Move and resize legends-box in matplotlib

Question

I\'m creating plots using Matplotlib that I save as SVG, export to .pdf + .pdf_tex using Inkscape, and include the .pdf_tex-file in a LaTeX document.

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Answer 1

You may use the bbox_to_anchor and bbox_transform parameters to help you setting the anchor for your legend:

ax = plt.gca()
plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.1, 1.1), bbox_transform=ax.transAxes)

Note that (1.1, 1.1) are in the axes coordinates in this example. If you wish to use the data coordinates you have to use bbox_transform=ax.transData instead.