[Qgis-user] Displaying Legends on Maps

Fri Aug 18 00:49:02 PDT 2023

Hi John,

the main idea is that the map you see immediately in QGIS, the one where 
you pan around and zoom, is a map canvas that is not meant for 
publication or printing but for exploration, editing and that sort of 
thing. You could add a legend there but only through significant custom 
efforts (as far as I am aware).

What you want to use instead is the Print Layout / Composer 
functionality: 
https://docs.qgis.org/3.28/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/overview_composer.html

Enjoy!
Hannes

Am 18.08.23 um 08:49 schrieb John Studley via QGIS-User:
> I am new to QGIS and this might be a dumb question but how do I 
> display legends on maps.
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> The documentation is far from clear
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