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pgfplots scale legend position when below xlabel

When using matlab2tikz to generate a .tikz from Matlab where the legend location is set to 'SouthOutside' (below the ylabel of figure), the position of the legend will cover the ylabel unless the ...
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New line in pgfplots/tikz not displaying in TeX

I have a multiple-line legend entry to preserve the width of my figure. I can use \newline in Matlab and the legend entry is split between two lines. When I produce a .tikz of the figure however, I ...
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How to add legend to contour plots?

The following does not work: \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz,pgfplots} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[view={0}{90},legend entries={foo,bar}] % 'legend entries' causes ...
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How to draw horizontal(row) legend without the surronding rectangle?

I found the following code to manually draw legend, but it produces vertical(column) legend. How to draw it horizontally? I don't want surrounding rectangle also. \documentclass{article} ...
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How to manually draw horizontal legend and place it correctly in tikz?

This is my tikz code to draw some plots. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz,subfig} \begin{document} \begin{figure} \centering \subfloat[Iteration Domain for a Tile]{ ...
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votes
1answer
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Legend position & bad x ticks scale

I'm currently experimenting tikz-pgf, but facing some strong behaviour. How is it possible to have only 1 legend for a groupplot? Why is the scale 10^(-3) appearing below the first plot? Here is ...
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Problem of superimpose and how to change legend symbol

Given the plot as follows I have two problems: a and b are superimposed on each other, how should I make this clear on the graph? How could I change legend c to other icons like star? (It looks a ...
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Pgfplots, Legend Color

I have the following problem: I Have a TikZ Picture with two data plots, each with a different color. I want each one to appear in the legend, and I'm using \addlegendentry. The problem is that Latex ...
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1answer
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Two columns in legend in pgfplots

I know how to create a legend in a pgfplots plot. See Legend in tikzpicture and Using a pgfplots-style legend in a plain-old tikzpicture. But I do not know how I can create a legend with two ...
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Using node shapes or self made tikzpicture as image in legend

I am using the solutions of Using a pgfplots-style legend in a plain-old tikzpicture and Legend in tikzpicture to create a legend in a tikzpicture. In this legend I need a cylinder as image. I ...
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votes
1answer
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Legend in tikzpicture

I am looking for a way to create a legend in a regular tikzpicture. I found this Using a pgfplots-style legend in a plain-old tikzpicture but I don't know how to put the legend at the wanted ...
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Using a pgfplots-style legend in a plain-old tikzpicture

I am using a plain-old tikzpicture to produce a pie-chart-like plot. Now, all other plots in my paper are handled using pgfplots (which doesn't do pie charts) and have their legend typeset by ...
2
votes
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Legend with Markers for Mesh Plot

I use a mesh plot with scatter points (2d) where the colors are determined from a third coordinate of the data as described in this question. The legend however should contain the markers of a curve ...
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votes
1answer
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How to correct for a xshift in the pgfplot legend?

Using the following example code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ xlabel=$x$, ...
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1answer
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pgfplots: prevent single plot from being listed in legend

In order to fill the area between two complex curves I use tables and the vertcat command (see Fill between two curves in pgfplots.). Now I don't want the plotted area to appear in my legend, just ...
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Add a legend title to the legend box with pgfplots?

I am using the awesome pgfplots package to draw some plots. I usually use \addlegendentry and get a nice default legend box. There are some options for legend box placement and layout (e.g. number of ...