mpllegends

Customizable standalone matplotlib legends.

Installation

For now, only direct download from the GitHub Repository is supported, so just clone it locally or download a ZIP file of the code. If you are using Miniforge, you can create and activate a clean environment like this:

conda create -n my_new_env python=3.11

conda activate my_new_env

If you want to build the package locally and install it, you should use these commands from the root directory of the repository:

python install flit

flit buil

python -m pip install .

If you want to use an editable version of the package, e.g. if you want to contribute to the project and test your own changes, skip the commands above and use this one:

python -m pip install -e "path/to/the/mpllengends/dir/"

Usage

from mpllegends.entries import Line, Marker, Rectangle
from mpllegends.legend import Legend

legend = Legend(
    ncol=3, borderpad=0.5, fontweight='bold', fontsize='large',
    columnspacing=1.5
)

legend.add_entry(Line(label='Test Line', color='r'))
legend.add_entry(
    Marker(
        label='Test Marker', marker='o', markersize=12,
        facecolor='b', edgecolor='g'
    )
)
legend.add_entry(Rectangle(label='Test Rect', color='#111111'))

legend.create()

legend.save('example_legend.pdf')
legend.save('example_legend.png', dpi=300)

legend.show()

License

See the LICENSE file for further information.