String Values of Legend Justification

The legend_justification parameter of theme() accepts the following string values: 'center' (the default), 'top', 'right', 'bottom', and 'left'.

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from lets_plot import *
LetsPlot.setup_html()
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data = {'x': [0, 0.4, 1], 'y': [0, 0.6, 1], 'Color': ['A', 'B', 'C']}
p = ggplot(data, aes('x', 'y', color='Color')) + \
    geom_point() + \
    theme(plot_title=element_text(hjust=0.5)) + \
    ggsize(500, 300)
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# The base plot with the legend in the center

p + ggtitle("Default legend position")
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# Align the legend to the top or bottom

gggrid([
    p + theme(legend_justification="top") + 
    ggtitle("Align legend to the top"),
    #
    p + theme(legend_justification="bottom") + 
    ggtitle("Align legend to the bottom")])
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# When the legend is placed at the top or bottom, you can apply left or right justification

gggrid([
    p + theme(legend_position="bottom", legend_justification="left") + 
    ggtitle("Align legend to the left"),
    #
    p + theme(legend_position="bottom", legend_justification="right") + 
    ggtitle("Align legend to the right")])
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