matplotlib.patches.Rectangle#

class matplotlib.patches.Rectangle(xy, width, height, *, angle=0.0, rotation_point='xy', **kwargs)[source]#

Bases: Patch

A rectangle defined via an anchor point xy and its width and height.

The rectangle extends from xy[0] to xy[0] + width in x-direction and from xy[1] to xy[1] + height in y-direction.

:                +------------------+
:                |                  |
:              height               |
:                |                  |
:               (xy)---- width -----+

One may picture xy as the bottom left corner, but which corner xy is actually depends on the direction of the axis and the sign of width and height; e.g. xy would be the bottom right corner if the x-axis was inverted or if width was negative.

Parameters:

xy(float, float)

The anchor point.

widthfloat

Rectangle width.

heightfloat

Rectangle height.

anglefloat, default: 0

Rotation in degrees anti-clockwise about the rotation point.

rotation_point{'xy', 'center', (number, number)}, default: 'xy'

If 'xy', rotate around the anchor point. If 'center' rotate around the center. If 2-tuple of number, rotate around this coordinate.

Other Parameters:

**kwargsPatch 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	BboxBase or None
clip_on	bool
clip_path	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
color	color
edgecolor or ec	color or None
edgegapcolor	color or None
facecolor or fc	color or None
figure	Figure or SubFigure
fill	bool
gid	str
hatch	{'/', '\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'}
hatch_linewidth	unknown
hatchcolor	color or 'edge' or None
in_layout	bool
joinstyle	JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}
label	object
linestyle or ls	{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', ...} or (offset, on-off-seq)
linewidth or lw	float or None
mouseover	bool
path_effects	list of 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

FancyBboxPatch

A rectangle with a fancy box style, e.g. rounded corners.

get_angle()[source]#

Get the rotation angle in degrees.

get_bbox()[source]#

Return the Bbox.

get_center()[source]#

Return the centre of the rectangle.

get_corners()[source]#

Return the corners of the rectangle, moving anti-clockwise from (x0, y0).

get_height()[source]#

Return the height of the rectangle.

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 vertices of the rectangle.

get_width()[source]#

Return the width of the rectangle.

get_x()[source]#

Return the left coordinate of the rectangle.

get_xy()[source]#

Return the left and bottom coords of the rectangle as a tuple.

get_y()[source]#

Return the bottom coordinate of the rectangle.

property rotation_point#

The rotation point of the patch.

set(*, agg_filter=<UNSET>, alpha=<UNSET>, angle=<UNSET>, animated=<UNSET>, antialiased=<UNSET>, bounds=<UNSET>, capstyle=<UNSET>, clip_box=<UNSET>, clip_on=<UNSET>, clip_path=<UNSET>, color=<UNSET>, edgecolor=<UNSET>, edgegapcolor=<UNSET>, facecolor=<UNSET>, fill=<UNSET>, gid=<UNSET>, hatch=<UNSET>, hatch_linewidth=<UNSET>, hatchcolor=<UNSET>, height=<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>, width=<UNSET>, x=<UNSET>, xy=<UNSET>, y=<UNSET>, zorder=<UNSET>)[source]#

Set multiple properties at once.

a.set(a=A, b=B, c=C)

is equivalent to

a.set_a(A)
a.set_b(B)
a.set_c(C)

In addition to the full property names, aliases are also supported, e.g. set(lw=2) is equivalent to set(linewidth=2), but it is an error to pass both simultaneously.

The order of the individual setter calls matches the order of parameters in set(). However, most properties do not depend on each other so that order is rarely relevant.

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	float or None
angle	unknown
animated	bool
antialiased or aa	bool or None
bounds	(left, bottom, width, height)
capstyle	CapStyle or {'butt', 'projecting', 'round'}
clip_box	BboxBase or None
clip_on	bool
clip_path	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
color	color
edgecolor or ec	color or None
edgegapcolor	color or None
facecolor or fc	color or None
figure	Figure or SubFigure
fill	bool
gid	str
hatch	{'/', '\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'}
hatch_linewidth	unknown
hatchcolor	color or 'edge' or None
height	unknown
in_layout	bool
joinstyle	JoinStyle or {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}
label	object
linestyle or ls	{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', ...} or (offset, on-off-seq)
linewidth or lw	float or None
mouseover	bool
path_effects	list of 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
width	unknown
x	unknown
xy	(float, float)
y	unknown
zorder	float

set_angle(angle)[source]#

Set the rotation angle in degrees.

The rotation is performed anti-clockwise around xy.

set_bounds(*args)[source]#

Set the bounds of the rectangle as left, bottom, width, height.

The values may be passed as separate parameters or as a tuple:

set_bounds(left, bottom, width, height)
set_bounds((left, bottom, width, height))

set_height(h)[source]#

Set the height of the rectangle.

set_width(w)[source]#

Set the width of the rectangle.

set_x(x)[source]#

Set the left coordinate of the rectangle.

set_xy(xy)[source]#

Set the left and bottom coordinates of the rectangle.

Parameters:

xy(float, float)

set_y(y)[source]#

Set the bottom coordinate of the rectangle.

property xy#

Return the left and bottom coords of the rectangle as a tuple.

Examples using matplotlib.patches.Rectangle#

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