.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _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 :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.figure import Figure class MyFigure(Figure): def __init__(self, *args, figtitle='hi mom', **kwargs): """ custom kwarg figtitle is a figure title """ super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.text(0.5, 0.95, figtitle, ha='center') fig = plt.figure(FigureClass=MyFigure, figtitle='my title') ax = fig.subplots() ax.plot([1, 2, 3]) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_custom_figure_class.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. 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 Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_