matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhspan

Axes.axhspan(self, ymin, ymax, xmin=0, xmax=1, **kwargs)

Add a horizontal span (rectangle) across the axis.

The rectangle spans from ymin to ymax vertically, and, by default, the whole x-axis horizontally. The x-span can be set using xmin (default: 0) and xmax (default: 1) which are in axis units; e.g. xmin = 0.5 always refers to the middle of the x-axis regardless of the limits set by set_xlim.

Parameters:

yminfloat

Lower y-coordinate of the span, in data units.

ymaxfloat

Upper y-coordinate of the span, in data units.

xminfloat, default: 0

Lower x-coordinate of the span, in x-axis (0-1) units.

xmaxfloat, default: 1

Upper x-coordinate of the span, in x-axis (0-1) units.

Returns:

Polygon

Horizontal span (rectangle) from (xmin, ymin) to (xmax, ymax).

Other Parameters:

**kwargsPolygon properties

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 or None
animated	bool
antialiased or aa	unknown
capstyle	{'butt', 'round', 'projecting'}
clip_box	Bbox
clip_on	bool
clip_path	Patch or (Path, Transform) or None
color	color
contains	unknown
edgecolor or ec	color or None or 'auto'
facecolor or fc	color or None
figure	Figure
fill	bool
gid	str
hatch	{'/', '\', '|', '-', '+', 'x', 'o', 'O', '.', '*'}
in_layout	bool
joinstyle	{'miter', 'round', 'bevel'}
label	object
linestyle or ls	{'-', '--', '-.', ':', '', (offset, on-off-seq), ...}
linewidth or lw	float or None
path_effects	AbstractPathEffect
picker	None or bool or callable
rasterized	bool or None
sketch_params	(scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)
snap	bool or None
transform	Transform
url	str
visible	bool
zorder	float

See also

axvspan

Add a vertical span across the axes.

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhspan

axhspan Demo

Transformations Tutorial