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Reputation: 3208

matplotlib write text in the margin

If I make a graph using pylab from matlotlib like so...

import pylab as p
x = [0,1,2]
y = [2,4,6]
p.plot(x,y)
p.show()

I want to use the p.text function to add text to the graph. However, I want to put the text in the margin outside of the data window. The text function only accepts x,y coordinates that correspond to the data points rather than absolute x,y pixels coordinates of the entire window. Any idea how I can write text in the margins?

Upvotes: 14

Views: 12470

Answers (2)

Aea
Aea

Reputation: 976

If you're not using the pyplot mode and instead want to do this in an object-orientated method you can do the following: 

text.set_transform(fig.transFigure)

Where text is a matplotlib.text.Text object and fig is a matplotlib.figure.Figure object.

Upvotes: 3

ars
ars

Reputation: 123468

You can use the figtext function. Only note that the coordinates are 0-1, so something like the following places text to the left of the vertical axis:

p.figtext(0.05, 0.5, 'foo')

See the linked docs for more information.

Upvotes: 27

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