matplotlib.axis

Table of Contents

• Inheritance
• Axis objects
  • Formatters and Locators
  • Axis Label
  • Ticks, tick labels and Offset text
  • Data and view intervals
  • Rendering helpers
  • Interactive
  • Units
  • Incremental navigation
  • YAxis Specific
  • XAxis Specific
  • Other
  • Discouraged
• Tick objects
• Common and inherited methods
  • XTick
  • YTick
  • YAxis
  • XAxis
  • Inherited from artist
    • Ticks
    • Axis

Classes for the ticks and x and y axis.

Inheritance

Axis objects

class matplotlib.axis.Axis(axes, pickradius=15) [source]

Base class for XAxis and YAxis.

Attributes:

isDefault_labelbool axesmatplotlib.axes.Axes The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None. majormatplotlib.axis.Ticker Determines the major tick positions and their label format. minormatplotlib.axis.Ticker Determines the minor tick positions and their label format. callbacksmatplotlib.cbook.CallbackRegistry labelText The axis label. labelpadfloat The distance between the axis label and the tick labels. Defaults to rcParams["axes.labelpad"] (default: 4.0) = 4. offsetTextText A Text object containing the data offset of the ticks (if any). pickradiusfloat The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also Axis.contains. majorTickslist of Tick The major ticks. minorTickslist of Tick The minor ticks.

Parameters:	axesmatplotlib.axes.Axes The Axes to which the created Axis belongs. pickradiusfloat The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also Axis.contains.

class matplotlib.axis.XAxis(axes, pickradius=15) [source]

Parameters:	axesmatplotlib.axes.Axes The Axes to which the created Axis belongs. pickradiusfloat The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also Axis.contains.

class matplotlib.axis.YAxis(axes, pickradius=15) [source]

Parameters:	axesmatplotlib.axes.Axes The Axes to which the created Axis belongs. pickradiusfloat The acceptance radius for containment tests. See also Axis.contains.

class matplotlib.axis.Ticker [source]

A container for the objects defining tick position and format.

Attributes:	locatormatplotlib.ticker.Locator subclass Determines the positions of the ticks. formattermatplotlib.ticker.Formatter subclass Determines the format of the tick labels.

Axis.cla	Clear this axis.
Axis.get_scale

Formatters and Locators

Axis.get_major_formatter	Get the formatter of the major ticker
Axis.get_major_locator	Get the locator of the major ticker
Axis.get_minor_formatter	Get the formatter of the minor ticker
Axis.get_minor_locator	Get the locator of the minor ticker
Axis.set_major_formatter	Set the formatter of the major ticker.
Axis.set_major_locator	Set the locator of the major ticker.
Axis.set_minor_formatter	Set the formatter of the minor ticker.
Axis.set_minor_locator	Set the locator of the minor ticker.
Axis.remove_overlapping_locs	If minor ticker locations that overlap with major ticker locations should be trimmed.
Axis.get_remove_overlapping_locs
Axis.set_remove_overlapping_locs

Axis Label

Axis.set_label_coords	Set the coordinates of the label.
Axis.set_label_position	Set the label position (top or bottom)
Axis.set_label_text	Set the text value of the axis label.
Axis.get_label_position	Return the label position (top or bottom)
Axis.get_label_text	Get the text of the label

Ticks, tick labels and Offset text

Axis.get_major_ticks	Get the tick instances; grow as necessary.
Axis.get_majorticklabels	Return a list of Text instances for the major ticklabels.
Axis.get_majorticklines	Return the major tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
Axis.get_majorticklocs	Get the array of major tick locations in data coordinates.
Axis.get_minor_ticks	Get the minor tick instances; grow as necessary.
Axis.get_minorticklabels	Return a list of Text instances for the minor ticklabels.
Axis.get_minorticklines	Return the minor tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
Axis.get_minorticklocs	Get the array of minor tick locations in data coordinates.
Axis.get_offset_text	Return the axis offsetText as a Text instance
Axis.get_tick_padding
Axis.get_ticklabels	Get the tick labels as a list of Text instances.
Axis.get_ticklines	Return the tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
Axis.get_ticklocs	Get the array of tick locations in data coordinates.
Axis.get_gridlines	Return the grid lines as a list of Line2D instance
Axis.grid	Configure the grid lines.
Axis.set_tick_params	Set appearance parameters for ticks, ticklabels, and gridlines.
Axis.axis_date	Sets up axis ticks and labels treating data along this axis as dates.

Data and view intervals

Axis.get_data_interval	Return the Interval instance for this axis data limits.
Axis.get_view_interval	Return the view limits (min, max) of this axis.
Axis.set_data_interval	Set the axis data limits.
Axis.set_view_interval	Set the axis view limits.

Rendering helpers

Axis.get_minpos
Axis.get_tick_space	Return the estimated number of ticks that can fit on the axis.
Axis.get_ticklabel_extents	Get the extents of the tick labels on either side of the axes.
Axis.get_tightbbox	Return a bounding box that encloses the axis.

Interactive

Axis.get_pickradius	Return the depth of the axis used by the picker
Axis.set_pickradius	Set the depth of the axis used by the picker.

Units

Axis.convert_units
Axis.set_units	Set the units for axis.
Axis.get_units	Return the units for axis.
Axis.update_units	Introspect data for units converter and update the axis.converter instance if necessary.

Incremental navigation

Axis.pan	Pan by numsteps (can be positive or negative).
Axis.zoom	Zoom in/out on axis; if direction is >0 zoom in, else zoom out.

YAxis Specific

YAxis.axis_name	Read-only name identifying the axis.
YAxis.get_text_widths
YAxis.get_ticks_position	Return the ticks position ("left", "right", "default", or "unknown").
YAxis.set_offset_position	Parameters:
YAxis.set_ticks_position	Set the ticks position (left, right, both, default or none) 'both' sets the ticks to appear on both positions, but does not change the tick labels.
YAxis.tick_left	Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the left of the axes.
YAxis.tick_right	Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the right of the axes.

XAxis Specific

XAxis.axis_name	Read-only name identifying the axis.
XAxis.get_text_heights	Returns the amount of space one should reserve for text above and below the axes.
XAxis.get_ticks_position	Return the ticks position ("top", "bottom", "default", or "unknown").
XAxis.set_ticks_position	Set the ticks position (top, bottom, both, default or none) both sets the ticks to appear on both positions, but does not change the tick labels.
XAxis.tick_bottom	Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the bottom of the axes.
XAxis.tick_top	Move ticks and ticklabels (if present) to the top of the axes.

Other

Axis.OFFSETTEXTPAD
Axis.limit_range_for_scale
Axis.reset_ticks	Re-initialize the major and minor Tick lists.
Axis.set_default_intervals	Set the default limits for the axis data and view interval if they have not been not mutated yet.
Axis.get_smart_bounds	[Deprecated] Return whether the axis has smart bounds.
Axis.set_smart_bounds	[Deprecated] Set the axis to have smart bounds.

Discouraged

These methods implicitly use FixedLocator and FixedFormatter. They can be convenient, but if not used together may de-couple your tick labels from your data.

Axis.set_ticklabels	Set the text values of the tick labels.
Axis.set_ticks	Set the locations of the tick marks from sequence ticks

Tick objects

class matplotlib.axis.Tick(axes, loc, label, size=None, width=None, color=None, tickdir=None, pad=None, labelsize=None, labelcolor=None, zorder=None, gridOn=None, tick1On=True, tick2On=True, label1On=True, label2On=False, major=True, labelrotation=0, grid_color=None, grid_linestyle=None, grid_linewidth=None, grid_alpha=None, **kw) [source]

Abstract base class for the axis ticks, grid lines and labels.

Ticks mark a position on an Axis. They contain two lines as markers and two labels; one each for the bottom and top positions (in case of an XAxis) or for the left and right positions (in case of a YAxis).

Attributes:	tick1lineLine2D The left/bottom tick marker. tick2lineLine2D The right/top tick marker. gridlineLine2D The grid line associated with the label position. label1Text The left/bottom tick label. label2Text The right/top tick label.

bbox is the Bound2D bounding box in display coords of the Axes loc is the tick location in data coords size is the tick size in points

class matplotlib.axis.XTick(axes, loc, label, size=None, width=None, color=None, tickdir=None, pad=None, labelsize=None, labelcolor=None, zorder=None, gridOn=None, tick1On=True, tick2On=True, label1On=True, label2On=False, major=True, labelrotation=0, grid_color=None, grid_linestyle=None, grid_linewidth=None, grid_alpha=None, **kw) [source]

Contains all the Artists needed to make an x tick - the tick line, the label text and the grid line

bbox is the Bound2D bounding box in display coords of the Axes loc is the tick location in data coords size is the tick size in points

class matplotlib.axis.YTick(axes, loc, label, size=None, width=None, color=None, tickdir=None, pad=None, labelsize=None, labelcolor=None, zorder=None, gridOn=None, tick1On=True, tick2On=True, label1On=True, label2On=False, major=True, labelrotation=0, grid_color=None, grid_linestyle=None, grid_linewidth=None, grid_alpha=None, **kw) [source]

Contains all the Artists needed to make a Y tick - the tick line, the label text and the grid line

bbox is the Bound2D bounding box in display coords of the Axes loc is the tick location in data coords size is the tick size in points

Tick.apply_tickdir	Calculate self._pad and self._tickmarkers.
Tick.get_loc	Return the tick location (data coords) as a scalar
Tick.get_pad	Get the value of the tick label pad in points
Tick.get_pad_pixels
Tick.get_tick_padding	Get the length of the tick outside of the axes.
Tick.get_tickdir
Tick.get_view_interval	Return the view limits (min, max) of the axis the tick belongs to.
Tick.set_label1	Set the label1 text.
Tick.set_label2	Set the label2 text.
Tick.set_pad	Set the tick label pad in points
Tick.update_position	Set the location of tick in data coords with scalar loc

Common and inherited methods

XTick

XTick.apply_tickdir	Calculate self._pad and self._tickmarkers.
XTick.get_loc	Return the tick location (data coords) as a scalar
XTick.get_pad	Get the value of the tick label pad in points
XTick.get_pad_pixels
XTick.get_tick_padding	Get the length of the tick outside of the axes.
XTick.get_tickdir
XTick.get_view_interval	Return the view limits (min, max) of the axis the tick belongs to.
XTick.set_label1	Set the label1 text.
XTick.set_label2	Set the label2 text.
XTick.set_pad	Set the tick label pad in points
XTick.update_position	Set the location of tick in data coords with scalar loc.

YTick

YTick.apply_tickdir	Calculate self._pad and self._tickmarkers.
YTick.get_loc	Return the tick location (data coords) as a scalar
YTick.get_pad	Get the value of the tick label pad in points
YTick.get_pad_pixels
YTick.get_tick_padding	Get the length of the tick outside of the axes.
YTick.get_tickdir
YTick.get_view_interval	Return the view limits (min, max) of the axis the tick belongs to.
YTick.set_label1	Set the label1 text.
YTick.set_label2	Set the label2 text.
YTick.set_pad	Set the tick label pad in points
YTick.update_position	Set the location of tick in data coords with scalar loc.

YAxis

YAxis.OFFSETTEXTPAD
YAxis.axis_date	Sets up axis ticks and labels treating data along this axis as dates.
YAxis.cla	Clear this axis.
YAxis.convert_units
YAxis.get_data_interval	Return the Interval instance for this axis data limits.
YAxis.get_gridlines	Return the grid lines as a list of Line2D instance
YAxis.get_label_position	Return the label position (top or bottom)
YAxis.get_label_text	Get the text of the label
YAxis.get_major_formatter	Get the formatter of the major ticker
YAxis.get_major_locator	Get the locator of the major ticker
YAxis.get_major_ticks	Get the tick instances; grow as necessary.
YAxis.get_majorticklabels	Return a list of Text instances for the major ticklabels.
YAxis.get_majorticklines	Return the major tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
YAxis.get_majorticklocs	Get the array of major tick locations in data coordinates.
YAxis.get_minor_formatter	Get the formatter of the minor ticker
YAxis.get_minor_locator	Get the locator of the minor ticker
YAxis.get_minor_ticks	Get the minor tick instances; grow as necessary.
YAxis.get_minorticklabels	Return a list of Text instances for the minor ticklabels.
YAxis.get_minorticklines	Return the minor tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
YAxis.get_minorticklocs	Get the array of minor tick locations in data coordinates.
YAxis.get_minpos
YAxis.get_offset_text	Return the axis offsetText as a Text instance
YAxis.get_pickradius	Return the depth of the axis used by the picker
YAxis.get_scale
YAxis.get_smart_bounds	[Deprecated] Return whether the axis has smart bounds.
YAxis.get_tick_padding
YAxis.get_tick_space	Return the estimated number of ticks that can fit on the axis.
YAxis.get_ticklabel_extents	Get the extents of the tick labels on either side of the axes.
YAxis.get_ticklabels	Get the tick labels as a list of Text instances.
YAxis.get_ticklines	Return the tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
YAxis.get_ticklocs	Get the array of tick locations in data coordinates.
YAxis.get_tightbbox	Return a bounding box that encloses the axis.
YAxis.get_units	Return the units for axis.
YAxis.get_view_interval	Return the view limits (min, max) of this axis.
YAxis.grid	Configure the grid lines.
YAxis.limit_range_for_scale
YAxis.pan	Pan by numsteps (can be positive or negative).
YAxis.reset_ticks	Re-initialize the major and minor Tick lists.
YAxis.set_data_interval	Set the axis data limits.
YAxis.set_default_intervals	Set the default limits for the axis data and view interval if they have not been not mutated yet.
YAxis.set_label_coords	Set the coordinates of the label.
YAxis.set_label_position	Set the label position (left or right)
YAxis.set_label_text	Set the text value of the axis label.
YAxis.set_major_formatter	Set the formatter of the major ticker.
YAxis.set_major_locator	Set the locator of the major ticker.
YAxis.set_minor_formatter	Set the formatter of the minor ticker.
YAxis.set_minor_locator	Set the locator of the minor ticker.
YAxis.set_pickradius	Set the depth of the axis used by the picker.
YAxis.set_smart_bounds	[Deprecated] Set the axis to have smart bounds.
YAxis.set_tick_params	Set appearance parameters for ticks, ticklabels, and gridlines.
YAxis.set_ticklabels	Set the text values of the tick labels.
YAxis.set_ticks	Set the locations of the tick marks from sequence ticks
YAxis.set_units	Set the units for axis.
YAxis.set_view_interval	Set the axis view limits.
YAxis.update_units	Introspect data for units converter and update the axis.converter instance if necessary.
YAxis.zoom	Zoom in/out on axis; if direction is >0 zoom in, else zoom out.

XAxis

XAxis.OFFSETTEXTPAD
XAxis.axis_date	Sets up axis ticks and labels treating data along this axis as dates.
XAxis.cla	Clear this axis.
XAxis.convert_units
XAxis.get_data_interval	Return the Interval instance for this axis data limits.
XAxis.get_gridlines	Return the grid lines as a list of Line2D instance
XAxis.get_label_position	Return the label position (top or bottom)
XAxis.get_label_text	Get the text of the label
XAxis.get_major_formatter	Get the formatter of the major ticker
XAxis.get_major_locator	Get the locator of the major ticker
XAxis.get_major_ticks	Get the tick instances; grow as necessary.
XAxis.get_majorticklabels	Return a list of Text instances for the major ticklabels.
XAxis.get_majorticklines	Return the major tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
XAxis.get_majorticklocs	Get the array of major tick locations in data coordinates.
XAxis.get_minor_formatter	Get the formatter of the minor ticker
XAxis.get_minor_locator	Get the locator of the minor ticker
XAxis.get_minor_ticks	Get the minor tick instances; grow as necessary.
XAxis.get_minorticklabels	Return a list of Text instances for the minor ticklabels.
XAxis.get_minorticklines	Return the minor tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
XAxis.get_minorticklocs	Get the array of minor tick locations in data coordinates.
XAxis.get_minpos
XAxis.get_offset_text	Return the axis offsetText as a Text instance
XAxis.get_pickradius	Return the depth of the axis used by the picker
XAxis.get_scale
XAxis.get_smart_bounds	[Deprecated] Return whether the axis has smart bounds.
XAxis.get_tick_padding
XAxis.get_tick_space	Return the estimated number of ticks that can fit on the axis.
XAxis.get_ticklabel_extents	Get the extents of the tick labels on either side of the axes.
XAxis.get_ticklabels	Get the tick labels as a list of Text instances.
XAxis.get_ticklines	Return the tick lines as a list of Line2D instances
XAxis.get_ticklocs	Get the array of tick locations in data coordinates.
XAxis.get_tightbbox	Return a bounding box that encloses the axis.
XAxis.get_units	Return the units for axis.
XAxis.get_view_interval	Return the view limits (min, max) of this axis.
XAxis.grid	Configure the grid lines.
XAxis.limit_range_for_scale
XAxis.pan	Pan by numsteps (can be positive or negative).
XAxis.reset_ticks	Re-initialize the major and minor Tick lists.
XAxis.set_data_interval	Set the axis data limits.
XAxis.set_default_intervals	Set the default limits for the axis data and view interval if they have not been not mutated yet.
XAxis.set_label_coords	Set the coordinates of the label.
XAxis.set_label_position	Set the label position (top or bottom)
XAxis.set_label_text	Set the text value of the axis label.
XAxis.set_major_formatter	Set the formatter of the major ticker.
XAxis.set_major_locator	Set the locator of the major ticker.
XAxis.set_minor_formatter	Set the formatter of the minor ticker.
XAxis.set_minor_locator	Set the locator of the minor ticker.
XAxis.set_pickradius	Set the depth of the axis used by the picker.
XAxis.set_smart_bounds	[Deprecated] Set the axis to have smart bounds.
XAxis.set_tick_params	Set appearance parameters for ticks, ticklabels, and gridlines.
XAxis.set_ticklabels	Set the text values of the tick labels.
XAxis.set_ticks	Set the locations of the tick marks from sequence ticks
XAxis.set_units	Set the units for axis.
XAxis.set_view_interval	Set the axis view limits.
XAxis.update_units	Introspect data for units converter and update the axis.converter instance if necessary.
XAxis.zoom	Zoom in/out on axis; if direction is >0 zoom in, else zoom out.

Inherited from artist

Ticks

Tick.add_callback	Add a callback function that will be called whenever one of the Artist's properties changes.
Tick.axes	The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None.
Tick.contains	Test whether the mouse event occurred in the Tick marks.
Tick.convert_xunits	Convert x using the unit type of the xaxis.
Tick.convert_yunits	Convert y using the unit type of the yaxis.
Tick.draw	Draw the Artist using the given renderer.
Tick.findobj	Find artist objects.
Tick.format_cursor_data	Return a string representation of data.
Tick.get_agg_filter	Return filter function to be used for agg filter.
Tick.get_alpha	Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends
Tick.get_animated	Return the animated state.
Tick.get_children	Return a list of the child Artists of this Artist.
Tick.get_clip_box	Return the clipbox.
Tick.get_clip_on	Return whether the artist uses clipping.
Tick.get_clip_path	Return the clip path.
Tick.get_contains	Return the custom contains function of the artist if set, or None.
Tick.get_cursor_data	Return the cursor data for a given event.
Tick.get_figure	Return the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
Tick.get_gid	Return the group id.
Tick.get_label	Return the label used for this artist in the legend.
Tick.get_path_effects
Tick.get_picker	Return the picking behavior of the artist.
Tick.get_rasterized	Return whether the artist is to be rasterized.
Tick.get_sketch_params	Returns the sketch parameters for the artist.
Tick.get_snap	Returns the snap setting.
Tick.get_transform	Return the Transform instance used by this artist.
Tick.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine	Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its transformation.
Tick.get_url	Return the url.
Tick.get_visible	Return the visibility.
Tick.get_window_extent	Get the axes bounding box in display space.
Tick.get_zorder	Return the artist's zorder.
Tick.have_units	Return True if units are set on any axis.
Tick.is_transform_set	Return whether the Artist has an explicitly set transform.
Tick.mouseover	If this property is set to True, the artist will be queried for custom context information when the mouse cursor moves over it.
Tick.pchanged	Call all of the registered callbacks.
Tick.pick	Process a pick event.
Tick.pickable	Return whether the artist is pickable.
Tick.properties	Return a dictionary of all the properties of the artist.
Tick.remove	Remove the artist from the figure if possible.
Tick.remove_callback	Remove a callback based on its observer id.
Tick.set	A property batch setter.
Tick.set_agg_filter	Set the agg filter.
Tick.set_alpha	Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.
Tick.set_animated	Set the artist's animation state.
Tick.set_clip_box	Set the artist's clip Bbox.
Tick.set_clip_on	Set whether the artist uses clipping.
Tick.set_clip_path	Set the artist's clip path.
Tick.set_contains	Define a custom contains test for the artist.
Tick.set_figure	Set the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
Tick.set_gid	Set the (group) id for the artist.
Tick.set_label	Set the label1 text.
Tick.set_path_effects	Set the path effects.
Tick.set_picker	Define the picking behavior of the artist.
Tick.set_rasterized	Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing in vector backend output.
Tick.set_sketch_params	Sets the sketch parameters.
Tick.set_snap	Set the snapping behavior.
Tick.set_transform	Set the artist transform.
Tick.set_url	Set the url for the artist.
Tick.set_visible	Set the artist's visibility.
Tick.set_zorder	Set the zorder for the artist.
Tick.stale	Whether the artist is 'stale' and needs to be re-drawn for the output to match the internal state of the artist.
Tick.update	Update this artist's properties from the dictionary props.
Tick.update_from	Copy properties from other to self.
Tick.zorder
XTick.add_callback	Add a callback function that will be called whenever one of the Artist's properties changes.
XTick.axes	The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None.
XTick.contains	Test whether the mouse event occurred in the Tick marks.
XTick.convert_xunits	Convert x using the unit type of the xaxis.
XTick.convert_yunits	Convert y using the unit type of the yaxis.
XTick.draw	Draw the Artist using the given renderer.
XTick.findobj	Find artist objects.
XTick.format_cursor_data	Return a string representation of data.
XTick.get_agg_filter	Return filter function to be used for agg filter.
XTick.get_alpha	Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends
XTick.get_animated	Return the animated state.
XTick.get_children	Return a list of the child Artists of this Artist.
XTick.get_clip_box	Return the clipbox.
XTick.get_clip_on	Return whether the artist uses clipping.
XTick.get_clip_path	Return the clip path.
XTick.get_contains	Return the custom contains function of the artist if set, or None.
XTick.get_cursor_data	Return the cursor data for a given event.
XTick.get_figure	Return the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
XTick.get_gid	Return the group id.
XTick.get_label	Return the label used for this artist in the legend.
XTick.get_path_effects
XTick.get_picker	Return the picking behavior of the artist.
XTick.get_rasterized	Return whether the artist is to be rasterized.
XTick.get_sketch_params	Returns the sketch parameters for the artist.
XTick.get_snap	Returns the snap setting.
XTick.get_transform	Return the Transform instance used by this artist.
XTick.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine	Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its transformation.
XTick.get_url	Return the url.
XTick.get_visible	Return the visibility.
XTick.get_window_extent	Get the axes bounding box in display space.
XTick.get_zorder	Return the artist's zorder.
XTick.have_units	Return True if units are set on any axis.
XTick.is_transform_set	Return whether the Artist has an explicitly set transform.
XTick.mouseover	If this property is set to True, the artist will be queried for custom context information when the mouse cursor moves over it.
XTick.pchanged	Call all of the registered callbacks.
XTick.pick	Process a pick event.
XTick.pickable	Return whether the artist is pickable.
XTick.properties	Return a dictionary of all the properties of the artist.
XTick.remove	Remove the artist from the figure if possible.
XTick.remove_callback	Remove a callback based on its observer id.
XTick.set	A property batch setter.
XTick.set_agg_filter	Set the agg filter.
XTick.set_alpha	Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.
XTick.set_animated	Set the artist's animation state.
XTick.set_clip_box	Set the artist's clip Bbox.
XTick.set_clip_on	Set whether the artist uses clipping.
XTick.set_clip_path	Set the artist's clip path.
XTick.set_contains	Define a custom contains test for the artist.
XTick.set_figure	Set the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
XTick.set_gid	Set the (group) id for the artist.
XTick.set_label	Set the label1 text.
XTick.set_path_effects	Set the path effects.
XTick.set_picker	Define the picking behavior of the artist.
XTick.set_rasterized	Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing in vector backend output.
XTick.set_sketch_params	Sets the sketch parameters.
XTick.set_snap	Set the snapping behavior.
XTick.set_transform	Set the artist transform.
XTick.set_url	Set the url for the artist.
XTick.set_visible	Set the artist's visibility.
XTick.set_zorder	Set the zorder for the artist.
XTick.stale	Whether the artist is 'stale' and needs to be re-drawn for the output to match the internal state of the artist.
XTick.update	Update this artist's properties from the dictionary props.
XTick.update_from	Copy properties from other to self.
XTick.zorder
YTick.add_callback	Add a callback function that will be called whenever one of the Artist's properties changes.
YTick.axes	The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None.
YTick.contains	Test whether the mouse event occurred in the Tick marks.
YTick.convert_xunits	Convert x using the unit type of the xaxis.
YTick.convert_yunits	Convert y using the unit type of the yaxis.
YTick.draw	Draw the Artist using the given renderer.
YTick.findobj	Find artist objects.
YTick.format_cursor_data	Return a string representation of data.
YTick.get_agg_filter	Return filter function to be used for agg filter.
YTick.get_alpha	Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends
YTick.get_animated	Return the animated state.
YTick.get_children	Return a list of the child Artists of this Artist.
YTick.get_clip_box	Return the clipbox.
YTick.get_clip_on	Return whether the artist uses clipping.
YTick.get_clip_path	Return the clip path.
YTick.get_contains	Return the custom contains function of the artist if set, or None.
YTick.get_cursor_data	Return the cursor data for a given event.
YTick.get_figure	Return the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
YTick.get_gid	Return the group id.
YTick.get_label	Return the label used for this artist in the legend.
YTick.get_path_effects
YTick.get_picker	Return the picking behavior of the artist.
YTick.get_rasterized	Return whether the artist is to be rasterized.
YTick.get_sketch_params	Returns the sketch parameters for the artist.
YTick.get_snap	Returns the snap setting.
YTick.get_transform	Return the Transform instance used by this artist.
YTick.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine	Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its transformation.
YTick.get_url	Return the url.
YTick.get_visible	Return the visibility.
YTick.get_window_extent	Get the axes bounding box in display space.
YTick.get_zorder	Return the artist's zorder.
YTick.have_units	Return True if units are set on any axis.
YTick.is_transform_set	Return whether the Artist has an explicitly set transform.
YTick.mouseover	If this property is set to True, the artist will be queried for custom context information when the mouse cursor moves over it.
YTick.pchanged	Call all of the registered callbacks.
YTick.pick	Process a pick event.
YTick.pickable	Return whether the artist is pickable.
YTick.properties	Return a dictionary of all the properties of the artist.
YTick.remove	Remove the artist from the figure if possible.
YTick.remove_callback	Remove a callback based on its observer id.
YTick.set	A property batch setter.
YTick.set_agg_filter	Set the agg filter.
YTick.set_alpha	Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.
YTick.set_animated	Set the artist's animation state.
YTick.set_clip_box	Set the artist's clip Bbox.
YTick.set_clip_on	Set whether the artist uses clipping.
YTick.set_clip_path	Set the artist's clip path.
YTick.set_contains	Define a custom contains test for the artist.
YTick.set_figure	Set the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
YTick.set_gid	Set the (group) id for the artist.
YTick.set_label	Set the label1 text.
YTick.set_path_effects	Set the path effects.
YTick.set_picker	Define the picking behavior of the artist.
YTick.set_rasterized	Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing in vector backend output.
YTick.set_sketch_params	Sets the sketch parameters.
YTick.set_snap	Set the snapping behavior.
YTick.set_transform	Set the artist transform.
YTick.set_url	Set the url for the artist.
YTick.set_visible	Set the artist's visibility.
YTick.set_zorder	Set the zorder for the artist.
YTick.stale	Whether the artist is 'stale' and needs to be re-drawn for the output to match the internal state of the artist.
YTick.update	Update this artist's properties from the dictionary props.
YTick.update_from	Copy properties from other to self.
YTick.zorder

Axis

Axis.add_callback	Add a callback function that will be called whenever one of the Artist's properties changes.
Axis.axes	The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None.
Axis.contains	Test whether the artist contains the mouse event.
Axis.convert_xunits	Convert x using the unit type of the xaxis.
Axis.convert_yunits	Convert y using the unit type of the yaxis.
Axis.draw	Draw the axis lines, grid lines, tick lines and labels
Axis.findobj	Find artist objects.
Axis.format_cursor_data	Return a string representation of data.
Axis.get_agg_filter	Return filter function to be used for agg filter.
Axis.get_alpha	Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends
Axis.get_animated	Return the animated state.
Axis.get_children	Return a list of the child Artists of this Artist.
Axis.get_clip_box	Return the clipbox.
Axis.get_clip_on	Return whether the artist uses clipping.
Axis.get_clip_path	Return the clip path.
Axis.get_contains	Return the custom contains function of the artist if set, or None.
Axis.get_cursor_data	Return the cursor data for a given event.
Axis.get_figure	Return the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
Axis.get_gid	Return the group id.
Axis.get_label	Return the axis label as a Text instance
Axis.get_path_effects
Axis.get_picker	Return the picking behavior of the artist.
Axis.get_rasterized	Return whether the artist is to be rasterized.
Axis.get_sketch_params	Returns the sketch parameters for the artist.
Axis.get_snap	Returns the snap setting.
Axis.get_transform	Return the Transform instance used by this artist.
Axis.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine	Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its transformation.
Axis.get_url	Return the url.
Axis.get_visible	Return the visibility.
Axis.get_window_extent	Get the axes bounding box in display space.
Axis.get_zorder	Return the artist's zorder.
Axis.have_units	Return True if units are set on any axis.
Axis.is_transform_set	Return whether the Artist has an explicitly set transform.
Axis.mouseover	If this property is set to True, the artist will be queried for custom context information when the mouse cursor moves over it.
Axis.pchanged	Call all of the registered callbacks.
Axis.pick	Process a pick event.
Axis.pickable	Return whether the artist is pickable.
Axis.properties	Return a dictionary of all the properties of the artist.
Axis.remove	Remove the artist from the figure if possible.
Axis.remove_callback	Remove a callback based on its observer id.
Axis.set	A property batch setter.
Axis.set_agg_filter	Set the agg filter.
Axis.set_alpha	Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.
Axis.set_animated	Set the artist's animation state.
Axis.set_clip_box	Set the artist's clip Bbox.
Axis.set_clip_on	Set whether the artist uses clipping.
Axis.set_clip_path	Set the artist's clip path.
Axis.set_contains	Define a custom contains test for the artist.
Axis.set_figure	Set the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
Axis.set_gid	Set the (group) id for the artist.
Axis.set_label	Set a label that will be displayed in the legend.
Axis.set_path_effects	Set the path effects.
Axis.set_picker	Define the picking behavior of the artist.
Axis.set_rasterized	Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing in vector backend output.
Axis.set_sketch_params	Sets the sketch parameters.
Axis.set_snap	Set the snapping behavior.
Axis.set_transform	Set the artist transform.
Axis.set_url	Set the url for the artist.
Axis.set_visible	Set the artist's visibility.
Axis.set_zorder	Set the zorder for the artist.
Axis.stale	Whether the artist is 'stale' and needs to be re-drawn for the output to match the internal state of the artist.
Axis.update	Update this artist's properties from the dictionary props.
Axis.update_from	Copy properties from other to self.
Axis.zorder
XAxis.add_callback	Add a callback function that will be called whenever one of the Artist's properties changes.
XAxis.axes	The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None.
XAxis.contains	Test whether the mouse event occurred in the x axis.
XAxis.convert_xunits	Convert x using the unit type of the xaxis.
XAxis.convert_yunits	Convert y using the unit type of the yaxis.
XAxis.draw	Draw the axis lines, grid lines, tick lines and labels
XAxis.findobj	Find artist objects.
XAxis.format_cursor_data	Return a string representation of data.
XAxis.get_agg_filter	Return filter function to be used for agg filter.
XAxis.get_alpha	Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends
XAxis.get_animated	Return the animated state.
XAxis.get_children	Return a list of the child Artists of this Artist.
XAxis.get_clip_box	Return the clipbox.
XAxis.get_clip_on	Return whether the artist uses clipping.
XAxis.get_clip_path	Return the clip path.
XAxis.get_contains	Return the custom contains function of the artist if set, or None.
XAxis.get_cursor_data	Return the cursor data for a given event.
XAxis.get_figure	Return the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
XAxis.get_gid	Return the group id.
XAxis.get_label	Return the axis label as a Text instance
XAxis.get_path_effects
XAxis.get_picker	Return the picking behavior of the artist.
XAxis.get_rasterized	Return whether the artist is to be rasterized.
XAxis.get_sketch_params	Returns the sketch parameters for the artist.
XAxis.get_snap	Returns the snap setting.
XAxis.get_transform	Return the Transform instance used by this artist.
XAxis.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine	Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its transformation.
XAxis.get_url	Return the url.
XAxis.get_visible	Return the visibility.
XAxis.get_window_extent	Get the axes bounding box in display space.
XAxis.get_zorder	Return the artist's zorder.
XAxis.have_units	Return True if units are set on any axis.
XAxis.is_transform_set	Return whether the Artist has an explicitly set transform.
XAxis.mouseover	If this property is set to True, the artist will be queried for custom context information when the mouse cursor moves over it.
XAxis.pchanged	Call all of the registered callbacks.
XAxis.pick	Process a pick event.
XAxis.pickable	Return whether the artist is pickable.
XAxis.properties	Return a dictionary of all the properties of the artist.
XAxis.remove	Remove the artist from the figure if possible.
XAxis.remove_callback	Remove a callback based on its observer id.
XAxis.set	A property batch setter.
XAxis.set_agg_filter	Set the agg filter.
XAxis.set_alpha	Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.
XAxis.set_animated	Set the artist's animation state.
XAxis.set_clip_box	Set the artist's clip Bbox.
XAxis.set_clip_on	Set whether the artist uses clipping.
XAxis.set_clip_path	Set the artist's clip path.
XAxis.set_contains	Define a custom contains test for the artist.
XAxis.set_figure	Set the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
XAxis.set_gid	Set the (group) id for the artist.
XAxis.set_label	Set a label that will be displayed in the legend.
XAxis.set_path_effects	Set the path effects.
XAxis.set_picker	Define the picking behavior of the artist.
XAxis.set_rasterized	Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing in vector backend output.
XAxis.set_sketch_params	Sets the sketch parameters.
XAxis.set_snap	Set the snapping behavior.
XAxis.set_transform	Set the artist transform.
XAxis.set_url	Set the url for the artist.
XAxis.set_visible	Set the artist's visibility.
XAxis.set_zorder	Set the zorder for the artist.
XAxis.stale	Whether the artist is 'stale' and needs to be re-drawn for the output to match the internal state of the artist.
XAxis.update	Update this artist's properties from the dictionary props.
XAxis.update_from	Copy properties from other to self.
XAxis.zorder
YAxis.add_callback	Add a callback function that will be called whenever one of the Artist's properties changes.
YAxis.axes	The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None.
YAxis.contains	Test whether the mouse event occurred in the y axis.
YAxis.convert_xunits	Convert x using the unit type of the xaxis.
YAxis.convert_yunits	Convert y using the unit type of the yaxis.
YAxis.draw	Draw the axis lines, grid lines, tick lines and labels
YAxis.findobj	Find artist objects.
YAxis.format_cursor_data	Return a string representation of data.
YAxis.get_agg_filter	Return filter function to be used for agg filter.
YAxis.get_alpha	Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends
YAxis.get_animated	Return the animated state.
YAxis.get_children	Return a list of the child Artists of this Artist.
YAxis.get_clip_box	Return the clipbox.
YAxis.get_clip_on	Return whether the artist uses clipping.
YAxis.get_clip_path	Return the clip path.
YAxis.get_contains	Return the custom contains function of the artist if set, or None.
YAxis.get_cursor_data	Return the cursor data for a given event.
YAxis.get_figure	Return the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
YAxis.get_gid	Return the group id.
YAxis.get_label	Return the axis label as a Text instance
YAxis.get_path_effects
YAxis.get_picker	Return the picking behavior of the artist.
YAxis.get_rasterized	Return whether the artist is to be rasterized.
YAxis.get_sketch_params	Returns the sketch parameters for the artist.
YAxis.get_snap	Returns the snap setting.
YAxis.get_transform	Return the Transform instance used by this artist.
YAxis.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine	Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its transformation.
YAxis.get_url	Return the url.
YAxis.get_visible	Return the visibility.
YAxis.get_window_extent	Get the axes bounding box in display space.
YAxis.get_zorder	Return the artist's zorder.
YAxis.have_units	Return True if units are set on any axis.
YAxis.is_transform_set	Return whether the Artist has an explicitly set transform.
YAxis.mouseover	If this property is set to True, the artist will be queried for custom context information when the mouse cursor moves over it.
YAxis.pchanged	Call all of the registered callbacks.
YAxis.pick	Process a pick event.
YAxis.pickable	Return whether the artist is pickable.
YAxis.properties	Return a dictionary of all the properties of the artist.
YAxis.remove	Remove the artist from the figure if possible.
YAxis.remove_callback	Remove a callback based on its observer id.
YAxis.set	A property batch setter.
YAxis.set_agg_filter	Set the agg filter.
YAxis.set_alpha	Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.
YAxis.set_animated	Set the artist's animation state.
YAxis.set_clip_box	Set the artist's clip Bbox.
YAxis.set_clip_on	Set whether the artist uses clipping.
YAxis.set_clip_path	Set the artist's clip path.
YAxis.set_contains	Define a custom contains test for the artist.
YAxis.set_figure	Set the Figure instance the artist belongs to.
YAxis.set_gid	Set the (group) id for the artist.
YAxis.set_label	Set a label that will be displayed in the legend.
YAxis.set_path_effects	Set the path effects.
YAxis.set_picker	Define the picking behavior of the artist.
YAxis.set_rasterized	Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing in vector backend output.
YAxis.set_sketch_params	Sets the sketch parameters.
YAxis.set_snap	Set the snapping behavior.
YAxis.set_transform	Set the artist transform.
YAxis.set_url	Set the url for the artist.
YAxis.set_visible	Set the artist's visibility.
YAxis.set_zorder	Set the zorder for the artist.
YAxis.stale	Whether the artist is 'stale' and needs to be re-drawn for the output to match the internal state of the artist.
YAxis.update	Update this artist's properties from the dictionary props.
YAxis.update_from	Copy properties from other to self.
YAxis.zorder