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title: Open Legend by Default for a layer
slug: open-legend-by-default-for-a-layer
createdAt: 2026-10-18T11:22:56.831Z
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To display a layer's legend by default, navigate to the **Layers** page and click the **Actions** button :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/VcsHsvnwJKAxCm9TkReUG_upload.png" alt caption width="52" height="31"} next to the target layer. Select **Update** :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/JAk81_9ckXPVt0AXflja3_upload.png" alt caption width="41" height="21"} to open the layer settings. In the **Information** section, check the **Open Legend by Default** checkbox, then click **Save** to apply the changes, as shown in the figure below.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/ZMBMXA9POe2HQNUxZ3RCr_image.png)

The figure below shows the result on the map, demonstrating that the layer's legend opens automatically by default when the map is accessed.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/iw4hqa27QS3RV7aoObFKM_image.png)