Quick summary
This demo walks you through editing a map legend in QGIS using the Print Layout editor, covering everything from renaming legend items to adjusting fonts, position, size, and visual styling. QGIS users can fully customize their legend box appearance through the Item Properties panel without writing any code.
Steps
- In the new page layout, click the legend box to enable Item Properties for editing.
- Navigate to the Item Properties panel on the right and open Main Properties to edit the legend name and symbol arrangement within the box.
- Open the Legend Items section and use the operators below the editor box to control which legends are shown in the legend box.
- Highlight and type a new name for the legend to rename it if needed.
- Open Fonts and Text Formatting to modify the font settings of the legend title and legend items.
- Open Position and Size to adjust the legend box width, height, and exact X and Y coordinates within the map layout.
- Open Rotation to adjust the legend box angle if needed.
- Add frames and backgrounds to the legend box to improve visibility by enabling the corresponding options in Item Properties.
- Save your work by clicking the floppy disk icon at the top-left corner of the window.