Matplotlib: draw grid lines behind other graph elements

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00:00 Matplotlib: Draw Grid Lines Behind Other Graph Elements
00:31 Accepted Answer Score 202
00:52 Answer 2 Score 9
01:04 Answer 3 Score 160
01:17 Answer 4 Score 83
01:29 Thank you

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1726...

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#python #matplotlib #grid

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 202

According to this - https://web.archive.org/web/20200131000410/http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/axis-elements-and-zorder-td5346.html - you can use Axis.set_axisbelow(True)

(I am currently installing matplotlib for the first time, so have no idea if that's correct - I just found it by googling "matplotlib z order grid" - "z order" is typically used to describe this kind of thing (z being the axis "out of the page"))

ANSWER 2

Score 160

To me, it was unclear how to apply andrew cooke's answer, so this is a complete solution based on that:

ax.set_axisbelow(True)
ax.yaxis.grid(color='gray', linestyle='dashed')

ANSWER 3

Score 83

If you want to validate the setting for all figures, you may set

plt.rc('axes', axisbelow=True)

plt.rcParams['axes.axisbelow'] = True

It works for Matplotlib>=2.0.

ANSWER 4

Score 9

I had the same problem and the following worked:

[line.set_zorder(3) for line in ax.lines]
fig.show() # to update

Increase 3to a higher value if it does not work.