Plots.jl: How to change grid appearance in pyplot()?

[PedroSapichu]

Hello all!,

I can't figure out why I always get straight lines instead of dashed lines for the grids with pyplot() backend. To the left I show the plot that's used as an example at juliaplots.github, and to the right is the plot I get with the same code (and any other plotting command). With other backends I get the normal dashed line that looks much better.

Thanks!

[jgbos]

I'll add that I'm trying to figure this out too. It only happened recently and I'm not sure if it was conda update or Pkg.update that caused it. For now I just initialize with pyplot(grid=false).

[xiaoweiz]

Use the keyword arg foreground_color_grid and assign it to lightgrey may alleviate the issue, e.g.

plot(x, y, foreground_color_grid=:lightgrey)

But I couldn't find a way to change the linestyle of the grid to be dot.

[jgbos]

There doesn't seem to be a keyword to set the grid style. Here is what you can do.

Set defaults for grid by setting the following values in your matplotlibrc file:

### GRIDS
grid.color       :   d3d3d3    # grid color
grid.linestyle   :   :         # solid
grid.linewidth   :   0.5       # in points
grid.alpha       :   0.5       # transparency, between 0.0 and 1.0

I'm using matplotlib 2.0. It appears the default matplotlibrc file has the grid lines being solid.

[xiaoweiz]

@jgbos I'm also using matplotlib 2.0 but its default appearance on my system has no grid.

[mkborregaard]

There is a PR to fix here https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/pull/721

[mkborregaard]

Closed by #721 but see the discussion there for a recommended enhancement.