matplotlib.patches.Arrow#

class matplotlib.patches.Arrow(x, y, dx, dy, *, width=1.0, **kwargs)[source]#

Bases: Patch

An arrow patch.

Draws an arrow from (x, y) to (x + dx, y + dy). The width of the arrow is scaled by width.

Parameters:
xfloat

x coordinate of the arrow tail.

yfloat

y coordinate of the arrow tail.

dxfloat

Arrow length in the x direction.

dyfloat

Arrow length in the y direction.

widthfloat, default: 1

Scale factor for the width of the arrow. With a default value of 1, the tail width is 0.2 and head width is 0.6.

**kwargs

Keyword arguments control the Patch properties:

Property

Description

agg_filter

a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array and two offsets from the bottom left corner of the image

alpha

unknown

animated

bool

antialiased or aa

bool or None

capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

clip_box

Bbox

clip_on

bool

clip_path

Patch or (Path, Transform) or None

color

color

edgecolor or ec

color or None

facecolor or fc

color or None

figure

Figure

fill

bool

gid

str

hatch

{'/', '\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'}

in_layout

bool

joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

label

object

linestyle or ls

{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}

linewidth or lw

float or None

mouseover

bool

path_effects

AbstractPathEffect

picker

None or bool or float or callable

rasterized

bool

sketch_params

(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)

snap

bool or None

transform

Transform

url

str

visible

bool

zorder

float

See also

FancyArrow

Patch that allows independent control of the head and tail properties.

get_patch_transform()[source]#

Return the Transform instance mapping patch coordinates to data coordinates.

For example, one may define a patch of a circle which represents a radius of 5 by providing coordinates for a unit circle, and a transform which scales the coordinates (the patch coordinate) by 5.

get_path()[source]#

Return the path of this patch.

set(*, agg_filter=<UNSET>, alpha=<UNSET>, animated=<UNSET>, antialiased=<UNSET>, capstyle=<UNSET>, clip_box=<UNSET>, clip_on=<UNSET>, clip_path=<UNSET>, color=<UNSET>, edgecolor=<UNSET>, facecolor=<UNSET>, fill=<UNSET>, gid=<UNSET>, hatch=<UNSET>, in_layout=<UNSET>, joinstyle=<UNSET>, label=<UNSET>, linestyle=<UNSET>, linewidth=<UNSET>, mouseover=<UNSET>, path_effects=<UNSET>, picker=<UNSET>, rasterized=<UNSET>, sketch_params=<UNSET>, snap=<UNSET>, transform=<UNSET>, url=<UNSET>, visible=<UNSET>, zorder=<UNSET>)[source]#

Set multiple properties at once.

Supported properties are

Property

Description

agg_filter

a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array and two offsets from the bottom left corner of the image

alpha

scalar or None

animated

bool

antialiased or aa

bool or None

capstyle

CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}

clip_box

Bbox

clip_on

bool

clip_path

Patch or (Path, Transform) or None

color

color

edgecolor or ec

color or None

facecolor or fc

color or None

figure

Figure

fill

bool

gid

str

hatch

{'/', '\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'}

in_layout

bool

joinstyle

JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}

label

object

linestyle or ls

{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}

linewidth or lw

float or None

mouseover

bool

path_effects

AbstractPathEffect

picker

None or bool or float or callable

rasterized

bool

sketch_params

(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)

snap

bool or None

transform

Transform

url

str

visible

bool

zorder

float

Examples using matplotlib.patches.Arrow#

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