How to modify the label details from a `poly` object (not just the text)

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I’m trying to change the figure below to make the red and green squares in the labels box smaller (and, as a side effect, make the label box smaller, such that it doesn’t overlap with the circles).
How can I achieve that?
The figure is already at the precise size I want it to be.
As a workaround I could change the figure size, fonts, and linewidth sizes and rescale back to the size I wanted it to be, but I’d like to know how to properly do it.

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The labels are created simply using the label keyword in the poly! function.
The relevant part of the script is:

...
    plt.poly!(ax,Circle(Point2f(xc, yc), dc), color = (:red,0.5), transparency = true, label="Δ = 2*dc")
    plt.poly!(ax,Circle(Point2f(xc, yc), 2*dc), color = (:green,0.5), transparency = true, label="Δ = 4*dc")
    plt.axislegend(ax)
...

Is there a simple setting for that? Or do I need to create a new “Label box” from scratch in order to do that?

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The setting is patchsize Legend | Makie

There are also settings for the padding of the legend, the distances between labels and patches, etc.

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Thank you, jules!
I was looking for it in the “Label” entry on the reference page instead of the proper “Legend” entry :sweat_smile: