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tight_layout() messes up bbox_to_anchor in legend(). #14432
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Bug report
I want to plot something with the legend outside the figure. I am using
legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.2, 1))
To position the legend and then I have to do
tight_layout()
To make sure the plot is complete when saved to a file.
Unfortunately, tight_layout() pushes the legend into the figure no matter what values I put in the legend function.
It would be nice to have more convenient ways to postion the legend beside or even above or below the figure.
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jklymak commentedon Jun 3, 2019
This will be provided by #13072
github-actions commentedon Jun 19, 2023
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rcomer commentedon Jun 19, 2023
This was done in #19743 I think.
Edit: though you need to use constrained layout rather than tight layout.