Questions tagged [legend]
The description of the types of features included in a map, usually displayed in the map layout.
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Removing all legend entries except one in LayoutItemLegend using PyQGIS
For my QGIS Plugin want to remove all legend entries in my layoutItemLegend exept one entries (chiro_layer). I would like to browse all of my legend entries and delete this one if it does not match ...
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Aligning text in legend using ArcMap
I am working in ArcMap 10.4.1. Trying to align the text in a legend. I want my title to be centred and the text next to the patches to be aligned left. The normal buttons to select alignment are ...
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Display polygon as a line in legend
I am trying to edit the admin boundary legend in the attached picture from a polygon to a line. However, when I do this by editing the symbol width and height, it changes for both the admin and R2 ...
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QGIS: multi column legend wrapping: how to keep layer symbols aligned horizontally?
In my legend I have one layer with a group heading and due to layout reasons I need it to be split in 2 columns:
The only work around I can think of is to set heading to '' either in the layer panel ...
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Legend Items: No Symbols
I am working on exporting my maps through the layout editor, but in the generated legend the symbols are not appearing as they should. As you can see from the screenshot, the "Legend Items" ...
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Editing legend text very demanding
I am using QGIS 3.18 on Windows. Whenever I edit a legend text in Layout view my computer gets very worked up. My CPU temp rises dramatically and the process of typing is really slow. Every single ...
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Vertically and Horizontally align the labels in multi-column QGIS legends
In QGIS 3.18 (and older versions) I noticed that the first item in a multi-column legend isn't aligned with the items in other columns. I have played with the settings in the Spacing column but can't ...
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Splitting legend in QGIS in to 2 columns
I am new to QGIS and I am making a map of India showing some quantity. I added the legend to my map layout, I have 10 symbols in my legend and it is very long , so I wish to split it into 2 columns. I ...
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Showing text from attribute on legend patch and text from another in legend label using ArcGIS Pro?
I would like my legend to look like this with text from one attribute on the patch and text from a description attribute to be the patch label beside. I cannot work out how to do this in ArcGIS Pro.
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No change in graduated symbol size in map, the change occur only in layer panel
I want to make a map of India with the population in some cities, with symbol size ranging from smallest to largest according to the population value. I used graduated symbol. I have 13 categories of ...
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Symbol missing in legend when adding to layout map
I am new to QGIS and I am trying to make a map of India displaying some values. I want to have a legend, and I customised the legend in layers panel, the Layers panel clearly displays my legend. But ...
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Set the spacing above group in a Legend - PyQGIS
I am in the process of creating a script which needs to add a caption to an already existing layout.
So I created a PyQGIS code in order to do it :
legend = QgsLayoutItemLegend(layout)
layout....
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QGIS 3.18.2 Print Composer/Layout map legend vanishes/goes blank when layer/theme is changed
Using the print composer/layout in QGIS 3.18.2 I have the following problem ...
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I had a print layout set up with a map and legend. The map layers were set by 4 themes. The layout used ...
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Text cutting off when exporting map using ArcMap
For some reason my labels keep cutting off; the same happens with my legend when converting to pdf or jpeg.
I am using ArcMap 10.8 and have never experienced this issued until my ArcMap was ...
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Remove a legend entry if the layer is not in the composer map
I am working on a QGIS plugin in python. In this plugin I load two layers. These layers are polygons which represent administrative boundaries. My plugin load also several print layout in a Qgis ...
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Adding legend for specific ranges not for discrete values in QGIS
I want to add legend for a QGIS proportional symbol map rangewise. That is my data ranges from 57000-630000. So I want the legend as:
57000-60000,
60500-70000,
74000-79000,
81000-87000,
90000-94000,
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Adapt attribute table QGIS legend from bottom
I have an attribute table controlled by Atlas on map composer from QGIS. I need to adapt the table for each map and its features but from bottom. In other words, I need to make grow the table from ...
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Filter QGIS layout legend item style by expression for min, max, median values
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In the [print] Layout Composer in QGIS 3.18.1 I am trying to filter the legend styles displayed for an item that is a polygon layer styled by the "categorised renderer" by the min, ...
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Remove LayoutItemLegend entry PyQGIS
I work on QGIS Plugin in python. This plugin load several Print layout in a QGIS project. These print layout contain a legend. I would like to be able to remove a layer from the composer legend ...
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“Data-defined size is not enabled!” - error when trying to create legend
I would like to make a legend to a map in qGIS 3.18 using proportional symbology based on an integer field. When I go to Layer Properties -> Symbology -> Advanced -> Data-defined Size Legend, ...
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Hiding invisible map layer in legend using QGIS
I am working with QGIS 3.14 and 3.16 on Mac and Windows and I am really struggling in finding a way to remove disabled map layers in the legend view of the Layout Composer. In prior versions there was ...
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Align descriptions after labels in ArcGIS legend
I have produced a legend which includes both a label and description for each symbology. I would like the descriptions to align despite the label lengths differing between layers. In this example, &...
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Combining continuous and categorical symbology of a raster in ArcMap
I am trying to replicate a symbology that I created in R using ArcMap 10.5.
I have a raster showing flood depth, with float values ranging from 0.001 to some meters (e.g. 3.8). Anything that is below ...
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Arranging rulebased symbology alphabeticaly
QGIS version 3.16.4
I'm working with a layer that has a lot of different items in rulebased symbology. But they seem to be ordered randomly. Is it possible to arrange them alphabeticaly?
I'm hoping ...
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How do you create a dynamic legend in ArcGIS 10x that summiaries the areas of a polygon based on a layout?
Hi I have a land use polygon layer with around 700 maps to produce. Am trying to create a dynamic legend that summarises the areas M2 based on the layout extent. The layout extents and maps are ...
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Adding tmap_icon to legend in r
The tmap_icons() function within the tmap package allows users to call a png file into tmap to be used on a map. However, I can't seem to find out how to add custom symbols to the tmap legend. See the ...
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How to get the layer name of the WMS in the legend of the user interface
I have a problem with displaying the name of the layer in the legend of the user interface. I prepare the mapfile and I access with the WMS in my local test interface. When I add it to the user ...
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How to show data defined centroid fill marker font in the legend?
I'm using QGIS 3.18.0 on Windows 10 (from OSGeo4W Network Installer).
I have a polygon-shapefile with an attribute table including the attributes "signatur", "r", "g" and ...
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Points dataset legend to polygon dataset
I'm working with ArcMap 10.5.1
I have a point dataset in a gdb, with a particular legend. The color in the legend represent the area of effect that intersects that point. I also have a polygon dataset,...
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Adding custom names to a GeoPandas legend
I have a shapefile which has an attribute table with a column I would like to make a map/plot of. The attribute values are numerical (integer). I have made two dicts to map the colors and names I want ...
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How to get back discrete raster legend symbols in QGIS 3.16
In the recent QGIS version, layer tree symbols for pseudocolor continuous raster palette have changed, so that it shows as bar with continuous color range with only minimum and maximum value of the ...
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Changing Legend Symbology to include a 'Sum' field using QGIS 3.16.3 Python Console
I currently have a vector layer that contains intensity polygons and are colour co-ordinated depending on the level of intensity. Within this 'Intensity' file, there are two columns Intensity and ...
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Bivariate legend plugin throws NameError exception
While using QGIS 3.10 and 3.16 on Mac OS X Big Sur, the Bivariate legend plugin throws a NameError exception. How do I fix this or work around it?
The following stack trace is from QGIS 3.10. The 3.16 ...
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Globe legend in ArcGIS Pro
How do I build a legend in ArcGIS Pro, working with a Global Scene view?
If I work in a normal map, then in the "Insert" tab there is a legend function, and if I work with the globe, then ...
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Specify legend size in GetLegendGraphic
The WMS call GetLegendGraphic (in my case to Geoserver) returns a single image of icons and legends. How can I specify the width of the returned image? The WIDTH parameter is the width of the ...
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Legend values in QGIS
I've got a map composer in QGIS with a polygon layer (attributes: code, area).
I want to add a legend with the codes and the total area for each code. I used the following expression (wrong, as it ...
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How to copy a legend in QGIS map layout?
I am creating a map where I have many legend items. Initially, I divided them into two columns but now I want to separate them. When they were together I have customised font size, style etc.
I can ...
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QGIS: How to invert the values in a layout legend?
At 3.16.3 I have added this legend to a map layout. Notice how the lowest value is at the top, with values increasing towards the bottom:
I would like to instead have the lowest value at the bottom, ...
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Size problem in the Legend (QGIS) [duplicate]
I have a problem regarding the size conversion from the legend elements tab an the actual legend.
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Legend not showing properly in LayerList
In my web app using ArcGIS API for Javascript 4.18, I am bringing in 3 layers served from a mapServer REST Service using MapImageLayer. I also have a LayerList widget to display these layers. My ...
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Is it possible to change number format to scientific in QGIS layer legend?
I have a layer with really small values and the classes in the legend do not look nice both for work in QGIS but also in the print layout.
Is it possible to somehow change the format of the numbers ...
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QGIS expression on legend for duplicated values
Having a building table, grouped by an id and its respective amount of apartments. I want to label every symbol id on map composer legend with the amount of apartments.
For a simple expression '...
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Clustered points legend prints as separate RGB bands
I'm using one the ArcGIS clustering samples in order to generate clustered points. This achieves the desired effect on the map and legend.
However, when I include the Print Widget in this sample, the ...
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Modifying layer name in the layout legend with PyQGIS 3
I would like to update the legend item in my layout with other names.
I tried the following code, which returns no error but layers name remain the same.
project = QgsProject.instance()
layout = ...
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Generate list of legend's RGB colors and values in ArcGIS
I am writing a node/typescript app that analyzes raster data. It uses leaflet and esri-leaflet quite a bit (modified to work server-side). For a given map bounds, it can download a raster image from ...
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ArcGIS Pro Legend patch and layer name not center aligned
I have some issues with my legend in Pro, where some patches and their layer names are aligned centrally, but others are aligned to the bottom of the patch. I can't seem to make sense of it or find a ...
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QGIS: Legend not displaying symbology of items
I'm making a plant including power plants in a country. I plotted the plants and their symbology shows up in properties in the legend items but it does not in the legend itself as you can see in the ...
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Setting QGIS WMS character encoding
I am using the QGIS as a WMS client. I'm loading the WMS layer but the legend characters (which are in Persian language) are not displayed correctly in the Layer tab. Is there anyway I can handle the ...
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How was this map made by qgis2web
I have a layer with some points and I want to publish it using qgis2web. I have seen some exampes where the legend can be filtered such as in this webmap: https://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/TOOLS/...
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Loading legend items with hidden label by default in QGIS
Is there a way to set up the loading of the legend items in the layout manager with hidden labels by default? I can't seem to find the settings for that if there are any.
