matplotlib.artist  Inheritance Diagrams                                                                                 
Artist class   classmatplotlib.artist.Artist[source]
 
Abstract base class for objects that render into a FigureCanvas. Typically, all visible elements in a figure are subclasses of Artist. 
  Interactive  
Artist.add_callback Add a callback function that will be called whenever one of the Artist's properties changes.  
Artist.remove_callback Remove a callback based on its observer id.  
Artist.pchanged Call all of the registered callbacks.  
Artist.get_cursor_data Return the cursor data for a given event.  
Artist.format_cursor_data Return a string representation of data.  
Artist.mouseover If this property is set to True, the artist will be queried for custom context information when the mouse cursor moves over it.  
Artist.contains Test whether the artist contains the mouse event.  
Artist.pick Process a pick event.  
Artist.pickable Return whether the artist is pickable.  
Artist.set_picker Define the picking behavior of the artist.  
Artist.get_picker Return the picking behavior of the artist.     Clipping  
Artist.set_clip_on Set whether the artist uses clipping.  
Artist.get_clip_on Return whether the artist uses clipping.  
Artist.set_clip_box Set the artist's clip Bbox.  
Artist.get_clip_box Return the clipbox.  
Artist.set_clip_path Set the artist's clip path.  
Artist.get_clip_path Return the clip path.     Bulk Properties  
Artist.update Update this artist's properties from the dict props.  
Artist.update_from Copy properties from other to self.  
Artist.properties Return a dictionary of all the properties of the artist.  
Artist.set Set multiple properties at once.     Drawing  
Artist.draw Draw the Artist (and its children) using the given renderer.  
Artist.set_animated Set whether the artist is intended to be used in an animation.  
Artist.get_animated Return whether the artist is animated.  
Artist.set_alpha Set the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.  
Artist.get_alpha Return the alpha value used for blending - not supported on all backends.  
Artist.set_snap Set the snapping behavior.  
Artist.get_snap Return the snap setting.  
Artist.set_visible Set the artist's visibility.  
Artist.get_visible Return the visibility.  
Artist.zorder   
Artist.set_zorder Set the zorder for the artist.  
Artist.get_zorder Return the artist's zorder.  
Artist.set_agg_filter Set the agg filter.  
Artist.set_sketch_params Set the sketch parameters.  
Artist.get_sketch_params Return the sketch parameters for the artist.  
Artist.set_rasterized Force rasterized (bitmap) drawing for vector graphics output.  
Artist.get_rasterized Return whether the artist is to be rasterized.  
Artist.set_path_effects Set the path effects.  
Artist.get_path_effects   
Artist.get_agg_filter Return filter function to be used for agg filter.  
Artist.get_window_extent Get the artist's bounding box in display space.  
Artist.get_transformed_clip_path_and_affine Return the clip path with the non-affine part of its transformation applied, and the remaining affine part of its transformation.     Figure and Axes  
Artist.remove Remove the artist from the figure if possible.  
Artist.axes The Axes instance the artist resides in, or None.  
Artist.set_figure Set the Figure instance the artist belongs to.  
Artist.get_figure Return the Figure instance the artist belongs to.     Children  
Artist.get_children Return a list of the child Artists of this Artist.  
Artist.findobj Find artist objects.     Transform  
Artist.set_transform Set the artist transform.  
Artist.get_transform Return the Transform instance used by this artist.  
Artist.is_transform_set Return whether the Artist has an explicitly set transform.     Units  
Artist.convert_xunits Convert x using the unit type of the xaxis.  
Artist.convert_yunits Convert y using the unit type of the yaxis.  
Artist.have_units Return whether units are set on any axis.     Metadata  
Artist.set_gid Set the (group) id for the artist.  
Artist.get_gid Return the group id.  
Artist.set_label Set a label that will be displayed in the legend.  
Artist.get_label Return the label used for this artist in the legend.  
Artist.set_url Set the url for the artist.  
Artist.get_url Return the url.     Miscellaneous  
Artist.sticky_edges x and y sticky edge lists for autoscaling.  
Artist.set_in_layout Set if artist is to be included in layout calculations, E.g.  
Artist.get_in_layout Return boolean flag, True if artist is included in layout calculations.  
Artist.stale Whether the artist is 'stale' and needs to be re-drawn for the output to match the internal state of the artist.      Functions  
allow_rasterization Decorator for Artist.draw method.  
get Return the value of an Artist's property, or print all of them.  
getp Return the value of an Artist's property, or print all of them.  
setp Set one or more properties on an Artist, or list allowed values.  
kwdoc Inspect an Artist class (using ArtistInspector) and return information about its settable properties and their current values.  
ArtistInspector A helper class to inspect an Artist and return information about its settable properties and their current values.