.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_pyplots_whats_new_98_4_legend.py: ======================= Whats New 0.98.4 Legend ======================= Create a legend and tweak it with a shadow and a box. .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np ax = plt.subplot(111) t1 = np.arange(0.0, 1.0, 0.01) for n in [1, 2, 3, 4]: plt.plot(t1, t1**n, label="n=%d"%(n,)) leg = plt.legend(loc='best', ncol=2, mode="expand", shadow=True, fancybox=True) leg.get_frame().set_alpha(0.5) plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_whats_new_98_4_legend_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.legend matplotlib.pyplot.legend matplotlib.legend.Legend matplotlib.legend.Legend.get_frame .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pyplots_whats_new_98_4_legend.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: whats_new_98_4_legend.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: whats_new_98_4_legend.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_