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Legend entry with curve fits
I am plotting two data sets with curve fits added manually (by defining two functions). How can I edit my legend entry to combine the data points and lines into one icon? So instead of having four ...
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Missing mark at legend for tikz bar chart
I have the following code:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\pgfplotstableread{ % Read the data into a table macro
Label First Second Third
test 30 30 40
}\datatable
\begin{axis}[
xbar ...
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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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2answers
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How to modify the image of an legend entry
I have the following code
\documentclass[tikz,convert={size=640}]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
legend entries={simulation sample 1,
...
2
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pgfplots: Scatter plot with multiple series side-by-side
I have multiple machines on which I did benchmarks. Now I wan to use pgfplots to show multiple y values (the variance in the measurement) for a single x value (a benchmark parameter) within a single ...
2
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1answer
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Global legend for multiple figures
Similar to this question, I need output as follows but in a neat way. My solution code is not neat any more: I added a dummy axis to use its legend. Also the legend must be at top of the page.
Here ...
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line legend for mesh plots
I am doing a group plot of related curves. Since they are related by a parameter, I want to color them according to (a function of) that parameter. For that purpose, I used the mesh option, and then ...
4
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1answer
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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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1answer
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How to generate a separate legend picture?
I want to generate a tikzpicture which only contains the legends, and not the plots themselves.
I use the following code and it returns an error: ! Package pgfplots Error: Sorry, the supplied plot ...
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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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2answers
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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 ...
2
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1answer
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ytick pgfplot issue
I have the following latex code but unfortunately cannot get the ytick to be of my choice.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
...
5
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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 ...
5
votes
1answer
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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 ...
2
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1answer
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How to make the legend border tighter?
I am trying to make the legend border tighter. What is the \begin{axis}[legend style={...}] property to adjust the legend border (both width and height of the border)?
\documentclass{article}
...
3
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How can I adjust the column width of legend in PGFplots?
I would like to adjust the width of the legend lines (images) in PGFplots. Since legend is a TikZ matrix, I can adjust the separation between lines, space between text and lines by changing the matrix ...
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vote
0answers
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fix position legend in pgfplot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Put legend (pgfplots) below the plot
I'm trying to set correctly the right position of the legend of my plot. I would have the legend just bottom right of my plot. Any ...
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0answers
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LaTex Pgfplots Two axes 1 legend [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using a pgfplots-style legend in a plain-old tikzpicture
I'm trying to accomplish this: I have a plot with two y-axes. The first y has two plots, the second has one. I ...
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How can I adjust the width of legend images in PGFPlots?
I am using pgfplots to create charts. How can I adjust the width of images of legend entries?
I have adjusted plot coordinates in legend image code in the line legend style, but this not worked ...
3
votes
1answer
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Put legend (pgfplots) below the plot
I have a pgfplot where the legend is right to the plot. I create the plot as follows:
\begin{axis}[
scale only axis,
xmode=log,
ymode=log,
width=7cm,
legend cell align=left,
...
4
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2answers
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pgfplot column chart legend shape
I have the following code in Latex using gpfplot. The legend in the generated graph always looks like the image attached. There are two boxes instead of one for each entry. Why this is happening? How ...
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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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1answer
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Marker color in legend
Since I updated to TexLive2012 yesterday, I can't get ant colored markers in my legend. Where as first I could put the following in the \addlegendentry options, it now won't work. ...
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2answers
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pgfplotstable: How to access column name?
I have used \pgfplotstableset to assign column names in the preamble. However, I don't know how to access them.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{pgfplots, pgfplotstable, ...
8
votes
1answer
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Pgfplots axis, option to remove (or ignore) legends
Is there an option in pgfplots at the axis level or a setting of legend style option, that would effectively ignore the subsequent legend entries in the plot?
\documentclass{article} ...
6
votes
1answer
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Is it possible to combine cases with pgfplots legend?
I would like to print a function and add a legend which makes use of cases.
The current code is:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{2mm}
...
3
votes
1answer
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Use symbols with \label and \ref in custom legend
I would like to build a legend entry that refers to two simultaneous plots, because it is more intuitive to do so. I use \label and \ref to refer to the plot symbols, but they are shifted in the ...
4
votes
1answer
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Manually add legend symbols in text (without \label and \ref)
I would like to add legend symbols from pgfplots in my text.
I am aware of the possibility to use the \label and \ref commands
but my setup is complicated and I fear that making it work will more
time ...
1
vote
1answer
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Vertically aligned legend to PGFPlots subplots
What I want to do is to have 3 PGFPlots subplots and the legend arranged in four equally sized boxes. However, when I use the following code, in the output the legend is not vertically aligned with ...
6
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1answer
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Custom legend for intensity plot
I created an intensity-plot (x and y axes are positions, the color of the point gives the intensity) in an external program (igor pro) and included the "bare" plot via the \addplot graphics command ...
2
votes
1answer
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Plots with only a few scattered marks and correct legend
I would like to draw several plots with lines and only a few marks.
The markes are irregularely spaced, so I used a method alluded to in
the pgfplots manual, section 4.8.5 (Legend appearance), page ...
2
votes
1answer
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How can I add a legend in aligned subplots
I want to have two subplots with the same x axis aligned above one another.
In the manual I read, that I should use \matrix{} to achieve this.
Now I want to have legends in both plots. But since the ...
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Legend referencing in caption *and* externalization
I am trying to make a reference to a plot inside a figure's caption
while using the externalize library.
The issue of plot reference using externalization has already been
raised in this question.
I ...
2
votes
2answers
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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 ...
5
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
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pgfplots particular legend
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{width=10cm}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\makeatletter \newcommand{\pgfplotsdrawaxis}{\pgfplots@draw@axis} \makeatother
\pgfplotsset{axis line ...
9
votes
1answer
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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 ...
8
votes
1answer
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Translator doesn't work in external pgfplot legend
I would like to have my pgfplot legend automatically translated wrt the language used in my article. Thus, I use to use the translator package, which a very easy and pleasant solution. It works like a ...
5
votes
1answer
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pgfplots: alignment and size of math in legend
The legend entries created by a more complex math formula as in this example are overlapping and the alignment to the lines is wrong.
\documentclass[]{scrbook}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
...
9
votes
1answer
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pgfplots: Legends in multiple y-axis plot overlapping
I am trying to add a legend for two plots on two different y-axes, however they are overlapping each other and each one is being written in its own box. I would like for both of them to share a single ...
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2answers
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pgfplots: legendentrys are wrong
I'm using pgfplots to plot a lot of data as you can see below. For some of the plots I'v specified a legendentry, but the marks for these plots are not shown in the legend. does anyone know where the ...
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colors and legend in groupplots
In order to create a nice plot for the comparison of three different sites I'm using the groupplot command. Now for every site I have seven different criterias to compare. So far the plot looks like
...
8
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1answer
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pgfplots: externalization and legend referencing
There are some issues when using the pgfplots option legend to name together with externalization. When I disable externalization, everything works fine. When I enable externalization, I get an error
...
2
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0answers
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pgfplots - subplots with common legend [closed]
This is a followup question of this one. It uses the same MWE but about a different issue so a separate it here. I used Tikz node to create the custom legend but used absolute positioning to place it ...
3
votes
1answer
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pgfplots, custom legend and tikz library external
I try to create Tikz figure with several pgfplots subplots. I want to have one legend for them since they all have the same curves. I found out from this question that i can label and than reference ...
5
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1answer
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Pgfplots: put plot legend on the outside margin?
I use classsicthesis style for my PhD. Since this style is somehow geared towards using the outside margin for additional notes and stuff, I thought I could also place the legends of my plots there. I ...
2
votes
1answer
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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 ...
