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<span id="artist-api"></span><h1>artists<a class="headerlink" href="#artists" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<div class="section" id="module-matplotlib.artist">
<span id="matplotlib-artist"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.artist" title="matplotlib.artist"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.artist</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.artist" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.artist.</code><code class="descname">Artist</code><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">object</span></code></p>
<p>Abstract base class for someone who renders into a
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FigureCanvas</span></code>.</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.add_callback">
<code class="descname">add_callback</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>func</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.add_callback" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Adds a callback function that will be called whenever one of
the <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a>‘s properties changes.</p>
<p>Returns an <em>id</em> that is useful for removing the callback with
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.remove_callback" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.remove_callback"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">remove_callback()</span></code></a> later.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.aname">
<code class="descname">aname</code><em class="property"> = u'Artist'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.aname" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.contains">
<code class="descname">contains</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>mouseevent</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.contains" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Test whether the artist contains the mouse event.</p>
<p>Returns the truth value and a dictionary of artist specific details of
selection, such as which points are contained in the pick radius. See
individual artists for details.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.convert_xunits">
<code class="descname">convert_xunits</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>x</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.convert_xunits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For artists in an axes, if the xaxis has units support,
convert <em>x</em> using xaxis unit type</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.convert_yunits">
<code class="descname">convert_yunits</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>y</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.convert_yunits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For artists in an axes, if the yaxis has units support,
convert <em>y</em> using yaxis unit type</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.draw">
<code class="descname">draw</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.draw" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Derived classes drawing method</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.findobj">
<code class="descname">findobj</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>match=None</em>, <em>include_self=True</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.findobj" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Find artist objects.</p>
<p>Recursively find all <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> instances
contained in self.</p>
<p><em>match</em> can be</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li>None: return all objects contained in artist.</li>
<li>function with signature <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boolean</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">match(artist)</span></code>
used to filter matches</li>
<li>class instance: e.g., Line2D. Only return artists of class type.</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>If <em>include_self</em> is True (default), include self in the list to be
checked for a match.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_agg_filter">
<code class="descname">get_agg_filter</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_agg_filter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return filter function to be used for agg filter</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_alpha">
<code class="descname">get_alpha</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_alpha" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all
backends</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_animated">
<code class="descname">get_animated</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_animated" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the artist’s animated state</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_axes">
<code class="descname">get_axes</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_axes" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instance the artist
resides in, or <em>None</em></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_children">
<code class="descname">get_children</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_children" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a list of the child <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist`s</span> <span class="pre">this</span>
<span class="pre">:class:`Artist</span></code> contains.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_clip_box">
<code class="descname">get_clip_box</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_clip_box" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return artist clipbox</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_clip_on">
<code class="descname">get_clip_on</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_clip_on" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return whether artist uses clipping</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_clip_path">
<code class="descname">get_clip_path</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_clip_path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return artist clip path</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_contains">
<code class="descname">get_contains</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_contains" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the _contains test used by the artist, or <em>None</em> for default.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_figure">
<code class="descname">get_figure</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_figure" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the <a class="reference internal" href="figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Figure</span></code></a> instance the
artist belongs to.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_gid">
<code class="descname">get_gid</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_gid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the group id</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_label">
<code class="descname">get_label</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_label" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the label used for this artist in the legend.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_path_effects">
<code class="descname">get_path_effects</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_path_effects" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_picker">
<code class="descname">get_picker</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_picker" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the picker object used by this artist</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_rasterized">
<code class="descname">get_rasterized</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_rasterized" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return True if the artist is to be rasterized</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_sketch_params">
<code class="descname">get_sketch_params</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_sketch_params" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the sketch parameters for the artist.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>sketch_params</strong> : tuple or <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></code></p>
<p><strong>A 3-tuple with the following elements:</strong> :</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">scale</span></code>: The amplitude of the wiggle perpendicular to the
source line.</li>
<li><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">length</span></code>: The length of the wiggle along the line.</li>
<li><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">randomness</span></code>: The scale factor by which the length is
shrunken or expanded.</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p class="last"><strong>May return `None` if no sketch parameters were set.</strong> :</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_snap">
<code class="descname">get_snap</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_snap" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the snap setting which may be:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li>True: snap vertices to the nearest pixel center</li>
<li>False: leave vertices as-is</li>
<li>None: (auto) If the path contains only rectilinear line
segments, round to the nearest pixel center</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>Only supported by the Agg and MacOSX backends.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_transform">
<code class="descname">get_transform</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_transform" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a>
instance used by this artist.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine">
<code class="descname">get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its
transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its
transformation.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_url">
<code class="descname">get_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the url</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_visible">
<code class="descname">get_visible</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_visible" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the artist’s visiblity</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent">
<code class="descname">get_window_extent</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>renderer</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the axes bounding box in display space.
Subclasses should override for inclusion in the bounding box
“tight” calculation. Default is to return an empty bounding
box at 0, 0.</p>
<p>Be careful when using this function, the results will not update
if the artist window extent of the artist changes. The extent
can change due to any changes in the transform stack, such as
changing the axes limits, the figure size, or the canvas used
(as is done when saving a figure). This can lead to unexpected
behavior where interactive figures will look fine on the screen,
but will save incorrectly.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_zorder">
<code class="descname">get_zorder</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_zorder" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a>‘s zorder.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.have_units">
<code class="descname">have_units</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.have_units" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <em>True</em> if units are set on the <em>x</em> or <em>y</em> axes</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.hitlist">
<code class="descname">hitlist</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>event</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.hitlist" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>List the children of the artist which contain the mouse event <em>event</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.is_figure_set">
<code class="descname">is_figure_set</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.is_figure_set" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns True if the artist is assigned to a
<a class="reference internal" href="figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Figure</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.is_transform_set">
<code class="descname">is_transform_set</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.is_transform_set" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns <em>True</em> if <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> has a transform explicitly
set.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.pchanged">
<code class="descname">pchanged</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.pchanged" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Fire an event when property changed, calling all of the
registered callbacks.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.pick">
<code class="descname">pick</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>mouseevent</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.pick" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>call signature:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">pick</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">mouseevent</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>each child artist will fire a pick event if <em>mouseevent</em> is over
the artist and the artist has picker set</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.pickable">
<code class="descname">pickable</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.pickable" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <em>True</em> if <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> is pickable.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.properties">
<code class="descname">properties</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.properties" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return a dictionary mapping property name -> value for all Artist props</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.remove">
<code class="descname">remove</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.remove" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Remove the artist from the figure if possible. The effect
will not be visible until the figure is redrawn, e.g., with
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.draw_idle()</span></code>. Call
<a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.relim" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.relim"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.relim()</span></code></a> to update the axes limits
if desired.</p>
<p>Note: <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.relim" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.relim"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">relim()</span></code></a> will not see
collections even if the collection was added to axes with
<em>autolim</em> = True.</p>
<p>Note: there is no support for removing the artist’s legend entry.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.remove_callback">
<code class="descname">remove_callback</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>oid</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.remove_callback" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Remove a callback based on its <em>id</em>.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="first admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="last docutils">
<dt><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.add_callback" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.add_callback"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">add_callback()</span></code></a></dt>
<dd>For adding callbacks</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set">
<code class="descname">set</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A tkstyle set command, pass <em>kwargs</em> to set properties</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_agg_filter">
<code class="descname">set_agg_filter</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filter_func</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_agg_filter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set agg_filter fuction.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_alpha">
<code class="descname">set_alpha</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>alpha</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_alpha" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on
all backends.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: float (0.0 transparent through 1.0 opaque)</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_animated">
<code class="descname">set_animated</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>b</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_animated" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the artist’s animation state.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [True | False]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_axes">
<code class="descname">set_axes</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>axes</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_axes" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instance in which the
artist resides, if any.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: an <a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> instance</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_box">
<code class="descname">set_clip_box</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>clipbox</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_box" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the artist’s clip <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Bbox</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: a <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Bbox" title="matplotlib.transforms.Bbox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.transforms.Bbox</span></code></a> instance</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_on">
<code class="descname">set_clip_on</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>b</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_on" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set whether artist uses clipping.</p>
<p>When False artists will be visible out side of the axes which
can lead to unexpected results.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [True | False]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_path">
<code class="descname">set_clip_path</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>path</em>, <em>transform=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the artist’s clip path, which may be:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul>
<li><p class="first">a <a class="reference internal" href="patches_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch</span></code></a> (or subclass) instance</p>
</li>
<li><dl class="first docutils">
<dt>a <a class="reference internal" href="path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path" title="matplotlib.path.Path"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Path</span></code></a> instance, in which case</dt>
<dd><p class="first last">an optional <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a>
instance may be provided, which will be applied to the
path before using it for clipping.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</li>
<li><p class="first"><em>None</em>, to remove the clipping path</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>For efficiency, if the path happens to be an axis-aligned
rectangle, this method will set the clipping box to the
corresponding rectangle and set the clipping path to <em>None</em>.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [ (<a class="reference internal" href="path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path" title="matplotlib.path.Path"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Path</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a>) |
<a class="reference internal" href="patches_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch" title="matplotlib.patches.Patch"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch</span></code></a> | None ]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_contains">
<code class="descname">set_contains</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>picker</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_contains" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Replace the contains test used by this artist. The new picker
should be a callable function which determines whether the
artist is hit by the mouse event:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">hit</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">props</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">picker</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">artist</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mouseevent</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If the mouse event is over the artist, return <em>hit</em> = <em>True</em>
and <em>props</em> is a dictionary of properties you want returned
with the contains test.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: a callable function</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_figure">
<code class="descname">set_figure</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>fig</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_figure" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the <a class="reference internal" href="figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Figure</span></code></a> instance the artist
belongs to.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: a <a class="reference internal" href="figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.figure.Figure</span></code></a> instance</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_gid">
<code class="descname">set_gid</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>gid</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_gid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the (group) id for the artist</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: an id string</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_label">
<code class="descname">set_label</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>s</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_label" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the label to <em>s</em> for auto legend.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: string or anything printable with ‘%s’ conversion.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_lod">
<code class="descname">set_lod</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>on</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_lod" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set Level of Detail on or off. If on, the artists may examine
things like the pixel width of the axes and draw a subset of
their contents accordingly</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [True | False]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_path_effects">
<code class="descname">set_path_effects</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>path_effects</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_path_effects" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>set path_effects, which should be a list of instances of
matplotlib.patheffect._Base class or its derivatives.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_picker">
<code class="descname">set_picker</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>picker</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_picker" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the epsilon for picking used by this artist</p>
<p><em>picker</em> can be one of the following:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul>
<li><p class="first"><em>None</em>: picking is disabled for this artist (default)</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">A boolean: if <em>True</em> then picking will be enabled and the
artist will fire a pick event if the mouse event is over
the artist</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">A float: if picker is a number it is interpreted as an
epsilon tolerance in points and the artist will fire
off an event if it’s data is within epsilon of the mouse
event. For some artists like lines and patch collections,
the artist may provide additional data to the pick event
that is generated, e.g., the indices of the data within
epsilon of the pick event</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">A function: if picker is callable, it is a user supplied
function which determines whether the artist is hit by the
mouse event:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">hit</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">props</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">picker</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">artist</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">mouseevent</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>to determine the hit test. if the mouse event is over the
artist, return <em>hit=True</em> and props is a dictionary of
properties you want added to the PickEvent attributes.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>ACCEPTS: [None|float|boolean|callable]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_rasterized">
<code class="descname">set_rasterized</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>rasterized</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_rasterized" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing in vector backend output.</p>
<p>Defaults to None, which implies the backend’s default behavior</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [True | False | None]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_sketch_params">
<code class="descname">set_sketch_params</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>scale=None</em>, <em>length=None</em>, <em>randomness=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_sketch_params" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the the sketch parameters.</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>scale</strong> : float, optional</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>The amplitude of the wiggle perpendicular to the source
line, in pixels. If scale is <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, or not provided, no
sketch filter will be provided.</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>length</strong> : float, optional</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>The length of the wiggle along the line, in pixels
(default 128.0)</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p><strong>randomness</strong> : float, optional</p>
<blockquote class="last">
<div><p>The scale factor by which the length is shrunken or
expanded (default 16.0)</p>
</div></blockquote>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_snap">
<code class="descname">set_snap</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>snap</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_snap" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the snap setting which may be:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li>True: snap vertices to the nearest pixel center</li>
<li>False: leave vertices as-is</li>
<li>None: (auto) If the path contains only rectilinear line
segments, round to the nearest pixel center</li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>Only supported by the Agg and MacOSX backends.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_transform">
<code class="descname">set_transform</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>t</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_transform" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a> instance
used by this artist.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: <a class="reference internal" href="../devel/transformations.html#matplotlib.transforms.Transform" title="matplotlib.transforms.Transform"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Transform</span></code></a> instance</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_url">
<code class="descname">set_url</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>url</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_url" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the url for the artist</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: a url string</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible">
<code class="descname">set_visible</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>b</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_visible" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the artist’s visiblity.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: [True | False]</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_zorder">
<code class="descname">set_zorder</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>level</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_zorder" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the zorder for the artist. Artists with lower zorder
values are drawn first.</p>
<p>ACCEPTS: any number</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.update">
<code class="descname">update</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>props</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.update" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Update the properties of this <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> from the
dictionary <em>prop</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.update_from">
<code class="descname">update_from</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>other</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.update_from" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Copy properties from <em>other</em> to <em>self</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.Artist.zorder">
<code class="descname">zorder</code><em class="property"> = 0</em><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist.zorder" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="class">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.artist.</code><code class="descname">ArtistInspector</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>o</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A helper class to inspect an <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a>
and return information about it’s settable properties and their
current values.</p>
<p>Initialize the artist inspector with an
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> or sequence of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artists</span></code>.
If a sequence is used, we assume it is a homogeneous sequence (all
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artists</span></code> are of the same type) and it is your responsibility
to make sure this is so.</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.aliased_name">
<code class="descname">aliased_name</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>s</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.aliased_name" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return ‘PROPNAME or alias’ if <em>s</em> has an alias, else return
PROPNAME.</p>
<p>e.g., for the line markerfacecolor property, which has an
alias, return ‘markerfacecolor or mfc’ and for the transform
property, which does not, return ‘transform’</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.aliased_name_rest">
<code class="descname">aliased_name_rest</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>s</em>, <em>target</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.aliased_name_rest" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return ‘PROPNAME or alias’ if <em>s</em> has an alias, else return
PROPNAME formatted for ReST</p>
<p>e.g., for the line markerfacecolor property, which has an
alias, return ‘markerfacecolor or mfc’ and for the transform
property, which does not, return ‘transform’</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.findobj">
<code class="descname">findobj</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>match=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.findobj" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Recursively find all <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.artist.Artist</span></code></a>
instances contained in <em>self</em>.</p>
<p>If <em>match</em> is not None, it can be</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li>function with signature <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">boolean</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">match(artist)</span></code></li>
<li>class instance: e.g., <a class="reference internal" href="lines_api.html#matplotlib.lines.Line2D" title="matplotlib.lines.Line2D"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</div></blockquote>
<p>used to filter matches.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.get_aliases">
<code class="descname">get_aliases</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.get_aliases" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get a dict mapping <em>fullname</em> -> <em>alias</em> for each <em>alias</em> in
the <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector" title="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArtistInspector</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>e.g., for lines:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span><span class="s">'markerfacecolor'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">'mfc'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s">'linewidth'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">'lw'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.get_setters">
<code class="descname">get_setters</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.get_setters" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the attribute strings with setters for object. e.g., for a line,
return <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">['markerfacecolor',</span> <span class="pre">'linewidth',</span> <span class="pre">....]</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.get_valid_values">
<code class="descname">get_valid_values</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>attr</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.get_valid_values" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the legal arguments for the setter associated with <em>attr</em>.</p>
<p>This is done by querying the docstring of the function <em>set_attr</em>
for a line that begins with ACCEPTS:</p>
<p>e.g., for a line linestyle, return
“[ <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'--'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-.'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">':'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'steps'</span></code> | <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'None'</span></code> ]”</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.is_alias">
<code class="descname">is_alias</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>o</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.is_alias" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <em>True</em> if method object <em>o</em> is an alias for another
function.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.pprint_getters">
<code class="descname">pprint_getters</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.pprint_getters" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the getters and actual values as list of strings.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.pprint_setters">
<code class="descname">pprint_setters</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>prop=None</em>, <em>leadingspace=2</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.pprint_setters" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>If <em>prop</em> is <em>None</em>, return a list of strings of all settable properies
and their valid values.</p>
<p>If <em>prop</em> is not <em>None</em>, it is a valid property name and that
property will be returned as a string of property : valid
values.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.pprint_setters_rest">
<code class="descname">pprint_setters_rest</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>prop=None</em>, <em>leadingspace=2</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.pprint_setters_rest" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>If <em>prop</em> is <em>None</em>, return a list of strings of all settable properies
and their valid values. Format the output for ReST</p>
<p>If <em>prop</em> is not <em>None</em>, it is a valid property name and that
property will be returned as a string of property : valid
values.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.properties">
<code class="descname">properties</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.ArtistInspector.properties" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>return a dictionary mapping property name -> value</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.allow_rasterization">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.artist.</code><code class="descname">allow_rasterization</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>draw</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.allow_rasterization" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Decorator for Artist.draw method. Provides routines
that run before and after the draw call. The before and after functions
are useful for changing artist-dependant renderer attributes or making
other setup function calls, such as starting and flushing a mixed-mode
renderer.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.get">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.artist.</code><code class="descname">get</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>obj</em>, <em>property=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.get" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the value of object’s property. <em>property</em> is an optional string
for the property you want to return</p>
<p>Example usage:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">getp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c"># get all the object properties</span>
<span class="n">getp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'linestyle'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c"># get the linestyle property</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><em>obj</em> is a <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> instance, e.g.,
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code> or an instance of a
<a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.text.Text</span></code></a>.
If the <em>property</em> is ‘somename’, this function returns</p>
<blockquote>
<div>obj.get_somename()</div></blockquote>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.getp" title="matplotlib.artist.getp"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">getp()</span></code></a> can be used to query all the gettable properties with
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">getp(obj)</span></code>. Many properties have aliases for shorter typing, e.g.
‘lw’ is an alias for ‘linewidth’. In the output, aliases and full
property names will be listed as:</p>
<blockquote>
<div>property or alias = value</div></blockquote>
<p>e.g.:</p>
<blockquote>
<div>linewidth or lw = 2</div></blockquote>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.getp">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.artist.</code><code class="descname">getp</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>obj</em>, <em>property=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.getp" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the value of object’s property. <em>property</em> is an optional string
for the property you want to return</p>
<p>Example usage:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">getp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c"># get all the object properties</span>
<span class="n">getp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'linestyle'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c"># get the linestyle property</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><em>obj</em> is a <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.Artist" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Artist</span></code></a> instance, e.g.,
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Line2D</span></code> or an instance of a
<a class="reference internal" href="axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Axes</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="text_api.html#matplotlib.text.Text" title="matplotlib.text.Text"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.text.Text</span></code></a>.
If the <em>property</em> is ‘somename’, this function returns</p>
<blockquote>
<div>obj.get_somename()</div></blockquote>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.getp" title="matplotlib.artist.getp"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">getp()</span></code></a> can be used to query all the gettable properties with
<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">getp(obj)</span></code>. Many properties have aliases for shorter typing, e.g.
‘lw’ is an alias for ‘linewidth’. In the output, aliases and full
property names will be listed as:</p>
<blockquote>
<div>property or alias = value</div></blockquote>
<p>e.g.:</p>
<blockquote>
<div>linewidth or lw = 2</div></blockquote>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.kwdoc">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.artist.</code><code class="descname">kwdoc</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>a</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.kwdoc" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="matplotlib.artist.setp">
<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.artist.</code><code class="descname">setp</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>obj</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.artist.setp" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set a property on an artist object.</p>
<p>matplotlib supports the use of <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.setp" title="matplotlib.artist.setp"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">setp()</span></code></a> (“set property”) and
<a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.getp" title="matplotlib.artist.getp"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">getp()</span></code></a> to set and get object properties, as well as to do
introspection on the object. For example, to set the linestyle of a
line to be dashed, you can do:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plot</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">setp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">linestyle</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">'--'</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If you want to know the valid types of arguments, you can provide the
name of the property you want to set without a value:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">setp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">'linestyle'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go"> linestyle: [ '-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | 'steps' | 'None' ]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If you want to see all the properties that can be set, and their
possible values, you can do:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">setp</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go"> ... long output listing omitted</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.artist.setp" title="matplotlib.artist.setp"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">setp()</span></code></a> operates on a single instance or a list of instances.
If you are in query mode introspecting the possible values, only