

Set the font color as Auto on the Format toolbar or right-click the legend to select the Properties from the context menu to set the color to Auto in the Object Properties dialog.Notes: To make the legend text color follow the legend symbol color such as Note that some buttons will not be active unless you are in "in-place" edit mode (Ctrl + double-click to enter). Use the tools on the Format toolbar to format your text (including any substitution notation text).Ĭlick on the legend object to select it, then use the buttons on the Format toolbar. groupings) among entries.Ĭtrl + double-click on the legend text to enter "in-place" edit mode and insert your text directly into the legend object. Beginning with Origin 2022b, you can create irregular spacings (i.e. On the Text tab, edit the Line Spacing (%) list (enter value or choose from list). To change the line spacing between legend entries:ĭouble-click on the legend object to open the Legend dialog box.At the graph page level, click the Legends/Titles tab, then enter a Legend Symbol Width (% of Font) (Note that the effect of this control varies depending upon plot element for instance, it has no effect on symbol size of a line + symbol plot but it will increase the length of the line segment). Right-click on graph and choose Plot Details. To increase the legend symbol width (the horizontal space devoted to the legend symbol):.Note: For the legend for 3D graph, you are also allowed to adjust the padding like this. Drag a handle to add or subtract padding. Point to outside edge of the legend object and when the pointer becomes a "hand", click once to show handles. To adjust padding between legend entries and the background:.Note that you cannot do this when Wrap Text is enabled. Select the 2D legend object, then hold Ctrl key to drag one of the green handles to arrange the legend entries into multiple columns.

To arrange legend entries into multiple columns:.Select the legend object, then drag one of the green handles. Alternately, use the controls on the Legend dialog's Frame tab to modify Border Width and Color. Use the Line/Border Width list to set the line width. Use the Line/Border Color button on the Style toolbar to edit line color. To modify thickness or color of the line around the legend object (Frame = Box or Shadow):Ĭlick to select the legend object.If you set a background color, you may want to clear the White Out box on the Text tab. Optionally, set Fill Color, Border Color, etc. Click the Frame tab and set Frame to None, Box, Shadow or Marble. To display the toolbar, click to select the legend or color scale object.Ĭlick to select the legend then press the Delete key, or right-click and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.ĭouble-click on the legend object to open the Legend dialog box. Available buttons will vary by plot/legend type. There are Mini Toolbars dedicated to legend and color scale customization. Presing Ctrl + double-clicking on the graph legend text opens the Legend dialog box. To enter "in-place" edit mode double-click.ĭouble-clicking on the graph legend symbol opens the Plot Details dialog box.To open the Legend dialog box, press Ctrl + double-click on the graph legend text or right-click and choose Properties.

Since the legend is a text object, you can edit it using methods common to all text objects: At times, a manual edit of the legend object is the quickest way to get the job done. However, you are not limited to programmed legends.

This image of a typical legend's Object Properties dialog box shows the LabTalk notation in the center of the dialog and the "translated" legend symbol and legend text - what you actually see on the graph page - in the lower part of the dialog. Normally, what displays is the "translated" symbol and legend text. You will not see this notation unless you are editing the legend object. The legend object is given a specific name - "Legend" - and programmatically linked to your Origin project data using LabTalk notation. The graph legend is a special text object that is automatically created on the graph page. The four graph legends above share the following components: For information on scale objects, see Color Scales and Bubble Scales. Origin supports four legend objects and two scale objects.
