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General dialog
The General dialog of the legend item tab provides following functionalities (see figure_composer_10):
Figure 17.10: General Dialog
• Here you can adapt the legend title. You can change the font of the legend title, layer and item name. You
can change width and height of the legend symbol and you can add layer, symbol, icon label and box space.
Since QGIS 1.8, you can wrap the text of the legend title to a given character.
Legend items dialog
The Legend items dialog of the legend Item Properties tab provides following functionalities (see figure_composer_11):
Figure 17.11: Legend Items Dialog
• The legend items window lists all legend items and allows to change item order, edit layer names, remove
and restore items of the list. After changing the symbology in the QGIS main window you can click on
[Update] to adapt the changes in the legend element of the print composer. The item order can be changed
using the [Up] and [Down] buttons or with ‘drag and drop’ functionality.
General options dialog
The General options dialog of the legend Item Properties tab provides following functionalities (see figure_composer_12):
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Chapter 17. Print Composer