.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "gallery/showcase/anatomy.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. meta::
        :keywords: codex

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_gallery_showcase_anatomy.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_showcase_anatomy.py:


===================
Anatomy of a figure
===================

This figure shows the name of several matplotlib elements composing a figure

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 8-107

.. code-block:: Python



    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    from matplotlib.patches import Circle
    from matplotlib.patheffects import withStroke
    from matplotlib.ticker import AutoMinorLocator, MultipleLocator

    royal_blue = [0, 20/256, 82/256]


    # make the figure

    np.random.seed(19680801)

    X = np.linspace(0.5, 3.5, 100)
    Y1 = 3+np.cos(X)
    Y2 = 1+np.cos(1+X/0.75)/2
    Y3 = np.random.uniform(Y1, Y2, len(X))

    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(7.5, 7.5))
    ax = fig.add_axes([0.2, 0.17, 0.68, 0.7], aspect=1)

    ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(1.000))
    ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(AutoMinorLocator(4))
    ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(1.000))
    ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(AutoMinorLocator(4))
    ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter("{x:.2f}")

    ax.set_xlim(0, 4)
    ax.set_ylim(0, 4)

    ax.tick_params(which='major', width=1.0, length=10, labelsize=14)
    ax.tick_params(which='minor', width=1.0, length=5, labelsize=10,
                   labelcolor='0.25')

    ax.grid(linestyle="--", linewidth=0.5, color='.25', zorder=-10)

    ax.plot(X, Y1, c='C0', lw=2.5, label="Blue signal", zorder=10)
    ax.plot(X, Y2, c='C1', lw=2.5, label="Orange signal")
    ax.plot(X[::3], Y3[::3], linewidth=0, markersize=9,
            marker='s', markerfacecolor='none', markeredgecolor='C4',
            markeredgewidth=2.5)

    ax.set_title("Anatomy of a figure", fontsize=20, verticalalignment='bottom')
    ax.set_xlabel("x Axis label", fontsize=14)
    ax.set_ylabel("y Axis label", fontsize=14)
    ax.legend(loc="upper right", fontsize=14)


    # Annotate the figure

    def annotate(x, y, text, code):
        # Circle marker
        c = Circle((x, y), radius=0.15, clip_on=False, zorder=10, linewidth=2.5,
                   edgecolor=royal_blue + [0.6], facecolor='none',
                   path_effects=[withStroke(linewidth=7, foreground='white')])
        ax.add_artist(c)

        # use path_effects as a background for the texts
        # draw the path_effects and the colored text separately so that the
        # path_effects cannot clip other texts
        for path_effects in [[withStroke(linewidth=7, foreground='white')], []]:
            color = 'white' if path_effects else royal_blue
            ax.text(x, y-0.2, text, zorder=100,
                    ha='center', va='top', weight='bold', color=color,
                    style='italic', fontfamily='monospace',
                    path_effects=path_effects)

            color = 'white' if path_effects else 'black'
            ax.text(x, y-0.33, code, zorder=100,
                    ha='center', va='top', weight='normal', color=color,
                    fontfamily='monospace', fontsize='medium',
                    path_effects=path_effects)


    annotate(3.5, -0.13, "Minor tick label", "ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter")
    annotate(-0.03, 1.0, "Major tick", "ax.yaxis.set_major_locator")
    annotate(0.00, 3.75, "Minor tick", "ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator")
    annotate(-0.15, 3.00, "Major tick label", "ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter")
    annotate(1.68, -0.39, "xlabel", "ax.set_xlabel")
    annotate(-0.38, 1.67, "ylabel", "ax.set_ylabel")
    annotate(1.52, 4.15, "Title", "ax.set_title")
    annotate(1.75, 2.80, "Line", "ax.plot")
    annotate(2.25, 1.54, "Markers", "ax.scatter")
    annotate(3.00, 3.00, "Grid", "ax.grid")
    annotate(3.60, 3.58, "Legend", "ax.legend")
    annotate(2.5, 0.55, "Axes", "fig.subplots")
    annotate(4, 4.5, "Figure", "plt.figure")
    annotate(0.65, 0.01, "x Axis", "ax.xaxis")
    annotate(0, 0.36, "y Axis", "ax.yaxis")
    annotate(4.0, 0.7, "Spine", "ax.spines")

    # frame around figure
    fig.patch.set(linewidth=4, edgecolor='0.5')
    plt.show()





.. image-sg:: /gallery/showcase/images/sphx_glr_anatomy_001.png
   :alt: Anatomy of a figure
   :srcset: /gallery/showcase/images/sphx_glr_anatomy_001.png, /gallery/showcase/images/sphx_glr_anatomy_001_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 108-121

.. admonition:: References

   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
   in this example:

   - `matplotlib.pyplot.figure`
   - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.text`
   - `matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_formatter`
   - `matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_major_locator`
   - `matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_minor_locator`
   - `matplotlib.patches.Circle`
   - `matplotlib.patheffects.withStroke`
   - `matplotlib.ticker.FuncFormatter`


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 1.031 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_showcase_anatomy.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: anatomy.ipynb <anatomy.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: anatomy.py <anatomy.py>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_