matplotlib.axes.Axes.grid

Axes.grid(self, b=None, which='major', axis='both', **kwargs)

Configure the grid lines.

Parameters:

b : bool or None, optional Whether to show the grid lines. If any kwargs are supplied, it is assumed you want the grid on and b will be set to True. If b is None and there are no kwargs, this toggles the visibility of the lines. which : {'major', 'minor', 'both'}, optional The grid lines to apply the changes on. axis : {'both', 'x', 'y'}, optional The axis to apply the changes on. **kwargs : Line2D properties Define the line properties of the grid, e.g.: grid(color='r', linestyle='-', linewidth=2) Valid kwargs are Property Description agg_filter a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array alpha float animated bool antialiased or aa bool clip_box Bbox clip_on bool clip_path [(Path, Transform) | Patch | None] color or c color contains callable dash_capstyle {'butt', 'round', 'projecting'} dash_joinstyle {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'} dashes sequence of floats (on/off ink in points) or (None, None) drawstyle or ds {'default', 'steps', 'steps-pre', 'steps-mid', 'steps-post'}, default: 'default' figure Figure fillstyle {'full', 'left', 'right', 'bottom', 'top', 'none'} gid str in_layout bool label object linestyle or ls {'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...} linewidth or lw float marker marker style markeredgecolor or mec color markeredgewidth or mew float markerfacecolor or mfc color markerfacecoloralt or mfcalt color markersize or ms float markevery None or int or (int, int) or slice or List[int] or float or (float, float) path_effects AbstractPathEffect picker float or callable[[Artist, Event], Tuple[bool, dict]] pickradius float rasterized bool or None sketch_params (scale: float, length: float, randomness: float) snap bool or None solid_capstyle {'butt', 'round', 'projecting'} solid_joinstyle {'miter', 'round', 'bevel'} transform matplotlib.transforms.Transform url str visible bool xdata 1D array ydata 1D array zorder float

Notes

The axis is drawn as a unit, so the effective zorder for drawing the grid is determined by the zorder of each axis, not by the zorder of the Line2D objects comprising the grid. Therefore, to set grid zorder, use set_axisbelow or, for more control, call the set_zorder method of each axis.