Re: How do I overlap legend over plot border

Xin Xi,

The leg_10.ncl example draws one plot on top of another, but it is possible to attach one plot to the other, hence allowing you to panel them. I've created a new example, "leg_15.ncl" to show how to do this. It's attached.

--Mary

On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Xin Xi <xxi@gatech.edu> wrote:

> Thanks, Mary. I do understand the draw order issue here. I used a panel_plot, which makes it more complicated. For less pain, I will try to adjust the legend font and position to keep it within plot box.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Mary Haley <haley@ucar.edu> wrote:
> Please look at lg_10.ncl again. This example explains that you have to draw the plot twice in order to get the legend to cover up the grid lines. I think you are having the same issue with the tickmarks.
>
> The tick marks always want to be drawn last, and we don't appear to have a "DrawOrder" resource to specify them to get drawn in an earlier phase.
>
> Using lg_10.ncl as a guide, you will have to draw the plot once with the tick marks and legend turned on. Then draw the plot again with the tickmarks turned off (res@gsnTickMarksOn = False) but the legend still on. This way you get tickmarks, but the legend will be drawn on top of them.
>
> We already have a trouble-ticket for this very issue (NCL-148), so I'll be sure to add your email to it.
>
> --Mary
>
> On Jun 11, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Xin Xi wrote:
>
> > Hi Mary,
> > I did look at the examples, but the lgPerimFill does not work on the plot border. I have attached my figure.
> >
> > The related part of res is:
> >
> > resxy@pmLegendDisplayMode = "Always"
> > resxy@pmLegendSide = "Top"
> > resxy@pmLegendOrthogonalPosF = -0.3
> > resxy@pmLegendParallelPosF = .37
> > resxy@pmLegendWidthF = 0.06
> > resxy@pmLegendHeightF = 0.1
> > resxy@lgLabelFontHeightF = .01
> > resxy@lgPerimOn = True
> > resxy@lgPerimFill = "Solid" ; or "SolidFill", neither works.
> > resxy@lgPerimFillColor = "yellow"
> > resxy@xyExplicitLegendLabels = (/"a","b","c","d","e"/)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Mary Haley <haley@ucar.edu> wrote:
> > Did you look at example lg_10.ncl at:
> >
> > http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/legend.shtml
> >
> > This talks about using lgPerimFill and lgPerimFillColor.
> >
> > If you are trying these resources and it still doesn't work, then please provide your script and data, if possible, so we can take a look. You can use our ftp site to upload the files:
> >
> > http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/report_bug.shtml#HowToFTP
> >
> > --Mary
> >
> >
> > On Jun 11, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Xin Xi wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi How can I make the legend appear above the plot border? Even if I set lgPerim to solidfill, it is still transparent to the plot box. Pls see attached example. Thanks.
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