How can default legend properties be set?

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Andrew
Andrew on 16 Jul 2013
Edited: Abraham Gertler on 3 Jun 2021
I am attempting to set default legend properties in a startup file, but I am having some difficulty. I'm using lines such as:
"set(0, 'DefaultAxesFontSize', 11, ...)"
to set the default font size for the axes as well as other axes properties. However, I cannot find anyway to set defaults for the legend like turning the box off or controlling the font properties independent from the rest of the figure text. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew

Answers (2)

Sean de Wolski
Sean de Wolski on 16 Jul 2013
Typically I would recommend writing a wrapper function that does this then calling this function instead of legend:
function hLeg = AndrewLegend(varargin)
%Farm everything out to legend
hLeg = legend(varargin{:});
%Make changes:
set(hLeg,'Somefield',SomeValue);
%etc.
end

Abraham Gertler
Abraham Gertler on 3 Jun 2021
Edited: Abraham Gertler on 3 Jun 2021
set(groot, 'defaultLegendBox', 'off')
but i prefer the look of
set(groot, 'defaultLegendEdgeColor', 'none')
you can see all the modifiable properties of legend for example with
get(groot,'factoryLegend')
: )

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