Title: New 'outside' locations for legend · Issue #3857 · matplotlib/matplotlib · GitHub
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Description: So far placement of legend using the loc argument is limited to the inside of the axis (e.g. right, center, upper left, etc). However, often the plotting area is cluttered with the data points, and it is desired to place the legend outsi...
Open Graph Description: So far placement of legend using the loc argument is limited to the inside of the axis (e.g. right, center, upper left, etc). However, often the plotting area is cluttered with the data points, and...
X Description: So far placement of legend using the loc argument is limited to the inside of the axis (e.g. right, center, upper left, etc). However, often the plotting area is cluttered with the data points, and...
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