legendkit.hstack

legendkit.hstack(legends, ax=None, *, orientation: str = 'horizontal', spacing=2, padding=2, align='baseline', mode='fixed', loc='lower left', frameon=False, bbox_to_anchor=None, bbox_transform=None, deviation=0.05, title: str = None, title_loc: str = 'top', titlepad=0, alignment: str = 'center', title_fontproperties: Dict = None)

Stack multiple artists together

Parameters:

legendslist of legends or artists

axThe axes to draw upon

orientation{‘vertical’, ‘horizontal’}

spacingfloat

The space between legends

paddingfloat

The space around the legends

alignstr

mode

loc

frameon

bbox_to_anchor

bbox_transform

deviationfloat

The space that deviate from axes

titlestr

The text of title

title_loc{‘top’, ‘bottom’, ‘left’, ‘right’}

The location of title

titlepadfloat

The space between title and legend entries

alignment{‘left’, ‘center’, ‘right’}

The alignment of the elements inside box

title_fontpropertiesdict

The font dict that configurate title

Examples

Horizontal stack

>>> from legendkit import cat_legend, hstack
>>> _, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3, 1)); ax.set_axis_off()
>>> args = dict(colors = ["#A7D2CB", "#F2D388"],
...             labels = ["Item 1", "Item 2"])
>>> legs = [cat_legend(**args, title=f"Legend {i+1}") for i in range(3)]
>>> hstack(legs, title="Horizontal Stack", loc="center", spacing=10, ax=ax)

>>> from legendkit import cat_legend, vstack
>>> _, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3, 3)); ax.set_axis_off()
>>> args = dict(colors = ["#A7D2CB", "#F2D388"],
...             labels = ["Item 1", "Item 2"])
>>> legs = [cat_legend(**args, title=f"Legend {i+1}") for i in range(3)]
>>> vstack(legs, title="Vertical Stack", loc="center", spacing=10, ax=ax)