Manage space in legend print composer QGIS

Question

I am struggling to figure out how to manage space in the legend.

I have extra space between some items in my legend, which I would like to remove:

How can I manage these spaces?

I built my legend by adding an extra group layer with the legend items in it stored in 3 different layers (Infrastructure, BAL and Radians).

Every time I used a rule based classification, and it doesn't show any issues for the BAL and Radians groups.

But it doesn't work as I'd like in Infrastructure group. There is extra space between the two NRO and Infra layers.

How can I remove this extra space?

EDIT : here is a screenshot of the legend in the main QGIS window, displaying like I'd like in the print composer.

What does the "Legend items" look like from the legends item properties. If you take a screenshot of it. — HeikkiVesanto
– HeikkiVesanto ♦, Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 10:19
Same trouble here - it looks like composer treated every (or not simple) symbol as square or expand it into square bounds and add some extra spacing... I also didn't found any solution (not counting some obvious like create only square-composed icons on map). — Jendrusk
– Jendrusk, Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 10:20
could you create two legends and change the spacing on just one? — Ian Turton
– Ian Turton, Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 10:23
Vesanto I edited and added a screenshot of the legend in the main QGIS window. — GuiOm Clair
– GuiOm Clair, Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 10:24
iant, I could make different legends indeed and position them manually, but I'm preparing a template for other users who are not familiar with QGIS so I have to make it as simple as possible. — GuiOm Clair
– GuiOm Clair, Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 10:25

HeikkiVesanto · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-07 10:02:35Z

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You can adjust spacing using the "Spacing" part of the Legend Item Properties:

Does adjusting any of these help?

answered Mar 7, 2017 at 10:02

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