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Merge pull request #1315 from jenshnielsen/colorbar_issuedoc
Add documentation of colorbar issue #1188 to colorbar documentation.
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‎lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py‎

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the axes objects in which the mappable and the colorbar are drawn. In
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this case, do not use any of the axes properties kwargs.
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It is known that some vector graphics viewer (svg and pdf) renders white gaps
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between segments of the colorbar. This is due to bugs in the viewers not
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matplotlib. As a workaround the colorbar can be rendered with overlapping
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segments::
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cbar = colorbar()
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cbar.solids.set_edgecolor("face")
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draw()
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However this has negative consequences in other circumstances. Particularly with
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semi transparent images (alpha < 1) and colorbar extensions and is not enabled
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by default see (issue #1188).
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returns:
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:class:`~matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar` instance; see also its base class,
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:class:`~matplotlib.colorbar.ColorbarBase`. Call the

‎lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/colorbar.py‎

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the axes objects in which the mappable and the colorbar are drawn. In
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this case, do not use any of the axes properties kwargs.
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It is known that some vector graphics viewer (svg and pdf) renders white gaps
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between segments of the colorbar. This is due to bugs in the viewers not
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matplotlib. As a workaround the colorbar can be rendered with overlapping
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segments::
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cbar = colorbar()
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cbar.solids.set_edgecolor("face")
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draw()
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However this has negative consequences in other circumstances. Particularly with
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semi transparent images (alpha < 1) and colorbar extensions and is not enabled
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by default see (issue #1188).
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returns:
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:class:`~matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar` instance; see also its base class,
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:class:`~matplotlib.colorbar.ColorbarBase`. Call the

‎lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/colorbar.py‎

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the axes objects in which the mappable and the colorbar are drawn. In
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this case, do not use any of the axes properties kwargs.
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It is known that some vector graphics viewer (svg and pdf) renders white gaps
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between segments of the colorbar. This is due to bugs in the viewers not
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matplotlib. As a workaround the colorbar can be rendered with overlapping
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segments::
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cbar = colorbar()
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cbar.solids.set_edgecolor("face")
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draw()
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However this has negative consequences in other circumstances. Particularly with
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semi transparent images (alpha < 1) and colorbar extensions and is not enabled
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by default see (issue #1188).
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returns:
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:class:`~matplotlib.colorbar.Colorbar` instance; see also its base class,
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:class:`~matplotlib.colorbar.ColorbarBase`. Call the

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