topic Re: ArcGIS Legend: how to edit spacing between items and frame? in Mapping Questions

ArcGIS Legend: how to edit spacing between items and frame?

TobyJacobs1 — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:09:57 GMT

There's got to be a way to do this other than converting everything to graphics. What I would like to do is change the space between the frame/border and the top, left, right, and bottom of the title and items. Basically, I want to increase the border offset but have the legend background come with it.

I know that I can change all of the gaps within the legend (Properties --> Layout --> title gap, item gap, etc...), but I would really like to make it so that symbols and titles aren't totally flush with the border. I know it's simple enough to convert to graphics, but I want to keep all of the legend functionality til I'm done.

Any tricks to make this happen? Thanks!

Re: ArcGIS Legend: how to edit spacing between items and frame?

IanMurray — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:19:42 GMT

Under Legend Properties > Frame, you can control the Gap X and Gap Y between the border and the legend items. Positive values move the border outwards, negative values move the border inwards. Additionally, if you have a background for the legend, extend the gap there as well, so there is no gap in the background coloring.

Re: ArcGIS Legend: how to edit spacing between items and frame?

TobyJacobs1 — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:25:37 GMT

Ah, I see. I had tried the border expansion but didn't see that you could also do it with the background. Thanks!