""" ==================== Connectionstyle Demo ==================== When creating an annotation using `~.Axes.annotate`, the arrow shape can be controlled via the *connectionstyle* parameter of *arrowprops*. For further details see the description of `.FancyArrowPatch`. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def demo_con_style(ax, connectionstyle): x1, y1 = 0.3, 0.2 x2, y2 = 0.8, 0.6 ax.plot([x1, x2], [y1, y2], ".") ax.annotate("", xy=(x1, y1), xycoords='data', xytext=(x2, y2), textcoords='data', arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->", color="0.5", shrinkA=5, shrinkB=5, patchA=None, patchB=None, connectionstyle=connectionstyle, ), ) ax.text(.05, .95, connectionstyle.replace(",", ",\n"), transform=ax.transAxes, ha="left", va="top") fig, axs = plt.subplots(3, 5, figsize=(8, 4.8)) demo_con_style(axs[0, 0], "angle3,angleA=90,angleB=0") demo_con_style(axs[1, 0], "angle3,angleA=0,angleB=90") demo_con_style(axs[0, 1], "arc3,rad=0.") demo_con_style(axs[1, 1], "arc3,rad=0.3") demo_con_style(axs[2, 1], "arc3,rad=-0.3") demo_con_style(axs[0, 2], "angle,angleA=-90,angleB=180,rad=0") demo_con_style(axs[1, 2], "angle,angleA=-90,angleB=180,rad=5") demo_con_style(axs[2, 2], "angle,angleA=-90,angleB=10,rad=5") demo_con_style(axs[0, 3], "arc,angleA=-90,angleB=0,armA=30,armB=30,rad=0") demo_con_style(axs[1, 3], "arc,angleA=-90,angleB=0,armA=30,armB=30,rad=5") demo_con_style(axs[2, 3], "arc,angleA=-90,angleB=0,armA=0,armB=40,rad=0") demo_con_style(axs[0, 4], "bar,fraction=0.3") demo_con_style(axs[1, 4], "bar,fraction=-0.3") demo_con_style(axs[2, 4], "bar,angle=180,fraction=-0.2") for ax in axs.flat: ax.set(xlim=(0, 1), ylim=(0, 1), xticks=[], yticks=[], aspect=1) fig.tight_layout(pad=0.2) plt.show() ############################################################################# # # ------------ # # References # """""""""" # # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown # in this example: import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.annotate matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch