我有一系列20幅图(不是子图)要在一个图中绘制。我希望图例在框外。同时,我不想改变轴,因为图形的大小会变小。

我希望图例框位于绘图区域之外(我希望图例位于绘图区域的右侧)。有没有办法减小图例框内文本的字体大小,使图例框的大小变小?


当前回答

只需在plot()调用之后调用legend(),如下所示:

# Matplotlib
plt.plot(...)
plt.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5))

# Pandas
df.myCol.plot().legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5))

结果如下:

其他回答

我只使用字符串“左中”作为位置,就像在MATLAB中一样。

我从Matplotlib导入了pylab。

代码如下:

from matplotlib as plt
from matplotlib.font_manager import FontProperties

t = A[:, 0]
sensors = A[:, index_lst]

for i in range(sensors.shape[1]):
    plt.plot(t, sensors[:, i])

plt.xlabel('s')
plt.ylabel('°C')
lgd = plt.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5), fancybox = True, shadow = True)

你也可以试试figlegend。可以创建独立于任何Axes对象的图例。但是,您可能需要创建一些“虚拟”路径,以确保正确传递对象的格式。

简短回答:在图例上调用可拖动功能,并将其交互式移动到您想要的任何位置:

ax.legend().draggable()

长篇大论:如果您更喜欢交互式/手动放置图例,而不是以编程方式放置图例,则可以切换图例的可拖动模式,以便将其拖动到任何位置。检查以下示例:

import matplotlib.pylab as plt
import numpy as np
#define the figure and get an axes instance
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
#plot the data
x = np.arange(-5, 6)
ax.plot(x, x*x, label='y = x^2')
ax.plot(x, x*x*x, label='y = x^3')
ax.legend().draggable()
plt.show()

从Joe的代码开始,这个方法修改了窗口宽度,以自动适应图右侧的图例。

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

plt.ion()

x = np.arange(10)

fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(111)

for i in xrange(5):
    ax.plot(x, i * x, label='$y = %ix$'%i)

# Put a legend to the right of the current axis
leg = ax.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5))

plt.draw()

# Get the ax dimensions.
box = ax.get_position()
xlocs = (box.x0,box.x1)
ylocs = (box.y0,box.y1)

# Get the figure size in inches and the dpi.
w, h = fig.get_size_inches()
dpi = fig.get_dpi()

# Get the legend size, calculate new window width and change the figure size.
legWidth = leg.get_window_extent().width
winWidthNew = w*dpi+legWidth
fig.set_size_inches(winWidthNew/dpi,h)

# Adjust the window size to fit the figure.
mgr = plt.get_current_fig_manager()
mgr.window.wm_geometry("%ix%i"%(winWidthNew,mgr.window.winfo_height()))

# Rescale the ax to keep its original size.
factor = w*dpi/winWidthNew
x0 = xlocs[0]*factor
x1 = xlocs[1]*factor
width = box.width*factor
ax.set_position([x0,ylocs[0],x1-x0,ylocs[1]-ylocs[0]])

plt.draw()

有很多方法可以做你想做的事。为了补充Christian Alis和Navi已经说过的内容,您可以使用bbox_To_anchor关键字参数将图例部分放在轴外和/或减小字体大小。

在考虑减小字体大小(这可能会使内容非常难以阅读)之前,请尝试将图例放在不同的位置:

因此,让我们从一个通用示例开始:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(10)

fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(111)

for i in xrange(5):
    ax.plot(x, i * x, label='$y = %ix$' % i)

ax.legend()

plt.show()

如果我们做同样的事情,但使用bbox_to_anchor关键字参数,我们可以将图例稍微移到轴边界之外:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(10)

fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(111)

for i in xrange(5):
    ax.plot(x, i * x, label='$y = %ix$' % i)

ax.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.1, 1.05))

plt.show()

类似地,使图例更水平和/或放在图的顶部(我还打开了圆角和简单的阴影):

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(10)

fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(111)

for i in xrange(5):
    line, = ax.plot(x, i * x, label='$y = %ix$'%i)

ax.legend(loc='upper center', bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, 1.05),
          ncol=3, fancybox=True, shadow=True)
plt.show()

或者,缩小当前绘图的宽度,并将图例完全放在图形的轴之外(注意:如果使用了tight_layout(),则省略ax.set_position():

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(10)

fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(111)

for i in xrange(5):
    ax.plot(x, i * x, label='$y = %ix$'%i)

# Shrink current axis by 20%
box = ax.get_position()
ax.set_position([box.x0, box.y0, box.width * 0.8, box.height])

# Put a legend to the right of the current axis
ax.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 0.5))

plt.show()

以类似的方式,垂直缩小绘图,并在底部放置一个水平图例:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(10)

fig = plt.figure()
ax = plt.subplot(111)

for i in xrange(5):
    line, = ax.plot(x, i * x, label='$y = %ix$'%i)

# Shrink current axis's height by 10% on the bottom
box = ax.get_position()
ax.set_position([box.x0, box.y0 + box.height * 0.1,
                 box.width, box.height * 0.9])

# Put a legend below current axis
ax.legend(loc='upper center', bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, -0.05),
          fancybox=True, shadow=True, ncol=5)

plt.show()

查看matplotlib图例指南。您还可以查看plt.figlegend()。