Rounded corners on legend box

mdboom · mdboom · commit c8ec32302544 · 2015-12-31T16:21:02.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'date.autoformatter.second': ['%H:%M:%S.%f', six.text_type],
 
     #legend properties
-    'legend.fancybox': [False, validate_bool],
+    'legend.fancybox': [True, validate_bool],
 
     # at some point, legend.loc should be changed to 'best'
     'legend.loc': ['best', validate_legend_loc],
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 #grid.alpha       :   1.0       # transparency, between 0.0 and 1.0
 
 ### Legend
-#legend.fancybox      : False  # if True, use a rounded box for the
-                               # legend, else a rectangle
+#legend.fancybox      : True  # if True, use a rounded box for the
+                              # legend, else a rectangle
 #legend.loc           : best
 #legend.isaxes        : True
 #legend.numpoints     : 1      # the number of points in the legend line
