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title: View the legend of your map
description: The Legend panel contains information on the thematic analyses displayed on the map, as well as the map layers' styles.
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# View the legend of your map

## The Legend panel contains information on the thematic analyses displayed on the map, as well as the map layers' styles.

![legend](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/legend-3.png?width=50&name=legend-3.png)

![legend](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/legend-4.png?width=353&name=legend-4.png)

\- [Legend tools](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/set-the-legend-of-your-map#tools),

\- [Information displayed](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/set-the-legend-of-your-map#info),

\- [Selecting features](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/set-the-legend-of-your-map#selected),

\- [Legend settings](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/set-the-legend-of-your-map#Legendsettings),

#### Legend tools

 

 

#### Information displayed

 

#### Selecting features

      Select map features by clicking on a range or an individual value in the legend. The map features will be highlighted on the map and displayed in the **Selection panel**.

 

![select-range](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/select-range.png?width=688&name=select-range.png)

#### Legend settings

     The Legend Settings panel is used to configure how thematic analyses are displayed. The content is automatically adjusted depending on the **Types of Thematic Analysis** being displayed. When you make changes, they are immediately visible on the map and in the corresponding table and graph.

![legend-settings](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/legend-settings.png?width=352&name=legend-settings.png)

     The **settings** that are always available are:

     For thematic analyses on string thematic data, you can **reorder** the legend items by grabbing the handles and using drag and drop.

![reorder-legend](https://knowledge.cartovista.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/reorder-legend.png?width=352&name=reorder-legend.png)

 

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