How to add a single legent with multiple subplots with out overlapping on plots?
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Vishnuvardhan Naidu Tanga
on 19 Oct 2022
Hello All,
I am trying to add a add a common legend for all my subplots in a graph. But I dont have extra space for the legend to add on the plots. They are overlapping on one another. I need something like in the image. Can some one please hlp me with it. My code is as follows:
Thanks in advance.
Z = readtable('Excel.xlsx') ;
data = table2array(Z) ;
subplot(2,3,1)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.25, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,3,2)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.53, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,3,3)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.811, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
title('Tangential velocity fluctuations')
subplot(2,3,4)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.25, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,3,5)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.53, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,3,6)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.811, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
fig = gcf;
fig.Position(3) = fig.Position(3) + 250;
legend('Plot1', 'Plot2', 'Plot3', 'Plot4', 'Location', 'bestoutside', 'FontSize',10);
Lgnd = legend('show');
lgd.FontSize = 18;
Lgnd.Position(1) = 0.8;
Lgnd.Position(2) = 0.4;
sgtitle(["titel"])
x0=12;
y0=2;
width=1200;
height=760;
set(gcf,'position',[x0,y0,width,height])
set(gcf,'PaperOrientation','landscape');
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Jan Böttner
on 15 Aug 2023
Moved: Voss
on 15 Aug 2023
Hi!
I am having a similar issue, only that I wnat my Legend below the tiles.
Unfortunately it covers a part of the xlabel. Hast anyone an Idea on how to fix this?
figure('Position',[1 1 1000 400])
COtwo = tiledlayout(1,3);
nexttile
%-------CO2-emissions--today----------------------------
h_ss = bar(out.emissions.today{:,1},out.emissions.today{:,[10 12]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.today{:,1}-1/3.5,'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_ss(1).FaceColor = [0 0.4470 0.7410];
h_ss(2).FaceColor = [0.26 0.75 0.98];
hold on
h_us = bar(out.emissions.today{:,1},out.emissions.today{:,[7 8]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.today{:,1},'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_us(1).FaceColor = [0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] ; %[0.26 0.44 0.26];
h_us(2).FaceColor = [0.6660 0.8740 0.4880];
hold on
h_us = bar(out.emissions.today{:,1},out.emissions.today{:,[17 11]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.today{:,1}+1/3.5,'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_us(1).FaceColor = [0.7 0.7 0.7];
h_us(2).FaceColor = [0.83 0.83 0.83];
hold off
%legend(out.emissions.today.Properties.VariableNames([10,12,7,8,17,11]), ...
% 'Location','SouthOutside','NumColumns',1,'Orientation','Horizontal')
ylabel('CO2-Equivalents');
xlabel('Bivalence Temperature');
xscale = Tmin:2:Tmax;
xticks(Tmin-2:2:Tmax+2);
xticklabels({'HP',xscale,'LGB'})
axis([out.emissions.today{1,1}-1,out.emissions.today{end,1}+1,0,3.5])
txt = {'CO2-Emission factors:',['Biomass = ' num2str(Basisdaten.Emissionsfaktor.Biomasse.today) ' kg/kWh'], ['Electricity = ' num2str(Basisdaten.Emissionsfaktor.Strom.today) ' kg/kWh'],};
dim = [0.228 0.95 0 0]; %[.365 .87 0 0];
annotation('textbox',dim,'String',txt,'FitBoxToText','on');
%-------CO2-emissions--midterm----------------------------
nexttile
h_ss = bar(out.emissions.midterm{:,1},out.emissions.midterm{:,[10 12]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.midterm{:,1}-1/3.5,'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_ss(1).FaceColor = [0 0.4470 0.7410];
h_ss(2).FaceColor = [0.26 0.75 0.98];
hold on
h_us = bar(out.emissions.midterm{:,1},out.emissions.midterm{:,[7 8]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.midterm{:,1},'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_us(1).FaceColor = [0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] ; %[0.26 0.44 0.26];
h_us(2).FaceColor = [0.6660 0.8740 0.4880];
hold on
h_us = bar(out.emissions.midterm{:,1},out.emissions.midterm{:,[17 11]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.midterm{:,1}+1/3.5,'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_us(1).FaceColor = [0.7 0.7 0.7];
h_us(2).FaceColor = [0.83 0.83 0.83];
legend(out.emissions.midterm.Properties.VariableNames([10,12,7,8,17,11]), ...
'Location','southoutside','NumColumns',6,'Orientation','Horizontal')
ylabel('CO2-Equivalents');
xlabel('Bivalence Temperature');
xscale = Tmin:2:Tmax;
xticks(Tmin-2:2:Tmax+2);
xticklabels({'HP',xscale,'LGB'})
axis([out.emissions.midterm{1,1}-1,out.emissions.midterm{end,1}+1,0,3.5])
txt = {'CO2-Emission factors:',['Biomass = ' num2str(Basisdaten.Emissionsfaktor.Biomasse.midterm) ' kg/kWh'], ['Electricity = ' num2str(Basisdaten.Emissionsfaktor.Strom.midterm) ' kg/kWh'],};
dim = [0.545 0.95 0 0]; %[.365 .87 0 0];
annotation('textbox',dim,'String',txt,'FitBoxToText','on');
%-------CO2-emissions--longterm----------------------------
nexttile
h_ss = bar(out.emissions.longterm{:,1},out.emissions.longterm{:,[10 12]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.longterm{:,1}-1/3.5,'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_ss(1).FaceColor = [0 0.4470 0.7410];
h_ss(2).FaceColor = [0.26 0.75 0.98];
hold on
h_us = bar(out.emissions.longterm{:,1},out.emissions.longterm{:,[7 8]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.longterm{:,1},'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_us(1).FaceColor = [0.4660 0.6740 0.1880] ; %[0.26 0.44 0.26];
h_us(2).FaceColor = [0.6660 0.8740 0.4880];
hold on
h_us = bar(out.emissions.longterm{:,1},out.emissions.longterm{:,[17 11]},'stacked','BarWidth',1/3.5,'XData',out.emissions.longterm{:,1}+1/3.5,'FaceAlpha',0.5,'EdgeColor','none');
h_us(1).FaceColor = [0.7 0.7 0.7];
h_us(2).FaceColor = [0.83 0.83 0.83];
%legend(out.emissions.longterm.Properties.VariableNames([10,12,7,8,17,11]), ...
% 'Location','SouthOutside','NumColumns',1,'Orientation','Horizontal')
ylabel('CO2-Equivalents');
xlabel('Bivalence Temperature');
xscale = Tmin:2:Tmax;
xticks(Tmin-2:2:Tmax+2);
xticklabels({'HP',xscale,'LGB'})
axis([out.emissions.longterm{1,1}-1,out.emissions.longterm{end,1}+1,0,3.5])
txt = {'CO2-Emission factors:',['Biomass = ' num2str(Basisdaten.Emissionsfaktor.Biomasse.longterm) ' kg/kWh'], ['Electricity = ' num2str(Basisdaten.Emissionsfaktor.Strom.longterm) ' kg/kWh'],};
dim = [0.865 0.95 0 0];
annotation('textbox',dim,'String',txt,'FitBoxToText','on');
%-----plot-properties-------------------------------------------
COtwo.TileSpacing = 'compact';
COtwo.Padding = 'compact';
set(gcf,'WindowState','maximized');
Accepted Answer
Star Strider
on 19 Oct 2022
An alternative —
Z = readtable('https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1161928/Excel.xlsx', 'VariableNamingRule','preserve') ;
data = table2array(Z) ;
subplot(2,4,1)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
% hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
% hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
pos = get(gca,'Position'); % ADDED
annotation('textbox', [pos(1)+0.1, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
% annotation('textbox', [0.25, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12) % CHANGED
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,4,2)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
pos = get(gca,'Position'); % ADDED
annotation('textbox', [pos(1)+0.1, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
% annotation('textbox', [0.53, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,4,3)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
pos = get(gca,'Position'); % ADDED
annotation('textbox', [pos(1)+0.1, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.81*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
% annotation('textbox', [0.811, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.81*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
title('Tangential velocity fluctuations')
subplot(2,4,5)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
pos = get(gca,'Position'); % ADDED
annotation('textbox', [pos(1)+0.1, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.25*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
% annotation('textbox', [0.25, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.25*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,4,6)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
pos = get(gca,'Position'); % ADDED
annotation('textbox', [pos(1)+0.1, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.53*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
% annotation('textbox', [0.53, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.53*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
subplot(2,4,7)
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
pos = get(gca,'Position'); % ADDED
annotation('textbox', [pos(1)+0.1, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.81*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
% annotation('textbox', [0.811, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1]+[0.81*0.01 0 0 0], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
fig = gcf;
fig.Position(3) = fig.Position(3) + 250;
legend('Plot1', 'Plot2', 'Plot3', 'Plot4', 'Location', 'bestoutside', 'FontSize',10);
Lgnd = legend('show');
lgd.FontSize = 18;
Lgnd.Position(1) = 0.8;
Lgnd.Position(2) = 0.4;
hsp2448 = subplot(2,4,[4 8]);
% get(hsp2448)
hsp2448.Visible = 'off';
Lgnd.Position = hsp2448.Position+[0 +0.25 0 -0.55]; % Change Last 3 Values As Required
sgtitle(["titel"])
x0=12;
y0=2;
width=1200;
height=760;
set(gcf,'position',[x0,y0,width,height])
set(gcf,'PaperOrientation','landscape');
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Kevin Holly
on 20 Oct 2022
Looks like my answer got deleted, so reposting here. I used nexttile instead of subplot.
Z = readtable('https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1161928/Excel.xlsx', 'VariableNamingRule','preserve') ;
data = table2array(Z);
tiledlayout(2,3)
nexttile
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.25, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
nexttile
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.53, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
nexttile
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.811, 0.77, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
title('Tangential velocity fluctuations')
nexttile
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.25, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
nexttile
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.53, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
nexttile
plot(data(:,1), data(:,2), 'ks', 'linewidth', 1);
hold on
plot(data(:,3), data(:,4), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,5), data(:,6), 'linewidth', 2);
hold on
plot(data(:,7), data(:,8), 'linewidth', 2);
hold off
annotation('textbox', [0.811, 0.32, 0.1, 0.1], 'String', "X", 'FontSize',12)
grid on
xlabel('x');
ylabel('y');
fig = gcf;
fig.Position(3) = fig.Position(3) + 250;
legend('Plot1', 'Plot2', 'Plot3', 'Plot4', 'Location', 'bestoutside', 'FontSize',10);
Lgnd = legend('show');
Lgnd.FontSize = 18;
Lgnd.Position(1) = 0.8;
Lgnd.Position(2) = 0.4;
sgtitle(["titel"])
x0=12;
y0=2;
width=1200;
height=760;
set(gcf,'position',[x0,y0,width,height])
Lgnd.Layout.Tile = 'east';
Star Strider
on 20 Oct 2022
I noticed it was missing.
I have no idea how it got deleted, and just assumed you deleted it. Rena Berman might have some insight into that.
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