Legends in MATLAB®

How to configure and style the legend in Plotly with MATLAB®.


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Positioning Legends Inside the Plot

fig = figure; plot([1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8],[1 2 5 6 3 3 2 5]); hold on plot([1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8],[1 6 2 3 4 7 7 8]); legend('blue trace','orange trace'); fig2plotly(fig); 

Positioning Legends Outside the Plot

fig = figure; plot([1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8],[1 2 5 6 3 3 2 5]); hold on plot([1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8],[1 6 2 3 4 3 7 8]); legend('blue trace','orange trace','Location','BestOutside'); fig2plotly(fig);