I am having to reorder items in a legend, when I don't think I should have to. I try: from pylab import * clf() ax=gca() ht=ax.add_patch(Rectangle((1,1),1,1,color='r',label='Top',alpha=.1)) h1=ax.bar(1,2,label='Middle') hb=ax.add_patch(Rectangle((1,1),1,1,color='k',label='Bottom',alpha=.11)) legend() show() and end up with Bottom above Middle. How can I get the right order? Is it not determined by creation order? Update: The following can be used to force the order. I think this may be the simplest way to do it, and that seems awkward. The question is what determines the original order? hh=[ht,h1,hb] legend([ht,h1.patches[0],hb],[H.get_label() for H in hh]) Continue reading...
