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+"""
+Creating legends
+================
+
+The :meth:`pygmt.Figure.legend` method creates legends, whereby auto-legends as well as
+manually created legends are supported.
+"""
+
+# %%
+import io
+
+import pygmt
+
+# %%
+# Create an auto-legend
+# ---------------------
+#
+# An auto-legend can be created for the methods :meth:`pygmt.Figure.plot`,
+# :meth:`pygmt.Figure.plot3d`, and :meth:`pygmt.Figure.histogram`. Therefore the
+# ``label`` parameter has to be specified to state the desired text for the legend entry
+# (white spaces are supported). Here, we use :meth:`pygmt.Figure.plot`, exemplary. By
+# default, the legend is placed in the Upper Right corner with an offset of 0.1
+# centimeters in both x and y directions and a box with a white fill and a 1-point
+# thick, black, solid outline is drawn around the legend. The order of the legend
+# entries (top to bottom) is determine by the plotting order. Optionally, to adjust the
+# legend, append different modifiers to the string passed to ``label``. For a list of
+# available modifiers see :gmt-docs:`gmt.html#l-full`. To create a
+# :doc:`multiple-column legend </gallery/embellishments/legend>` **+N** is used with the
+# desired number of columns.
+
+fig = pygmt.Figure()
+fig.basemap(region=[-5, 5, -5, 5], projection="X5c", frame=True)
+
+# Plot three data points with different symbols and sizes
+fig.plot(x=0, y=0, style="c0.25c", fill="orange", label="orange circle")
+fig.plot(x=1, y=0, style="t0.3c", fill="pink", label="pink triangle")
+fig.plot(x=-1, y=0, style="s0.3c", fill="darkred", label="darkred square")
+
+# Add a legend based on the explanation text given via the "label" parameter
+fig.legend()
+
+fig.show()
+
+
+# %%
+# Adjust the position
+# -------------------
+#
+# Use the ``position`` parameter to adjust the position of the legend. For the
+# different ways to specify the placement of a plotting element (e.g., legends,
+# colorbars) on a plot in GMT, please refer to the Technical Reference TODO (: . Add
+# an offset via **+o** for the x and y directions. Additionally append **+w** to adjust
+# the ``width`` of the length. Note, no box is drawn by default if ``position`` is used.
+
+fig = pygmt.Figure()
+fig.basemap(region=[-5, 5, -5, 5], projection="X5c", frame=True)
+
+fig.plot(x=0, y=0, style="c0.25c", fill="orange", label="orange circle")
+fig.plot(x=1, y=0, style="t0.3c", fill="pink", label="pink triangle")
+fig.plot(x=-1, y=0, style="s0.3c", fill="darkred", label="darkred square")
+
+# Set the reference point to Left Top and use an offset of 0.3 and 0.2 centimeters in
+# the x and y directions, respectively
+fig.legend(position="jLT+o0.3c/0.2c")
+
+fig.show()
+
+
+# %%
+# Add a box
+# ---------
+# Use the ``box`` parameter for adjusting the box around the legend. The outline of the
+# box can be adjusted by appending **+p**. Append **+g** to fill the legend with a color
+# (or pattern) [Default is a white fill]. The default of ``position`` is preserved.
+
+fig = pygmt.Figure()
+fig.basemap(region=[-5, 5, -5, 5], projection="X5c", frame=True)
+
+fig.plot(x=0, y=0, style="c0.25c", fill="orange", label="orange circle")
+fig.plot(x=1, y=0, style="t0.3c", fill="pink", label="pink triangle")
+fig.plot(x=-1, y=0, style="s0.3c", fill="darkred", label="darkred square")
+
+fig.legend(position="jTL+o0.3c/0.2c", box=True)
+
+fig.shift_origin(xshift="w+1c")
+fig.basemap(region=[-5, 5, -5, 5], projection="X5c", frame=True)
+
+fig.plot(x=0, y=0, style="c0.25c", fill="orange", label="orange circle")
+fig.plot(x=1, y=0, style="t0.3c", fill="pink", label="pink triangle")
+fig.plot(x=-1, y=0, style="s0.3c", fill="darkred", label="darkred square")
+
+# Add a box with a 2-points thick cyan, solid outline and a blue fill with a
+# transparency of 70 percentage ("@70")
+fig.legend(position="jTL+o0.3c/0.2c", box="+p2p,cyan+gblue@70")
+
+fig.show()
+
+
+# %%
+# Create a manual legend
+# ----------------------
+#
+# For more complicated legends, users need to prepare a legend specification with
+# instructions for the layout of the legend items. The legend specification can be
+# either an ASCII file or an :class:`io.StringIO` object. Both, the ASCII file or the
+# :class:`io.StringIO` object are passed to the ``spec`` parameter of
+# :meth:`pygmt.Figure.legend`. There are multiple legend codes available to create
+# complicated legends; an full overview can be found at
+# https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/dev/legend.html#legend-codes. It's supported
+# to include length scales, faults, and images as well as to add specific lines.
+#
+# The example below is orientated on the upstream GMT example at
+# https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/dev/legend.html#examples.
+#
+# First, we set up an :class:`io.StringIO` object.
+
+spec_io = io.StringIO(
+    """
+G -0.1c
+H 24p,Times-Roman My Map Legend
+D 0.2c 1p
+N 2
+V 0 1p
+S 0.1c c 0.15c p300/12 0.25p 0.3c This circle is hachured
+S 0.1c e 0.15c yellow 0.25p 0.3c This ellipse is yellow
+S 0.1c w 0.15c green 0.25p 0.3c This wedge is green
+S 0.1c f 0.25c blue 0.25p 0.3c This is a fault
+S 0.1c - 0.15c - 0.25p,- 0.3c A contour
+S 0.1c v 0.25c magenta 0.5p 0.3c This is a vector
+S 0.1c i 0.15c cyan 0.25p 0.3c This triangle is boring
+D 0.2c 1p
+V 0 1p
+N 1
+M 5 5 600+u+f
+G 0.05c
+I @SOEST_block4.png 3i CT
+G 0.05c
+G 0.05c
+L 9p,Times-Roman R Smith et al., @%5%J. Geophys. Res., 99@%%, 2000
+G 0.1c
+T Let us just try some simple text that can go on a few lines.
+T There is no easy way to predetermine how many lines may be required
+T so we may have to adjust the height to get the right size box.
+"""
+)
+
+# %%
+# Now, we can add a legend based on this :class:`io.StringIO` object. For
+# multi-columns legends, width (**+w**) has to be specified via a the
+# ``position`` parameter.
+
+fig = pygmt.Figure()
+# Note, that we are now using a Mercator projection
+fig.basemap(region=[-5, 5, -5, 5], projection="M10c", frame=True)
+
+# Pass the io.StringIO object to the "spec" parameter
+fig.legend(spec=spec_io, position="jMC+w9c", box="+p1p,gray50+ggray95")
+
+fig.show()
+
+# sphinx_gallery_thumbnail_number = 4