Latex interpreter |
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| 1.6.0.0 | Added parameter to modify padding between legend box and text/symbols |
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| 1.5.0.0 | - updated for R2014b graphics |
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| 1.4.0.0 | Now respects manual changes made by user (including legend height, width, and units) when resizing. |
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| 1.3.0.0 | Fixed bug where very wide titles were not completely enclosed in legend box. |
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| 1.2.0.0 | bug fixes: fixed error in function resize if you delete the legend, fixed minor vertical alignment issue |
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| 1.1.0.0 | Figure resize now re-links legend and labeled objects with updated line/patch properties. |
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| 1.0.0.0 |
