Draw labels elsewhere

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Hi
I am trying to draw a basic plot with a few plots on.
The trouble is the labels for each line is rather long. Something like
“Trial Site.Trial Equipment.House1.Electricity”

If I show these at thos lengths the plot is squashed too small. Is there an example of drawing the labels on a different area or element ?

Thanks

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HI @glennpierce welcome to the community.

Could you elaborate a bit? With labels are you referring to the legend entry? Could you perhaps create a small, reproducable example for this?

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Yep the legend sorry.

I have something like

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I often can’t just display a shorter name as there are often duplicates without looking at the full name.
I was hoping to eith display the name as a popup somewhere / fixed location when hovering over a a particular trace or just show the legend above the plot so it can take the full width of the page and not interfere with the size of the plot.

Thanks

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You can position the legend:

Just adjust x and y to your needs.

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Thanks. I missed that. That should do the trick.

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