Here's how to create multi-line legend labels

Question

Hello,

Won't take credit for finding this as somebody else gave me the idea, but I haven't seen the solution posted anywhere in the forums and several people have asked.

To create a multi-line legend label, you simply need to add  into the label where you want the second (and third, fourth, etc) line to start.  For example:

"This is mymulti-line label" will display in the legend label as

This is my
multi-line label

I know that you will be able to write multi-line legend descriptions from python script in 10.1, but with this trick, you will be able to write both labels and descriptions on multiple lines.

Hope that helps somebody.

ChrisPedrezuela · Answer

You need to go into python window, access the layer property name and use your inputs like,

for lyr in lyrs:
  if lyr.name == 'SITE Buffer':
    lyr.name = 'SITEBuffer'

For me "SITEBuffer" displays as

"SITEBuffer"...what am I missing?

I've changed it in the symbology label area, in the label appearing next to symbol, and in the layer name on the general tab?

Thanks, Susan

SusanFinger · Answer

For me "SITEBuffer" displays as

"SITEBuffer"...what am I missing?

I've changed it in the symbology label area, in the label appearing next to symbol, and in the layer name on the general tab?

Thanks, Susan

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