matplotlib.axes.Axes.quiverkey

Axes.quiverkey(self, Q, X, Y, U, label, **kw) [source]

Add a key to a quiver plot.

The positioning of the key depends on X, Y, coordinates, and labelpos. If labelpos is 'N' or 'S', X, Y give the position of the middle of the key arrow. If labelpos is 'E', X, Y positions the head, and if labelpos is 'W', X, Y positions the tail; in either of these two cases, X, Y is somewhere in the middle of the arrow+label key object.

Parameters:

Qmatplotlib.quiver.Quiver A Quiver object as returned by a call to quiver(). X, Yfloat The location of the key. Ufloat The length of the key. labelstr The key label (e.g., length and units of the key). anglefloat, default: 0 The angle of the key arrow, in degrees anti-clockwise from the x-axis. coordinates{'axes', 'figure', 'data', 'inches'}, default: 'axes' Coordinate system and units for X, Y: 'axes' and 'figure' are normalized coordinate systems with (0, 0) in the lower left and (1, 1) in the upper right; 'data' are the axes data coordinates (used for the locations of the vectors in the quiver plot itself); 'inches' is position in the figure in inches, with (0, 0) at the lower left corner. colorcolor Overrides face and edge colors from Q. labelpos{'N', 'S', 'E', 'W'} Position the label above, below, to the right, to the left of the arrow, respectively. labelsepfloat, default: 0.1 Distance in inches between the arrow and the label. labelcolorcolor, default: rcParams["text.color"] (default: 'black') Label color. fontpropertiesdict, optional A dictionary with keyword arguments accepted by the FontProperties initializer: family, style, variant, size, weight. **kwargs Any additional keyword arguments are used to override vector properties taken from Q.

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.quiverkey