Legend loses it's orientation when added as a panel

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
csharp
Domain
data-visualization

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Start with the code sample using ScottPlot.Panels.LegendPanel, myPlot.Legend, and myPlot.ShowLegend(pan.Edge), focusing on how the legend is transferred into the panel. Reproduce the sample with ScottPlot 5.1.59 and verify that setting Orientation to Vertical before adding the panel remains effective in the saved PNG.

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Description

Issue:

ScottPlot Version: 5.1.59

Code Sample:

ScottPlot.Plot myPlot = new();

PieSlice slice1 = new() { Value = 5, FillColor = Colors.Red, Label = "alpha", LegendText = "alpha"  };
PieSlice slice2 = new() { Value = 2, FillColor = Colors.Orange, Label = "beta", LegendText = "beta" };
PieSlice slice3 = new() { Value = 8, FillColor = Colors.Gold, Label = "gamma", LegendText = "gamma" };
PieSlice slice4 = new() { Value = 4, FillColor = Colors.Green, Label = "delta", LegendText = "delta" };
PieSlice slice5 = new() { Value = 8, FillColor = Colors.Blue, Label = "epsilon", LegendText = "epsilon" };

List<PieSlice> slices = new() { slice1, slice2, slice3, slice4, slice5 };

myPlot.ShowLegend();
// setup the pie to display slice labels
var pie = myPlot.Add.Pie(slices);
pie.SliceLabelDistance = 1.3;


// hide unnecessary plot components
myPlot.Axes.Frameless();
myPlot.HideGrid();
myPlot.Legend.OutlineStyle = ScottPlot.LineStyle.None;
myPlot.Legend.ShadowColor = Colors.Transparent;
//if you change orientation before adding to panel, it loses it and defaults to horizontal
myPlot.Legend.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical;

ScottPlot.Panels.LegendPanel pan = new(myPlot.Legend);
pan.Alignment = Alignment.MiddleCenter;
pan.Edge = Edge.Bottom;
myPlot.ShowLegend(pan.Edge);

//if you change it after adding the legend panel, it's ok, but i don't know if there are other settings that get lost too
//myPlot.Legend.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical;


myPlot.SavePng("bug.png");

This shows horizontal legend, even though i defined vertical above
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