matplotlib.pyplot.axes#

matplotlib.pyplot.axes(arg=None,**kwargs)[source]#

Add an Axes to the current figure and make it the current Axes.

Call signatures:

plt.axes()plt.axes(rect,projection=None,polar=False,**kwargs)plt.axes(ax)

Parameters:

argNone or 4-tuple

The exact behavior of this function depends on the type:

• None: A new full window Axes is added usingsubplot(**kwargs).

• 4-tuple of floatsrect =(left,bottom,width,height).A new Axes is added with dimensionsrect in normalized(0, 1) units usingadd_axes on the current figure.

projection{None, 'aitoff', 'hammer', 'lambert', 'mollweide', 'polar', 'rectilinear', str}, optional

The projection type of theAxes.str is the name ofa custom projection, seeprojections. The defaultNone results in a 'rectilinear' projection.

polarbool, default: False

If True, equivalent to projection='polar'.

sharex, shareyAxes, optional

Share the x or yaxis with sharex and/or sharey.The axis will have the same limits, ticks, and scale as the axisof the shared Axes.

labelstr

A label for the returned Axes.

Returns:

Axes, or a subclass ofAxes

The returned Axes class depends on the projection used. It isAxes if rectilinear projection is used andprojections.polar.PolarAxes if polar projection is used.

Other Parameters:

**kwargs

This method also takes the keyword arguments forthe returned Axes class. The keyword arguments for therectilinear Axes classAxes can be found inthe following table but there might also be other keywordarguments if another projection is used, see the actual Axesclass.

Property	Description
adjustable	{'box', 'datalim'}
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
anchor	(float, float) or {'C', 'SW', 'S', 'SE', 'E', 'NE', ...}
animated	bool
aspect	{'auto', 'equal'} or float
autoscale_on	bool
autoscalex_on	unknown
autoscaley_on	unknown
axes_locator	Callable[[Axes, Renderer], Bbox]
axisbelow	bool or 'line'
box_aspect	float or None
clip_box	BboxBase or None
clip_on	bool
clip_path	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
facecolor orfc	color
figure	Figure orSubFigure
forward_navigation_events	bool or "auto"
frame_on	bool
gid	str
in_layout	bool
label	object
mouseover	bool
navigate	bool
navigate_mode	unknown
path_effects	list ofAbstractPathEffect
picker	None or bool or float or callable
position	[left, bottom, width, height] orBbox
prop_cycle	Cycler
rasterization_zorder	float or None
rasterized	bool
sketch_params	(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)
snap	bool or None
subplotspec	unknown
title	str
transform	Transform
url	str
visible	bool
xbound	(lower: float, upper: float)
xinverted	unknown
xlabel	str
xlim	(left: float, right: float)
xmargin	float greater than -0.5
xscale	unknown
xticklabels	unknown
xticks	unknown
ybound	(lower: float, upper: float)
yinverted	unknown
ylabel	str
ylim	(bottom: float, top: float)
ymargin	float greater than -0.5
yscale	unknown
yticklabels	unknown
yticks	unknown
zorder	float

See also

Figure.add_axes

pyplot.subplot

Figure.add_subplot

Figure.subplots

pyplot.subplots

Examples

# Creating a new full window Axesplt.axes()# Creating a new Axes with specified dimensions and a grey backgroundplt.axes((left,bottom,width,height),facecolor='grey')

Examples usingmatplotlib.pyplot.axes#

Subplots spacings and margins

Subplots spacings and margins