vis/directgraphics/
mg_legend.pro
Create a legend in direct graphics plots.
Examples
Try the main-level program at the end of this file:
IDL> .run mg_legend
Routines
top mg_legend
mg_legend [, background=color] [, item_color=byte/long] [, item_linestyle=long] [, item_name=string] [, item_psym=long] [, item_symsize=float] [, item_thick=float] [, color=byte/long'] [, line_length=float] [, gap=float] [, /frame] [, line_height=float] [, _extra=keywords]
Create a legend.
Keywords
- background in optional type=color
background color of legend
- item_color in optional type=byte/long
color of each line/symbol for each item in the legend
- item_linestyle in optional type=long
linestyle of the line segment for each item in the legend
- item_name in optional type=string
name of each item in the legend
- item_psym in optional type=long
symbol to use for each item in the legend
- item_symsize in optional type=float
size of each symbol in the legend
- item_thick in optional type=float
thickness of each line segment in the legend
- color in optional type=byte/long'
color of item names
- line_length in optional type=float default=0.15
length of item line segment
- gap in optional type=float default=0.15
size of gap between item symbol/line and item name
- frame in optional type=boolean
set to put a frame around the legend
- line_height in optional type=float default=0.0
height of a line of text in data coordinates i.e. 0..nitems-1
- _extra in optional type=keywords
keywords to PLOT, XYOUTS
Other attributes
- Todo:
LINE_LENGTH and GAP should be specified in something besides normal coords
File attributes
Modification date: | Wed May 14 15:07:15 2014 |
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Docformat: | rst rst |
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