Backport PR #29666: DOC: Revising the Figure Legend Demo Example

star1327p · meeseeksmachine · commit 44d80a6276a1 · 2025-02-25T09:53:08.000Z
diff --git a/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/figlegend_demo.py b/galleries/examples/text_labels_and_annotations/figlegend_demo.py
@@ -3,51 +3,25 @@
 Figure legend demo
 ==================
 
-Instead of plotting a legend on each axis, a legend for all the artists on all
-the sub-axes of a figure can be plotted instead.
+Rather than plotting a legend on each axis, a legend for all the artists
+on all the sub-axes of a figure can be plotted instead.
 """
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 
-fig, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2)
-
-x = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.02)
-y1 = np.sin(2 * np.pi * x)
-y2 = np.exp(-x)
-l1, = axs[0].plot(x, y1)
-l2, = axs[0].plot(x, y2, marker='o')
+fig, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2, layout='constrained')
 
-y3 = np.sin(4 * np.pi * x)
-y4 = np.exp(-2 * x)
-l3, = axs[1].plot(x, y3, color='tab:green')
-l4, = axs[1].plot(x, y4, color='tab:red', marker='^')
+x = np.arange(0.0, 4*np.pi, 0.2)
+axs[0].plot(x, np.sin(x), label='Line 1')
+axs[0].plot(x, np.exp(-x/2), marker='o', label='Line 2')
+axs[1].plot(x, np.sin(x), color='tab:green', label='Line 3')
+axs[1].plot(x, np.exp(-x/4), color='tab:red', marker='^', label='Line 4')
 
-fig.legend((l1, l2), ('Line 1', 'Line 2'), loc='upper left')
-fig.legend((l3, l4), ('Line 3', 'Line 4'), loc='upper right')
+fig.legend(loc='outside right upper')
 
-plt.tight_layout()
 plt.show()
 
 # %%
-# Sometimes we do not want the legend to overlap the Axes.  If you use
-# *constrained layout* you can specify "outside right upper", and
-# *constrained layout* will make room for the legend.
-
-fig, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2, layout='constrained')
-
-x = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.02)
-y1 = np.sin(2 * np.pi * x)
-y2 = np.exp(-x)
-l1, = axs[0].plot(x, y1)
-l2, = axs[0].plot(x, y2, marker='o')
-
-y3 = np.sin(4 * np.pi * x)
-y4 = np.exp(-2 * x)
-l3, = axs[1].plot(x, y3, color='tab:green')
-l4, = axs[1].plot(x, y4, color='tab:red', marker='^')
-
-fig.legend((l1, l2), ('Line 1', 'Line 2'), loc='upper left')
-fig.legend((l3, l4), ('Line 3', 'Line 4'), loc='outside right upper')
-
-plt.show()
+# The outside positioning is discussed in detail here:
+# https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/axes/legend_guide.html#figure-legends
