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<spanid="matplotlib-patches"></span><h1><codeclass="docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">matplotlib.patches</span></code><aclass="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.patches" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<td><aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.ArrowStyle.html#matplotlib.patches.ArrowStyle" title="matplotlib.patches.ArrowStyle"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">ArrowStyle</span></code></a> is a container class which defines several arrowstyle classes, which is used to create an arrow path along a given path.</td>
<td><aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.BoxStyle.html#matplotlib.patches.BoxStyle" title="matplotlib.patches.BoxStyle"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">BoxStyle</span></code></a> is a container class which defines several boxstyle classes, which are used for <aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.FancyBboxPatch.html#matplotlib.patches.FancyBboxPatch" title="matplotlib.patches.FancyBboxPatch"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">FancyBboxPatch</span></code></a>.</td>
<td><aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.ConnectionStyle.html#matplotlib.patches.ConnectionStyle" title="matplotlib.patches.ConnectionStyle"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">ConnectionStyle</span></code></a> is a container class which defines several connectionstyle classes, which is used to create a path between two points.</td>
<td>A debug function to draw a rectangle around the bounding box returned by an artist's <aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Artist.get_window_extent</span></code></a> to test whether the artist is returning the correct bbox.</td>
<td>A debug function to draw a rectangle around the bounding box returned by an artist's <aclass="reference internal" href="_as_gen/matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent.html#matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent" title="matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent"><codeclass="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><spanclass="pre">Artist.get_window_extent</span></code></a> to test whether the artist is returning the correct bbox.</td>