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LegendOrientation

LegendOrientation

is an option for Legend that specifies the direction in which key boxes are laid out.

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LegendOrientation

As of Version 9, all the functionality of the PlotLegends package is built into the Wolfram System. »

LegendOrientation

is an option for Legend that specifies the direction in which key boxes are laid out.

Details and Options

  • To use LegendOrientation, you first need to load the Plot Legends Package using Needs["PlotLegends`"].
  • The following settings can be given:
  • Horizontalleft to right
    Verticaltop to bottom

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Wolfram Language code: Needs["PlotLegends`"]

Legend keys are next to each other:

Wolfram Language code: Plot[{Sin[x], Cos[x]}, {x, 0, 2Pi}, PlotLegend -> {"sine", "cosine"}, LegendOrientation -> Horizontal]

Legend keys are above one another:

Wolfram Language code: Plot[{Sin[x], Cos[x]}, {x, 0, 2Pi}, PlotLegend -> {"sine", "cosine"}, LegendOrientation -> Vertical]
Wolfram Research (2007), LegendOrientation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendOrientation.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), LegendOrientation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendOrientation.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "LegendOrientation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendOrientation.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). LegendOrientation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendOrientation.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_legendorientation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LegendOrientation}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendOrientation.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_legendorientation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LegendOrientation}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/LegendOrientation.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}