[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49446] Legends shoudn't be resized together with plot window, and be movable independently

[Philip Nienhuis]

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                 Summary: Legends shoudn't be resized together with plot
window, and be movable independently
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: philipnienhuis
            Submitted on: Wed 26 Oct 2016 11:36:54 AM CEST
                Category: Plotting
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Philip Nienhuis
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

(See attached pic for a comparison between Matlab (2014a) and Octave, both in
one picture)

In Matlab, when a plot windows with a legend is resized / stretched using the
mouse, the legends move with the plot area proper but aren't stretched
with/like the plot area itself.
In Octave, the legend box is stretched as well, in proportion to the plot
window (while the contents seem to remain untouched as regards size).
This applies to both horizontal and vertical resizing of plot windows.

In addition, in Matlab one can freely drag the legend box around in the plot
window as a separate entity. In Octave the legend is fixed to its position.
In the attached pic I've dragged the legend in the Matlab subpicture from left
to the right and a little below, just to show what I mean.

I suppose one of the reasons that legends in Matlab aren't stretched/resized
together with plot windows is just because they seem to be independent
entities.




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