Adjusting bounding box of PlotLegends in TimelinePlot












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I'd like to align the elements of the PlotLegend in a single horizontal row beneath the TimelinePlot, as there is plenty of room for that (especially when I adjust the Size to be large). Instead the internal algorithms pack the PlotLegends into three rows in this case.



How to fix that?



TimelinePlot[
{

<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] ->
Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]
}|>,

<|{
"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]
}|>,

<|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]
}|>,

<|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]
}|>,

<|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]
}|>

}
,
PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
Black},
PlotLegends ->
Placed[{Text[Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]},
Below],
AspectRatio -> 1/2,
PlotLayout -> "Packed",
Background -> LightGray,
ImageSize -> 600,
AxesOrigin -> Center]


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    If the legend is to indicate nationality, then it should be „Dutch“ for de Heem. Also the curator of knowledge in the WL should be told that „Davidsz.“ is an abbreviation for „Davidszoon“ - so there is a period missing.
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I'd like to align the elements of the PlotLegend in a single horizontal row beneath the TimelinePlot, as there is plenty of room for that (especially when I adjust the Size to be large). Instead the internal algorithms pack the PlotLegends into three rows in this case.



How to fix that?



TimelinePlot[
{

<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] ->
Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]
}|>,

<|{
"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]
}|>,

<|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]
}|>,

<|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]
}|>,

<|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]
}|>

}
,
PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
Black},
PlotLegends ->
Placed[{Text[Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]},
Below],
AspectRatio -> 1/2,
PlotLayout -> "Packed",
Background -> LightGray,
ImageSize -> 600,
AxesOrigin -> Center]


enter image description here










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    If the legend is to indicate nationality, then it should be „Dutch“ for de Heem. Also the curator of knowledge in the WL should be told that „Davidsz.“ is an abbreviation for „Davidszoon“ - so there is a period missing.
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I'd like to align the elements of the PlotLegend in a single horizontal row beneath the TimelinePlot, as there is plenty of room for that (especially when I adjust the Size to be large). Instead the internal algorithms pack the PlotLegends into three rows in this case.



How to fix that?



TimelinePlot[
{

<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] ->
Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]
}|>,

<|{
"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]
}|>,

<|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]
}|>,

<|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]
}|>,

<|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]
}|>

}
,
PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
Black},
PlotLegends ->
Placed[{Text[Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]},
Below],
AspectRatio -> 1/2,
PlotLayout -> "Packed",
Background -> LightGray,
ImageSize -> 600,
AxesOrigin -> Center]


enter image description here










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I'd like to align the elements of the PlotLegend in a single horizontal row beneath the TimelinePlot, as there is plenty of room for that (especially when I adjust the Size to be large). Instead the internal algorithms pack the PlotLegends into three rows in this case.



How to fix that?



TimelinePlot[
{

<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] ->
Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]
}|>,

<|{
"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]
}|>,

<|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]
}|>,

<|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]
}|>,

<|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]
}|>,

<|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]
}|>

}
,
PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
Black},
PlotLegends ->
Placed[{Text[Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]},
Below],
AspectRatio -> 1/2,
PlotLayout -> "Packed",
Background -> LightGray,
ImageSize -> 600,
AxesOrigin -> Center]


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    If the legend is to indicate nationality, then it should be „Dutch“ for de Heem. Also the curator of knowledge in the WL should be told that „Davidsz.“ is an abbreviation for „Davidszoon“ - so there is a period missing.
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    If the legend is to indicate nationality, then it should be „Dutch“ for de Heem. Also the curator of knowledge in the WL should be told that „Davidsz.“ is an abbreviation for „Davidszoon“ - so there is a period missing.
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If the legend is to indicate nationality, then it should be „Dutch“ for de Heem. Also the curator of knowledge in the WL should be told that „Davidsz.“ is an abbreviation for „Davidszoon“ - so there is a period missing.
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If the legend is to indicate nationality, then it should be „Dutch“ for de Heem. Also the curator of knowledge in the WL should be told that „Davidsz.“ is an abbreviation for „Davidszoon“ - so there is a period missing.
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You can do this by Legendeding the plot itself and then using LegendLayout:



tlp = TimelinePlot[{<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
"CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
"JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>},
PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
Black}, AspectRatio -> 1/2, PlotLayout -> "Packed",
Background -> LightGray, ImageSize -> 600, AxesOrigin -> Center]


Now we add our legend. Note the LegendLayout function:



Legended[tlp,
Placed[
LineLegend[{Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
(Style[#, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"] &) /@ {"Italian",
"French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish",
"Japanese"},
LegendLayout -> (Row[Row[#, Spacer[1]] & /@ #, Spacer[7]] &),
LegendMargins -> 0], Below]]


Resulting in:



enter image description here



I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do this than creating nested Rows, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to have a look.






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    Per this answer, you can use the option LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}.



    data = {<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
    Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
    "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
    Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
    Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
    Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
    "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
    Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
    Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
    Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>};

    labels = {Text[
    Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
    Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
    Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
    Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
    Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
    Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
    Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]};

    TimelinePlot[data,
    PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
    PlotLegends -> Placed[LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}], Below],
    AspectRatio -> 1/2,
    PlotLayout -> "Packed",
    Background -> LightGray,
    ImageSize -> 600,
    AxesOrigin -> Center
    ]


    enter image description here






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      Cool (+1). So, they had 6 years to finally document this ... and did not?
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      That appears to be the case.
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      Aha, this is the real solution! I can't believe this is undocumented. I also have a hard time understanding why they used "Row" the string rather than Row the symbol...
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      My guess is the string version maintains consistency among other choices like "ReversedRow", etc. In addition, LegendLayout allows for an arbitrary function f and so parsing Row in this way would create ambiguity.
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      Since LineLegend accepts a LabelStyle option, you could simplify things by using LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}, LabelStyle -> {16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"}] and dropping all of those Style/Text wrappers in the labels.
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    Just a slightly different take for readability avoiding Slot, using Riffle for the Spacers and constructing the graphics with centralized components (e.g. using With):



    With[
    { data =
    { <|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>
    , <|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] -> Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>
    , <|{"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>
    , <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>
    , <|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] -> Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>
    , <|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>
    , <|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>
    }
    , colors = { Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black }
    , styleFunc = Function[ text,
    Style[ text, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]
    ]
    , labels = { "Italian", "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish", "Japanese" }
    , layoutFunc = Function[ pairs, (* pairs = { {col1, lbl1}, ... } *)
    pairs // RightComposition[
    Flatten
    , Curry[Riffle][{Spacer[2] (* after color *), Spacer[10] (* between labels *) }]
    , Row
    ]
    ]
    }
    ,
    TimelinePlot[ data
    , PlotStyle -> colors
    , AxesOrigin -> Center
    , AspectRatio -> 1/2
    , PlotLegends -> Curry[Placed][Bottom] @ LineLegend[
    colors,
    styleFunc /@ labels
    , LegendLayout -> layoutFunc
    , LegendMargins -> 0
    ]
    , PlotLayout -> "Packed"
    , Background -> LightGray
    , ImageSize -> 600
    ]
    ]


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      That's really interesting, it didn't occur to me that you could use currying in this way!
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    You can do this by Legendeding the plot itself and then using LegendLayout:



    tlp = TimelinePlot[{<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
    Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
    "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
    Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
    Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
    Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
    "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
    Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
    Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
    Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>},
    PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
    Black}, AspectRatio -> 1/2, PlotLayout -> "Packed",
    Background -> LightGray, ImageSize -> 600, AxesOrigin -> Center]


    Now we add our legend. Note the LegendLayout function:



    Legended[tlp,
    Placed[
    LineLegend[{Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
    (Style[#, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"] &) /@ {"Italian",
    "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish",
    "Japanese"},
    LegendLayout -> (Row[Row[#, Spacer[1]] & /@ #, Spacer[7]] &),
    LegendMargins -> 0], Below]]


    Resulting in:



    enter image description here



    I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do this than creating nested Rows, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to have a look.






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      You can do this by Legendeding the plot itself and then using LegendLayout:



      tlp = TimelinePlot[{<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
      Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
      "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
      Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
      Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
      Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
      "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
      Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
      Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
      Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>},
      PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
      Black}, AspectRatio -> 1/2, PlotLayout -> "Packed",
      Background -> LightGray, ImageSize -> 600, AxesOrigin -> Center]


      Now we add our legend. Note the LegendLayout function:



      Legended[tlp,
      Placed[
      LineLegend[{Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
      (Style[#, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"] &) /@ {"Italian",
      "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish",
      "Japanese"},
      LegendLayout -> (Row[Row[#, Spacer[1]] & /@ #, Spacer[7]] &),
      LegendMargins -> 0], Below]]


      Resulting in:



      enter image description here



      I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do this than creating nested Rows, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to have a look.






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        You can do this by Legendeding the plot itself and then using LegendLayout:



        tlp = TimelinePlot[{<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
        Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
        "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
        Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
        Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
        Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
        "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
        Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
        Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
        Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>},
        PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
        Black}, AspectRatio -> 1/2, PlotLayout -> "Packed",
        Background -> LightGray, ImageSize -> 600, AxesOrigin -> Center]


        Now we add our legend. Note the LegendLayout function:



        Legended[tlp,
        Placed[
        LineLegend[{Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
        (Style[#, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"] &) /@ {"Italian",
        "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish",
        "Japanese"},
        LegendLayout -> (Row[Row[#, Spacer[1]] & /@ #, Spacer[7]] &),
        LegendMargins -> 0], Below]]


        Resulting in:



        enter image description here



        I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do this than creating nested Rows, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to have a look.






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        You can do this by Legendeding the plot itself and then using LegendLayout:



        tlp = TimelinePlot[{<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
        Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
        "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
        Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
        Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
        Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
        "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
        Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
        Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
        Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>},
        PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple,
        Black}, AspectRatio -> 1/2, PlotLayout -> "Packed",
        Background -> LightGray, ImageSize -> 600, AxesOrigin -> Center]


        Now we add our legend. Note the LegendLayout function:



        Legended[tlp,
        Placed[
        LineLegend[{Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
        (Style[#, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"] &) /@ {"Italian",
        "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish",
        "Japanese"},
        LegendLayout -> (Row[Row[#, Spacer[1]] & /@ #, Spacer[7]] &),
        LegendMargins -> 0], Below]]


        Resulting in:



        enter image description here



        I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do this than creating nested Rows, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to have a look.







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            Per this answer, you can use the option LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}.



            data = {<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
            Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
            Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
            Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
            Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
            Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
            Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
            Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>};

            labels = {Text[
            Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]};

            TimelinePlot[data,
            PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
            PlotLegends -> Placed[LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}], Below],
            AspectRatio -> 1/2,
            PlotLayout -> "Packed",
            Background -> LightGray,
            ImageSize -> 600,
            AxesOrigin -> Center
            ]


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer









            $endgroup$













            • $begingroup$
              Cool (+1). So, they had 6 years to finally document this ... and did not?
              $endgroup$
              – gwr
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              That appears to be the case.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              Aha, this is the real solution! I can't believe this is undocumented. I also have a hard time understanding why they used "Row" the string rather than Row the symbol...
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago






            • 1




              $begingroup$
              My guess is the string version maintains consistency among other choices like "ReversedRow", etc. In addition, LegendLayout allows for an arbitrary function f and so parsing Row in this way would create ambiguity.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago












            • $begingroup$
              Since LineLegend accepts a LabelStyle option, you could simplify things by using LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}, LabelStyle -> {16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"}] and dropping all of those Style/Text wrappers in the labels.
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Woll
              5 mins ago
















            3












            $begingroup$

            Per this answer, you can use the option LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}.



            data = {<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
            Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
            Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
            Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
            Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
            Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
            Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
            Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>};

            labels = {Text[
            Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]};

            TimelinePlot[data,
            PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
            PlotLegends -> Placed[LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}], Below],
            AspectRatio -> 1/2,
            PlotLayout -> "Packed",
            Background -> LightGray,
            ImageSize -> 600,
            AxesOrigin -> Center
            ]


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer









            $endgroup$













            • $begingroup$
              Cool (+1). So, they had 6 years to finally document this ... and did not?
              $endgroup$
              – gwr
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              That appears to be the case.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              Aha, this is the real solution! I can't believe this is undocumented. I also have a hard time understanding why they used "Row" the string rather than Row the symbol...
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago






            • 1




              $begingroup$
              My guess is the string version maintains consistency among other choices like "ReversedRow", etc. In addition, LegendLayout allows for an arbitrary function f and so parsing Row in this way would create ambiguity.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago












            • $begingroup$
              Since LineLegend accepts a LabelStyle option, you could simplify things by using LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}, LabelStyle -> {16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"}] and dropping all of those Style/Text wrappers in the labels.
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Woll
              5 mins ago














            3












            3








            3





            $begingroup$

            Per this answer, you can use the option LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}.



            data = {<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
            Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
            Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
            Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
            Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
            Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
            Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
            Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>};

            labels = {Text[
            Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]};

            TimelinePlot[data,
            PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
            PlotLegends -> Placed[LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}], Below],
            AspectRatio -> 1/2,
            PlotLayout -> "Packed",
            Background -> LightGray,
            ImageSize -> 600,
            AxesOrigin -> Center
            ]


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer









            $endgroup$



            Per this answer, you can use the option LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}.



            data = {<|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> 
            Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] ->
            Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>, <|{"Piet Mondrian" ->
            Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>, <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" ->
            Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>, <|{Entity["Person",
            "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] ->
            Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>, <|{"Pablo Picasso" ->
            Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>, <|{"Hokusai" ->
            Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>};

            labels = {Text[
            Style["Italian", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["French", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["American", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["British", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Flemish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Spanish", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]],
            Text[Style["Japanese", 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]]};

            TimelinePlot[data,
            PlotStyle -> {Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black},
            PlotLegends -> Placed[LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}], Below],
            AspectRatio -> 1/2,
            PlotLayout -> "Packed",
            Background -> LightGray,
            ImageSize -> 600,
            AxesOrigin -> Center
            ]


            enter image description here







            share|improve this answer












            share|improve this answer



            share|improve this answer










            answered 2 hours ago









            Chip HurstChip Hurst

            22.5k15892




            22.5k15892












            • $begingroup$
              Cool (+1). So, they had 6 years to finally document this ... and did not?
              $endgroup$
              – gwr
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              That appears to be the case.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              Aha, this is the real solution! I can't believe this is undocumented. I also have a hard time understanding why they used "Row" the string rather than Row the symbol...
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago






            • 1




              $begingroup$
              My guess is the string version maintains consistency among other choices like "ReversedRow", etc. In addition, LegendLayout allows for an arbitrary function f and so parsing Row in this way would create ambiguity.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago












            • $begingroup$
              Since LineLegend accepts a LabelStyle option, you could simplify things by using LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}, LabelStyle -> {16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"}] and dropping all of those Style/Text wrappers in the labels.
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Woll
              5 mins ago


















            • $begingroup$
              Cool (+1). So, they had 6 years to finally document this ... and did not?
              $endgroup$
              – gwr
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              That appears to be the case.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago










            • $begingroup$
              Aha, this is the real solution! I can't believe this is undocumented. I also have a hard time understanding why they used "Row" the string rather than Row the symbol...
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago






            • 1




              $begingroup$
              My guess is the string version maintains consistency among other choices like "ReversedRow", etc. In addition, LegendLayout allows for an arbitrary function f and so parsing Row in this way would create ambiguity.
              $endgroup$
              – Chip Hurst
              2 hours ago












            • $begingroup$
              Since LineLegend accepts a LabelStyle option, you could simplify things by using LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}, LabelStyle -> {16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"}] and dropping all of those Style/Text wrappers in the labels.
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Woll
              5 mins ago
















            $begingroup$
            Cool (+1). So, they had 6 years to finally document this ... and did not?
            $endgroup$
            – gwr
            2 hours ago




            $begingroup$
            Cool (+1). So, they had 6 years to finally document this ... and did not?
            $endgroup$
            – gwr
            2 hours ago












            $begingroup$
            That appears to be the case.
            $endgroup$
            – Chip Hurst
            2 hours ago




            $begingroup$
            That appears to be the case.
            $endgroup$
            – Chip Hurst
            2 hours ago












            $begingroup$
            Aha, this is the real solution! I can't believe this is undocumented. I also have a hard time understanding why they used "Row" the string rather than Row the symbol...
            $endgroup$
            – Carl Lange
            2 hours ago




            $begingroup$
            Aha, this is the real solution! I can't believe this is undocumented. I also have a hard time understanding why they used "Row" the string rather than Row the symbol...
            $endgroup$
            – Carl Lange
            2 hours ago




            1




            1




            $begingroup$
            My guess is the string version maintains consistency among other choices like "ReversedRow", etc. In addition, LegendLayout allows for an arbitrary function f and so parsing Row in this way would create ambiguity.
            $endgroup$
            – Chip Hurst
            2 hours ago






            $begingroup$
            My guess is the string version maintains consistency among other choices like "ReversedRow", etc. In addition, LegendLayout allows for an arbitrary function f and so parsing Row in this way would create ambiguity.
            $endgroup$
            – Chip Hurst
            2 hours ago














            $begingroup$
            Since LineLegend accepts a LabelStyle option, you could simplify things by using LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}, LabelStyle -> {16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"}] and dropping all of those Style/Text wrappers in the labels.
            $endgroup$
            – Carl Woll
            5 mins ago




            $begingroup$
            Since LineLegend accepts a LabelStyle option, you could simplify things by using LineLegend[labels, LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}, LabelStyle -> {16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"}] and dropping all of those Style/Text wrappers in the labels.
            $endgroup$
            – Carl Woll
            5 mins ago











            2












            $begingroup$

            Just a slightly different take for readability avoiding Slot, using Riffle for the Spacers and constructing the graphics with centralized components (e.g. using With):



            With[
            { data =
            { <|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] -> Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>
            , <|{"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>
            , <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] -> Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>
            , <|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>
            , <|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>
            }
            , colors = { Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black }
            , styleFunc = Function[ text,
            Style[ text, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]
            ]
            , labels = { "Italian", "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish", "Japanese" }
            , layoutFunc = Function[ pairs, (* pairs = { {col1, lbl1}, ... } *)
            pairs // RightComposition[
            Flatten
            , Curry[Riffle][{Spacer[2] (* after color *), Spacer[10] (* between labels *) }]
            , Row
            ]
            ]
            }
            ,
            TimelinePlot[ data
            , PlotStyle -> colors
            , AxesOrigin -> Center
            , AspectRatio -> 1/2
            , PlotLegends -> Curry[Placed][Bottom] @ LineLegend[
            colors,
            styleFunc /@ labels
            , LegendLayout -> layoutFunc
            , LegendMargins -> 0
            ]
            , PlotLayout -> "Packed"
            , Background -> LightGray
            , ImageSize -> 600
            ]
            ]


            TimelinePlot






            share|improve this answer









            $endgroup$













            • $begingroup$
              That's really interesting, it didn't occur to me that you could use currying in this way!
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago
















            2












            $begingroup$

            Just a slightly different take for readability avoiding Slot, using Riffle for the Spacers and constructing the graphics with centralized components (e.g. using With):



            With[
            { data =
            { <|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] -> Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>
            , <|{"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>
            , <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] -> Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>
            , <|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>
            , <|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>
            }
            , colors = { Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black }
            , styleFunc = Function[ text,
            Style[ text, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]
            ]
            , labels = { "Italian", "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish", "Japanese" }
            , layoutFunc = Function[ pairs, (* pairs = { {col1, lbl1}, ... } *)
            pairs // RightComposition[
            Flatten
            , Curry[Riffle][{Spacer[2] (* after color *), Spacer[10] (* between labels *) }]
            , Row
            ]
            ]
            }
            ,
            TimelinePlot[ data
            , PlotStyle -> colors
            , AxesOrigin -> Center
            , AspectRatio -> 1/2
            , PlotLegends -> Curry[Placed][Bottom] @ LineLegend[
            colors,
            styleFunc /@ labels
            , LegendLayout -> layoutFunc
            , LegendMargins -> 0
            ]
            , PlotLayout -> "Packed"
            , Background -> LightGray
            , ImageSize -> 600
            ]
            ]


            TimelinePlot






            share|improve this answer









            $endgroup$













            • $begingroup$
              That's really interesting, it didn't occur to me that you could use currying in this way!
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago














            2












            2








            2





            $begingroup$

            Just a slightly different take for readability avoiding Slot, using Riffle for the Spacers and constructing the graphics with centralized components (e.g. using With):



            With[
            { data =
            { <|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] -> Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>
            , <|{"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>
            , <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] -> Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>
            , <|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>
            , <|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>
            }
            , colors = { Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black }
            , styleFunc = Function[ text,
            Style[ text, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]
            ]
            , labels = { "Italian", "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish", "Japanese" }
            , layoutFunc = Function[ pairs, (* pairs = { {col1, lbl1}, ... } *)
            pairs // RightComposition[
            Flatten
            , Curry[Riffle][{Spacer[2] (* after color *), Spacer[10] (* between labels *) }]
            , Row
            ]
            ]
            }
            ,
            TimelinePlot[ data
            , PlotStyle -> colors
            , AxesOrigin -> Center
            , AspectRatio -> 1/2
            , PlotLegends -> Curry[Placed][Bottom] @ LineLegend[
            colors,
            styleFunc /@ labels
            , LegendLayout -> layoutFunc
            , LegendMargins -> 0
            ]
            , PlotLayout -> "Packed"
            , Background -> LightGray
            , ImageSize -> 600
            ]
            ]


            TimelinePlot






            share|improve this answer









            $endgroup$



            Just a slightly different take for readability avoiding Slot, using Riffle for the Spacers and constructing the graphics with centralized components (e.g. using With):



            With[
            { data =
            { <|{Entity["Person", "LeonardoDaVinci::47w36"] -> Interval[{"1452", "1521"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "CamilleCorot::vx57d"] -> Interval[{"1796", "1875"}]}|>
            , <|{"Piet Mondrian" -> Interval[{"1872", "1944"}]}|>
            , <|{"Thomas Gainsborough" -> Interval[{"1727", "1788"}]}|>
            , <|{Entity["Person", "JanDavidszDeHeem::2gt75"] -> Interval[{"1606", "1684"}]}|>
            , <|{"Pablo Picasso" -> Interval[{"1881", "1973"}]}|>
            , <|{"Hokusai" -> Interval[{"1760", "1849"}]}|>
            }
            , colors = { Red, Orange, Darker[Yellow], Green, Blue, Purple, Black }
            , styleFunc = Function[ text,
            Style[ text, 16, Italic, FontFamily -> "Times"]
            ]
            , labels = { "Italian", "French", "American", "British", "Flemish", "Spanish", "Japanese" }
            , layoutFunc = Function[ pairs, (* pairs = { {col1, lbl1}, ... } *)
            pairs // RightComposition[
            Flatten
            , Curry[Riffle][{Spacer[2] (* after color *), Spacer[10] (* between labels *) }]
            , Row
            ]
            ]
            }
            ,
            TimelinePlot[ data
            , PlotStyle -> colors
            , AxesOrigin -> Center
            , AspectRatio -> 1/2
            , PlotLegends -> Curry[Placed][Bottom] @ LineLegend[
            colors,
            styleFunc /@ labels
            , LegendLayout -> layoutFunc
            , LegendMargins -> 0
            ]
            , PlotLayout -> "Packed"
            , Background -> LightGray
            , ImageSize -> 600
            ]
            ]


            TimelinePlot







            share|improve this answer












            share|improve this answer



            share|improve this answer










            answered 3 hours ago









            gwrgwr

            8,55322861




            8,55322861












            • $begingroup$
              That's really interesting, it didn't occur to me that you could use currying in this way!
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago


















            • $begingroup$
              That's really interesting, it didn't occur to me that you could use currying in this way!
              $endgroup$
              – Carl Lange
              2 hours ago
















            $begingroup$
            That's really interesting, it didn't occur to me that you could use currying in this way!
            $endgroup$
            – Carl Lange
            2 hours ago




            $begingroup$
            That's really interesting, it didn't occur to me that you could use currying in this way!
            $endgroup$
            – Carl Lange
            2 hours ago


















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