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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_grid_ext.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_grid_ext.py:


Grid elaborate
===============

An example displaying a grid on the axes and tweaking the layout.

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.. image-sg:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_grid_ext_001.png
   :alt: plot grid ext
   :srcset: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/pretty_plots/images/sphx_glr_plot_grid_ext_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img


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 .. code-block:: none


    Text(-0.05, 1.01, '\n\n    Draw ticks and grid ')





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.. code-block:: default


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from matplotlib.ticker import MultipleLocator

    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6), dpi=72, facecolor="white")
    axes = plt.subplot(111)
    axes.set_xlim(0, 4)
    axes.set_ylim(0, 3)

    axes.xaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(1.0))
    axes.xaxis.set_minor_locator(MultipleLocator(0.1))
    axes.yaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(1.0))
    axes.yaxis.set_minor_locator(MultipleLocator(0.1))
    axes.grid(which='major', axis='x', linewidth=0.75, linestyle='-', color='0.75')
    axes.grid(which='minor', axis='x', linewidth=0.25, linestyle='-', color='0.75')
    axes.grid(which='major', axis='y', linewidth=0.75, linestyle='-', color='0.75')
    axes.grid(which='minor', axis='y', linewidth=0.25, linestyle='-', color='0.75')
    axes.set_xticklabels([])
    axes.set_yticklabels([])


    # Add a title and a box around it
    from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
    ax = plt.gca()
    ax.add_patch(FancyBboxPatch((-0.05, .87),
                                width=.66, height=.165, clip_on=False,
                                boxstyle="square,pad=0", zorder=3,
                                facecolor='white', alpha=1.0,
                                transform=plt.gca().transAxes))

    plt.text(-0.05, 1.02, " Grid:                  plt.grid(...)\n",
              horizontalalignment='left',
              verticalalignment='top',
              size='xx-large',
              transform=axes.transAxes)

    plt.text(-0.05, 1.01, "\n\n    Draw ticks and grid ",
              horizontalalignment='left',
              verticalalignment='top',
              size='large',
              transform=axes.transAxes)


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.. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_pretty_plots_plot_grid_ext.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example




    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plot_grid_ext.py <plot_grid_ext.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_grid_ext.ipynb <plot_grid_ext.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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