# Remove border around area legend rectangle

I have a legend with the option area legend to draw a little rectangle in the legend instead of a line segment. There is a border around the rectangle I would like to either remove or make the same color as the actual rectangle. How is this done?

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 How do you want some help? You didn't even provide any of the command used to draw this area! – Lionel MANSUY Feb 25 at 13:55 the command is area legend – Man of One Way Feb 25 at 13:55 It does not: \addplot +[fill=grey0, draw=none] – Man of One Way Feb 25 at 13:58 @ManofOneWay using your command gives me "undefined control sequence" – Lionel MANSUY Feb 25 at 13:59 @Jake Noticed. Thank you – Man of One Way Feb 25 at 14:02

To hide the border both in the plot and in the legend, you should use draw opacity=0 in the \addplot options instead of draw=none:

\documentclass[border=5mm] {standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\addplot [fill=yellow,draw opacity=0, area legend] coordinates {(0,0) (2,1) (4,1)} \closedcycle;
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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That worked perfectly. Thank you! – Man of One Way Feb 25 at 14:01

Another possibility is to change the area legend style so that draw=none actually takes effect. (Example taken from the pgfplots manual, page 173.)

## Code

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{
/pgfplots/area legend/.style={%
/pgfplots/legend image code/.code={%
\fill[##1] (0cm,-0.1cm) rectangle (0.6cm,0.1cm);
}%
},
}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
area legend,
axis x line=bottom,
axis y line=left,
domain=0:1,
legend style={at={(0.03,0.97)},anchor=north west},
axis on top,xmin=0]
pattern=crosshatch dots,
pattern color=blue,
draw=none,
samples=500] {sqrt(x)} \closedcycle;
pattern=crosshatch,
pattern color=blue!30!white,
draw=blue!30!white] {x^2} \closedcycle;
\legend{$\sqrt x$,$x^2$,$x$}
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


## Output

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Could you post this as a bug report? – Jake Feb 25 at 14:06
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