Seaborn title error - AttributeError: 'FacetGrid' object has no attribute 'set_title

Question

I created a lineplot graph to begin with using the following code:

plot = sns.lineplot(data=tips,
             x="sex",
             y="tip",
             ci=50,
             hue="day",
             palette="Accent")
plot.set_title("Value of Tips Given to Waiters, by Days of the Week and Sex", fontsize=24, pad=30, fontdict={"weight": "bold"})
plot.legend("")

I have realised that its actually a catplot chart that I need so I amended the code to the following:

plot = sns.catplot (data=tips,
             x="day",
             y="tip",
             kind='bar',
             ci=50,
             hue="sex",
             palette="Accent")
plot.set_title("Value of Tips Given to Waiters, by Days of the Week and Sex", fontsize=24, pad=30, fontdict={"weight": "bold"})
plot.legend("")

However I am getting the following error message with the title: 'AttributeError: 'FacetGrid' object has no attribute 'set_title''.

Why is my title not working for the catplot chart?

Does this answer your question? – Mihir Oct 08 '20 at 08:30 — Mihir, Oct 08 '20 at 08:30

StupidWolf · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-08T08:49:01.917

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When you call catplot, it returns a FacetGrid object, so to change the the title and remove legend, you have to use the legend= option inside the function, and also use plot.fig.suptitle() :

import seaborn as sns
tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")
plot = sns.catplot (data=tips,
             x="day",
             y="tip",
             kind='bar',
             ci=50,
             hue="sex",
             palette="Accent", legend=False)

plot.fig.suptitle("Value of Tips Given to Waiters, by Days of the Week and Sex",
                  fontsize=24, fontdict={"weight": "bold"})

edited Oct 08 '20 at 08:49

answered Oct 08 '20 at 08:33

StupidWolf

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great thanks, how did you get access to the data set I am using though ;) ?! – DSouthy Oct 08 '20 at 08:59
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it's part of seaborn package? ```tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")``` – StupidWolf Oct 08 '20 at 09:01
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Using `plot.fig` is deprecated in favour of `plot.figure` as of v0.11.2 (August 2021). See the [corresponding PR](https://github.com/mwaskom/seaborn/pull/2639). – Nils Müller Feb 03 '22 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '22 at 06:55

Same answer as @StupidWolf, but with additional adjustment for title position:

import seaborn as sns
tips = sns.load_dataset("tips")
plot = sns.catplot (data=tips,
             x="day",
             y="tip",
             kind='bar',
             ci=50,
             hue="sex",
             palette="Accent", legend=False);
plot.figure.subplots_adjust(top=0.8);
plot.figure.suptitle(
    "Value of Tips Given to Waiters, by Days of the Week and Sex",
    fontsize=24,
    fontdict={"weight": "bold"}
);

Seaborn title error - AttributeError: 'FacetGrid' object has no attribute 'set_title

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