matplotlib.pyplot.gca

matplotlib.pyplot.gca(**kwargs)[source]

Get the current Axes, creating one if necessary.

The following kwargs are supported for ensuring the returned Axes adheres to the given projection etc., and for Axes creation if the active Axes does not exist:

Property	Description
`adjustable`	{'box', 'datalim'}
`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`	scalar or None
`anchor`	2-tuple of floats or {'C', 'SW', 'S', 'SE', ...}
`animated`	bool
`aspect`	{'auto', 'equal'} or float
`autoscale_on`	bool
`autoscalex_on`	bool
`autoscaley_on`	bool
`axes_locator`	Callable[[Axes, Renderer], Bbox]
`axisbelow`	bool or 'line'
`box_aspect`	float or None
`clip_box`	`Bbox`
`clip_on`	bool
`clip_path`	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
`contains`	unknown
`facecolor` or fc	color
`figure`	`Figure`
`frame_on`	bool
`gid`	str
`in_layout`	bool
`label`	object
`navigate`	bool
`navigate_mode`	unknown
`path_effects`	`AbstractPathEffect`
`picker`	None or bool or float or callable
`position`	[left, bottom, width, height] or `Bbox`
`prop_cycle`	unknown
`rasterization_zorder`	float or None
`rasterized`	bool
`sketch_params`	(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)
`snap`	bool or None
`title`	str
`transform`	`Transform`
`url`	str
`visible`	bool
`xbound`	unknown
`xlabel`	str
`xlim`	(bottom: float, top: float)
`xmargin`	float greater than -0.5
`xscale`	{"linear", "log", "symlog", "logit", ...} or `ScaleBase`
`xticklabels`	unknown
`xticks`	unknown
`ybound`	unknown
`ylabel`	str
`ylim`	(bottom: float, top: float)
`ymargin`	float greater than -0.5
`yscale`	{"linear", "log", "symlog", "logit", ...} or `ScaleBase`
`yticklabels`	unknown
`yticks`	unknown
`zorder`	float