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How do I handle map legend with tens of classes using QGIS? I searched for instructional videos and previous post relating to the question but could not find any helpful material. The legend text in the map below are partly invisible, I would like to have all the legend text visible.

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N.B: I thought of having the legend part as a second page on the print composer but on importing the map, the legend part was not printed.

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    unasked-for review: that map is...difficult to read, to say the least. it sems you have chosen random colors, and I'd say that is a mistake. it will be hard to differ between similar colors, and it's overcrowded with colors. take your time and try to group your entries further; use blue for alluvial and symbol fills for different grain sizes or sth., have an addidional symbol fill for Crystalline Acid Rock maybe to be used on top of the colors, and so on. that way, the legend will get more structured and the label text will shorten. it gets a little trickier, though ,)
    – geozelot
    Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 9:15
  • @ThingumaBob, thanks for the suggestion. I agree the map is quite rough, i had to georeference a scanned map from FAO thereafter i created a new spatial layer ,adding features as polygons. Have you any idea how i could improve the results of the georeferenced map?
    – Learner
    Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 9:48
  • If you want more extensive help improving the readability of your map, I suggest posting a new question with the cartography tag.
    – csk
    Commented Sep 28, 2018 at 14:12

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I couldn't find word wrap option for labels in a legend, but QGIS has Wrap text on option in "Legend Panel -> Main Properties".

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You can use it in that way:

  1. Open "Layer Properties -> Style"
  2. Add a character where you want to split text in "Legend" column. (As an example, I added '#')

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  1. In Composer, enter the character (# for example) as Wrap text on value.

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