Getting a frame around pandas boxplot

Asked Nov 07 '17 at 14:17

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I'm trying to plot a boxplot of a pandas dataframe in python, but I can not get a frame around my plot.

This is the code I am using to plot

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_facecolor('white')
df.boxplot(whis=False, patch_artist=True, ax=ax)

ax.set_frame_on(True)

ax.grid(color='grey', linestyle='-', linewidth=0.6)

ax.set_xticklabels((burstsizes))
plt.yticks(np.arange(0,6.6,0.2))
plt.show()

This produces following plot: enter image description here

I want to have a frame around the plot but I can not figure out how. I have tried to set a frame with

ax.spines['bottom'].setcolor('0.5') # for top left and right too

with

plt.rcParams["axes.edgecolor"] = "0.15"
plt.rcParams["axes.linewidth"]  = 1.25

and with

plt.rcParams["axes.grid"] = True

all of these solution did not change the plot at all. I believe it might have to do with the way pandas uses matplotlib but I am not sure. Any help would be very much appreciated. I am using Python 3.5.3.

asked Nov 07 '17 at 14:17

Jonas

Are you importing Seaborn before running this code? Seaborn changes the matplotlib defaults. – KPLauritzen Nov 07 '17 at 14:25
The plot style you have is not the default one. Please provide a [mcve] of the issue. – ImportanceOfBeingErnest Nov 07 '17 at 14:29
Importing Seaborn was the Problem. Thank you so much! – Jonas Nov 07 '17 at 14:31
Note that you can also just update to newer versions of seaborn (>=0.8), where such problem would not occur. – ImportanceOfBeingErnest Nov 07 '17 at 14:56

Getting a frame around pandas boxplot

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