Plot label None in line plot

[micramm]

The plot label appears when plotting a dataframe as a scatter plot but not as a line plot. Is this expected?

df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(2, 4), columns=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
ax = df.plot(kind = 'scatter', x='a', y='b',color='DarkBlue', label='Label')
ax = df.plot(kind = 'line', x='a', y='b',color='DarkBlue', label='Label')

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[jorisvandenbossche]

Yep, was also mentioned here: #8536 (comment). That was a PR to fix this issue (8491), but apparantly it was not fixed for all cases.

It seems this is specifically related to using x and y keywords with a line plot.

[micramm]

Right now the label keyboard behavior seems inconsistent. For a scatter plot it refers to the plot legend, but for the line plot it refers to the x axis label?

[petrushy]

in 0.15.2 release a quick fix seems to use data.plot(y=['col']) instead of data.plot(y='col')

[jorisvandenbossche]

This was also closed by #9574