.. _pylab_examples-custom_figure_class: pylab_examples example code: custom_figure_class.py =================================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/custom_figure_class.py :: """ You can pass a custom Figure constructor to figure if you want to derive from the default Figure. This simple example creates a figure with a figure title """ from matplotlib.pyplot import figure, show from matplotlib.figure import Figure class MyFigure(Figure): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): """ custom kwarg figtitle is a figure title """ figtitle = kwargs.pop('figtitle', 'hi mom') Figure.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) self.text(0.5, 0.95, figtitle, ha='center') fig = figure(FigureClass=MyFigure, figtitle='my title') ax = fig.add_subplot(111) ax.plot([1, 2, 3]) show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)