.. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_custom_figure_class.py: =================== Custom Figure Class =================== 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. .. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_custom_figure_class_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python 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() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.017 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: custom_figure_class.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: custom_figure_class.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_