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Matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_tightbbox() in Python

Matplotlib is a library in Python and it is numerical – mathematical extension for NumPy library. The Axes Class contains most of the figure elements: Axis, Tick, Line2D, Text, Polygon, etc., and sets the coordinate system. And the instances of Axes supports callbacks through a callbacks attribute.

matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_tightbbox() Function

The Axes.get_tightbbox() function in axes module of matplotlib library is used to return the tight bounding box of the axes, including axis and their decorators.

Syntax: Axes.get_tightbbox(self, renderer, call_axes_locator=True, bbox_extra_artists=None)

Parameters: This method accepts the following parameters.

  • renderer : This parameter is the RendererBase instance
    renderer that will be used to draw the figures.
  • bbox_extra_artists : This parameter is the list of artists to include in the tight bounding box.
  • call_axes_locator : This parameter is the list of artists to include in the tight bounding box.

Returns: This method return the bounding box in figure pixel coordinates.

Below examples illustrate the matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_tightbbox() function in matplotlib.axes:

Example 1:




# Implementation of matplotlib function
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
  
  
X = np.arange(-10, 10, 0.5)
Y = np.arange(-10, 10, 0.5)
U, V = np.meshgrid(X, Y)
    
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.quiver(X, Y, U, V)
ax.invert_xaxis()
w = ax.get_tightbbox(fig.canvas.get_renderer(),
                     call_axes_locator = True
                     bbox_extra_artists = None)
  
ax.set_title("Value Return :\n"+str(w), 
              fontsize = 10)
   
fig.suptitle('matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_tightbbox()\
 function Example', fontweight ="bold"
  
plt.show() 


Output:

Example 2:




# Implementation of matplotlib function 
import numpy as np 
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
     
xx = np.random.rand(16, 30
     
fig, ax = plt.subplots() 
     
m = ax.pcolor(xx) 
m.set_zorder(-20
w = ax.get_tightbbox(fig.canvas.get_renderer(), 
                     call_axes_locator = True,
                     bbox_extra_artists = None)
  
ax.set_title("Value Return :\n"+str(w),
              fontsize = 10)
   
fig.suptitle('matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_tightbbox()\
 function Example', fontweight ="bold"
  
plt.show() 


Output:

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