Modify a Color Fill Legend

After placing a legend, you can resize it and resize the legend swatches. You can also change the order of items in the legend, the graphic appearance of the swatches, and the legend title.

To resize the legend

  1. In the drawing area, select the color fill legend.
  2. Drag the blue circle control up to move color swatches to new columns, or down to move color swatches to the previous column. You can have as many columns in the legend as you have swatches.
  3. Drag the blue triangle control to resize column width.

To resize legend swatches

  1. In the drawing area, select the color fill legend.
  2. Click Modify | Color Fill Legends tabProperties panel (Type Properties).
  3. In the Type Properties dialog, edit the values for Swatch Width and Swatch Height.
    Note: Changes made to these type parameters affect all color fill legends of this type in the project.
  4. Click OK.

To modify the order of items

  1. In the drawing area, select the color fill legend.
  2. Click Modify | Color Fill Legends tabScheme panel (Edit Scheme).
  3. In the Edit Color Scheme dialog, select a row and click or to move values up or down in the list. These options are available when By value is selected.
    Note: When you modify the order of items, all project views that use the color scheme are affected.
  4. Click Apply to view your changes. Click OK to exit the Edit Color Scheme dialog.

To modify the graphic appearance of legend swatches

  1. In the drawing area, select the color fill legend.
  2. Click Modify | Color Fill Legends tabScheme panel (Edit Scheme).
  3. In the Edit Color Scheme dialog, change the color and fill patterns as necessary for the desired values.
    Note: When you modify the graphic appearance of legend swatches, all project views that use the color scheme are affected.
  4. Click Apply to view your changes. Click OK to exit the Edit Color Scheme dialog.

To change the legend title

  1. In the drawing area, select the color fill legend.
  2. Click Modify | Color Fill Legends tabScheme panel (Edit Scheme).
  3. Edit the text for Title.
    Note: When you modify the legend title for a color scheme, all project views that use the color scheme are affected.
  4. Click Apply to view your changes. Click OK to exit the Edit Color Scheme dialog.

To show or hide the legend title

  1. In the drawing area, select the color fill legend.
  2. Click Modify | Color Fill Legends tabProperties panel (Type Properties).
  3. In the Type Properties dialog, select or clear the Show Title parameter value.
    Note: Changes made to this type parameter affect all color fill legends of this type in the project.
  4. Click OK.