matplotlib.axes.Axes.arrow

Axes.arrow(x, y, dx, dy, **kwargs)

Add an arrow to the axes.

Draws arrow on specified axis from (x, y) to (x + dx, y + dy). Uses FancyArrow patch to construct the arrow.

Parameters:

x : float

X-coordinate of the arrow base

y : float

Y-coordinate of the arrow base

dx : float

Length of arrow along x-coordinate

dy : float

Length of arrow along y-coordinate

Returns:

a : FancyArrow

patches.FancyArrow object

Other Parameters:  

Optional kwargs (inherited from FancyArrow patch) control the arrow

construction and properties:

Constructor arguments

width: float (default: 0.001)

width of full arrow tail

length_includes_head: [True | False] (default: False)

True if head is to be counted in calculating the length.

head_width: float or None (default: 3*width)

total width of the full arrow head

head_length: float or None (default: 1.5 * head_width)

length of arrow head

shape: [‘full’, ‘left’, ‘right’] (default: ‘full’)

draw the left-half, right-half, or full arrow

overhang: float (default: 0)

fraction that the arrow is swept back (0 overhang means triangular shape). Can be negative or greater than one.

head_starts_at_zero: [True | False] (default: False)

if True, the head starts being drawn at coordinate 0 instead of ending at coordinate 0.

Other valid kwargs (inherited from :class:`Patch`) are:

Property	Description
agg_filter	unknown
alpha	float or None
animated	[True | False]
antialiased or aa	[True | False] or None for default
axes	an Axes instance
bottom_margin	unknown
capstyle	[‘butt’ | ‘round’ | ‘projecting’]
clip_box	a matplotlib.transforms.Bbox instance
clip_on	[True | False]
clip_path	[ (Path, Transform) | Patch | None ]
color	matplotlib color spec
contains	a callable function
edgecolor or ec	mpl color spec, None, ‘none’, or ‘auto’
facecolor or fc	mpl color spec, or None for default, or ‘none’ for no color
figure	a matplotlib.figure.Figure instance
fill	[True | False]
gid	an id string
hatch	[‘/’ | ‘\’ | ‘|’ | ‘-‘ | ‘+’ | ‘x’ | ‘o’ | ‘O’ | ‘.’ | ‘*’]
joinstyle	[‘miter’ | ‘round’ | ‘bevel’]
label	string or anything printable with ‘%s’ conversion.
left_margin	unknown
linestyle or ls	[‘solid’ | ‘dashed’, ‘dashdot’, ‘dotted’ | (offset, on-off-dash-seq) | '-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' | 'None' | ' ' | '']
linewidth or lw	float or None for default
margins	unknown
path_effects	unknown
picker	[None|float|boolean|callable]
rasterized	[True | False | None]
right_margin	unknown
sketch_params	unknown
snap	unknown
top_margin	unknown
transform	Transform instance
url	a url string
visible	[True | False]
zorder	any number

Notes

The resulting arrow is affected by the axes aspect ratio and limits. This may produce an arrow whose head is not square with its stem. To create an arrow whose head is square with its stem, use annotate() for example:

ax.annotate("", xy=(0.5, 0.5), xytext=(0, 0),
    arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->"))

Examples

(Source code, png, pdf)