.. 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_userdemo_custom_boxstyle01.py: ================= Custom Boxstyle01 ================= .. image:: /gallery/userdemo/images/sphx_glr_custom_boxstyle01_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default from matplotlib.path import Path def custom_box_style(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size, mutation_aspect=1): """ Given the location and size of the box, return the path of the box around it. - *x0*, *y0*, *width*, *height* : location and size of the box - *mutation_size* : a reference scale for the mutation. - *aspect_ratio* : aspect-ration for the mutation. """ # note that we are ignoring mutation_aspect. This is okay in general. # padding mypad = 0.3 pad = mutation_size * mypad # width and height with padding added. width = width + 2 * pad height = height + 2 * pad # boundary of the padded box x0, y0 = x0 - pad, y0 - pad x1, y1 = x0 + width, y0 + height cp = [(x0, y0), (x1, y0), (x1, y1), (x0, y1), (x0-pad, (y0+y1)/2.), (x0, y0), (x0, y0)] com = [Path.MOVETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.CLOSEPOLY] path = Path(cp, com) return path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(3, 3)) ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "Test", size=30, va="center", ha="center", bbox=dict(boxstyle=custom_box_style, alpha=0.2)) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_userdemo_custom_boxstyle01.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: custom_boxstyle01.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: custom_boxstyle01.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_