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Legend

Legend value class for legend configuration.

Ferrum — a statistical visualization library with a Rust core.

Legend dataclass

Per-channel legend configuration.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
title str

Legend title text. Pass title=None to suppress the legend title (the field name will not be shown). Omitting title entirely keeps the field-name default.

_UNSET
orient str

Legend position ("right", "left", "top", "bottom", "none").

'right'
direction str

Layout direction ("vertical", "horizontal").

'vertical'
type str

Legend type ("symbol", "gradient").

None
tick_count int

Number of ticks for gradient legends.

None
tick_min_step float

Minimum tick step.

None
values list

Explicit legend values.

None
format str

Label format string.

None
format_type str

Format type.

None
label_font_size float

Label font size.

None
label_color str

Label color.

None
label_limit float

Maximum label width.

None
symbol_size float

Symbol size.

None
symbol_stroke_width float

Symbol stroke width.

None
symbol_type str

Symbol shape type.

None
gradient_length float

Gradient legend length.

None
gradient_thickness float

Gradient legend thickness.

None
columns int

Number of columns for multi-column layout.

None
column_padding float

Padding between columns.

None
row_padding float

Padding between rows.

None
clip_height float

Clip height for legend.

None
title_font_size float

Title font size.

None
title_padding float

Title padding.

None
offset float

Offset from plot.

None
padding float

Internal padding.

None
zindex int

Z-index.

None

Examples:

>>> import ferrum as fm
>>> leg = fm.Legend(title="Species", orient="top")
>>> leg.title
'Species'
>>> leg.to_dict()
{'title': 'Species', 'orient': 'top'}

to_dict

to_dict() -> dict[str, Any]

Serialize to dict for the renderer, omitting None and default values.