Set whether axis ticks and gridlines are above or below most artists.

This controls the zorder of the ticks and gridlines. For more information on the zorder see /gallery/misc/zorder_demo.

Parameters¶

bbool or ‘line’

Possible values:

• True (zorder = 0.5): Ticks and gridlines are below patches and lines, though still above images.

• ‘line’ (zorder = 1.5): Ticks and gridlines are above patches (e.g. rectangles, with default zorder = 1) but still below lines and markers (with their default zorder = 2).

• False (zorder = 2.5): Ticks and gridlines are above patches and lines / markers.

Notes¶

For more control, call the ~.Artist.set_zorder method of each axis.

See Also¶

get_axisbelow