matplotlib.patches.ArrowStyle

class matplotlib.patches.ArrowStyle

ArrowStyle is a container class which defines several arrowstyle classes, which is used to create an arrow path along a given path. These are mainly used with FancyArrowPatch.

A arrowstyle object can be either created as:

ArrowStyle.Fancy(head_length=.4, head_width=.4, tail_width=.4)

or:

ArrowStyle("Fancy", head_length=.4, head_width=.4, tail_width=.4)

or:

ArrowStyle("Fancy, head_length=.4, head_width=.4, tail_width=.4")

The following classes are defined

Class	Name	Attrs
Curve	-	None
CurveB	->	head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2
BracketB	-[	widthB=1.0,lengthB=0.2,angleB=None
CurveFilledB	-|>	head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2
CurveA	<-	head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2
CurveAB	<->	head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2
CurveFilledA	<|-	head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2
CurveFilledAB	<|-|>	head_length=0.4,head_width=0.2
BracketA	]-	widthA=1.0,lengthA=0.2,angleA=None
BracketAB	]-[	widthA=1.0,lengthA=0.2,angleA=None,widthB=1.0,lengthB=0.2,angleB=None
Fancy	fancy	head_length=0.4,head_width=0.4,tail_width=0.4
Simple	simple	head_length=0.5,head_width=0.5,tail_width=0.2
Wedge	wedge	tail_width=0.3,shrink_factor=0.5
BarAB	|-|	widthA=1.0,angleA=None,widthB=1.0,angleB=None

An instance of any arrow style class is a callable object, whose call signature is:

__call__(self, path, mutation_size, linewidth, aspect_ratio=1.)

and it returns a tuple of a Path instance and a boolean value. path is a Path instance along which the arrow will be drawn. mutation_size and aspect_ratio have the same meaning as in BoxStyle. linewidth is a line width to be stroked. This is meant to be used to correct the location of the head so that it does not overshoot the destination point, but not all classes support it.

return the instance of the subclass with the given style name.