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matplotlib.patches.BoxStyle

class matplotlib.patches.BoxStyle

BoxStyle is a container class which defines several boxstyle classes, which are used for FancyBboxPatch.

A style object can be created as:

BoxStyle.Round(pad=0.2)

or:

BoxStyle("Round", pad=0.2)

or:

BoxStyle("Round, pad=0.2")

Following boxstyle classes are defined.

Class Name Attrs
Circle circle pad=0.3
DArrow darrow pad=0.3
LArrow larrow pad=0.3
RArrow rarrow pad=0.3
Round round pad=0.3,rounding_size=None
Round4 round4 pad=0.3,rounding_size=None
Roundtooth roundtooth pad=0.3,tooth_size=None
Sawtooth sawtooth pad=0.3,tooth_size=None
Square square pad=0.3

An instance of any boxstyle class is an callable object, whose call signature is:

__call__(self, x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size, aspect_ratio=1.)

and returns a Path instance. x0, y0, width and height specify the location and size of the box to be drawn. mutation_scale determines the overall size of the mutation (by which I mean the transformation of the rectangle to the fancy box). mutation_aspect determines the aspect-ratio of the mutation.

return the instance of the subclass with the given style name.

class Circle(pad=0.3)

A simple circle box.

Parameters:

pad : float

The amount of padding around the original box.

transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class DArrow(pad=0.3)

(Double) Arrow Box

transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class LArrow(pad=0.3)

(left) Arrow Box

transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class RArrow(pad=0.3)

(right) Arrow Box

transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class Round(pad=0.3, rounding_size=None)

A box with round corners.

pad
amount of padding
rounding_size
rounding radius of corners. pad if None
transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class Round4(pad=0.3, rounding_size=None)

Another box with round edges.

pad
amount of padding
rounding_size
rounding size of edges. pad if None
transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class Roundtooth(pad=0.3, tooth_size=None)

A rounded tooth box.

pad
amount of padding
tooth_size
size of the sawtooth. pad* if None
transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class Sawtooth(pad=0.3, tooth_size=None)

A sawtooth box.

pad
amount of padding
tooth_size
size of the sawtooth. pad* if None
transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)
class Square(pad=0.3)

A simple square box.

pad
amount of padding
transmute(x0, y0, width, height, mutation_size)

Examples using matplotlib.patches.BoxStyle