.. only:: html
.. 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_pyplots_fig_axes_customize_simple.py:
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Fig Axes Customize Simple
=========================
Customize the background, labels and ticks of a simple plot.
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
`.pyplot.figure` creates a `matplotlib.figure.Figure` instance.
.. code-block:: default
fig = plt.figure()
rect = fig.patch # a rectangle instance
rect.set_facecolor('lightgoldenrodyellow')
ax1 = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4])
rect = ax1.patch
rect.set_facecolor('lightslategray')
for label in ax1.xaxis.get_ticklabels():
# label is a Text instance
label.set_color('tab:red')
label.set_rotation(45)
label.set_fontsize(16)
for line in ax1.yaxis.get_ticklines():
# line is a Line2D instance
line.set_color('tab:green')
line.set_markersize(25)
line.set_markeredgewidth(3)
plt.show()
.. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_fig_axes_customize_simple_001.png
:alt: fig axes customize simple
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
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References
""""""""""
The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
in this example:
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib
matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklabels
matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_ticklines
matplotlib.text.Text.set_rotation
matplotlib.text.Text.set_fontsize
matplotlib.text.Text.set_color
matplotlib.lines.Line2D
matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_color
matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_markersize
matplotlib.lines.Line2D.set_markeredgewidth
matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_facecolor
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out
Out:
.. code-block:: none
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pyplots_fig_axes_customize_simple.py:
.. only :: html
.. container:: sphx-glr-footer
:class: sphx-glr-footer-example
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: fig_axes_customize_simple.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: fig_axes_customize_simple.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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