Change the alignment of a legend title in an ArcGIS Pro layout

Summary

In ArcGIS Pro, once a legend is added to a layout, the appearance of the legend can be customized. This article provides the workflow to change the alignment of a legend title in an ArcGIS Pro layout.

Procedure

1. Ensure the legend title is displayed in the legend.
   1. In the layout view, in the Contents pane, right-click the legend layer, and select Properties.
   2. In the Format Legend pane, on the Options tab, click to expand Legend.
   3. Under Legend, for Title, check the Show box to display the legend title in the legend.

Note:
Modifying the Name section under General changes the name of the legend in the Contents pane. The changes made in this section is not displayed in the layout.

4. Type a title for the legend in the box below the Show box. In this example, the legend title is Malaysia.

5. The title is displayed in the legend.

2. Change the alignment of the legend.
   1. In the Format Legend pane, click Text Symbol.
   2. On the General tab, expand Position.
   3. For Horizontal alignment, select one of the options available. In this example, the Center alignment is selected.
   4. Click Apply to change the alignment of the legend.

5. The texts in the legend, including the title and the labels, are now aligned to the center.

3. Alternatively, change the alignment of the legend title only while preserving the alignment of other text elements in the legend.
   1. In the Format Legend pane, click the down arrow next to Legend.
   2. In the drop-down menu, select Title.

3. On the General tab, click to expand Position.
4. For Horizontal alignment, select one of the options available. In this example, the Right alignment is selected.
5. Click Apply to change the alignment of the legend title.

6. The title is now aligned to the right. The alignment of the labels is not changed.