# Default settings of legend not saved?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-of-legend-not-saved/11480
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 24, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-of-legend-not-saved/11480 "2023-02-24T02:41:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/petrkryslucsd/32/5908_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-of-legend-not-saved/11480/1 "2023-02-24T02:41:05Z")

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I am setting the position of the legend as

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/208f413d6ab087056c0c74d929c556c1dbd699d9.png)  
Then I click the button in the lower-left corner of the dialog  
to save as default. Displaying a new field switches  
the legend position to where it was before (lower right corner).

How do I make the legend stay in the selected position?

Client Information:  
Version: 5.11.0  
VTK Version: 9.2.20220823  
Qt Version: 5.15.2  
vtkIdType size: 64bits  
Embedded Python: On  
Python Library Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.11.0\bin\lib  
Python Library Version: 3.9.13 (tags/v3.9.13:6de2ca5, May 17 2022, 16:36:42) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]  
Python Numpy Support: On  
Python Numpy Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.11.0\bin\Lib\site-packages\numpy  
Python Numpy Version: 1.21.1  
Python Matplotlib Support: On  
Python Matplotlib Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.11.0\bin\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib  
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.2.1  
Python Testing: Off  
MPI Enabled: Off  
ParaView Build ID: superbuild 296d2d1b237965dbf5059263bb6feac90417f250 (!1041)  
Disable Registry: Off  
Test Directory:  
Data Directory:  
SMP Backend: TBB  
SMP Max Number of Threads: 8  
OpenGL Vendor: Intel  
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 - Build 27.20.100.9621  
OpenGL Renderer: Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics  
Accelerated filters overrides available: No

Connection Information:  
Remote Connection: No

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-of-legend-not-saved/11480/2 "2023-02-24T10:38:06Z")

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Confirmed, looks like a bug, please open an issue:

[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)

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### Author: ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/petrkryslucsd/32/5908_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-of-legend-not-saved/11480/3 "2023-02-24T16:26:58Z")

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Done
