matplotlib.pyplot.boxplot ignored showmeans keyword

[cswarth]

I'm trying to suppress all graphical elements of a boxplot in order to take advantage of the scaling it provides for subsequent point plots. Unless I'm misunderstanding the intent of the showmeans keyword, it appears to not work as advertised.

[edit : wait - that red line is the median, isn't it? showmeans probably doesn't do what I think it does and I need to some other keyword to suppress the red line and the small vertical lines too.]

import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
print("python", sys.version)
print("matplotlib version", matplotlib.__version__)
print("numpy version", np.__version__)
# fake up some data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 50
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
data = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low), 0)

# basic plot
plt.boxplot(data, showcaps=False, showmeans=False, showbox=False, showfliers=False)

plt.show()

[cswarth]

Does not look like a bug, just special case. I can suppress the red horizontal line and vertical blue lines through medianprops and whiskerprops, respectively.

import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

print("python", sys.version)
print("matplotlib version", matplotlib.__version__)
print("numpy version", np.__version__)

# fake up some data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 50
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
data = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low), 0)

# basic plot
props = {'linewidth': 0}
plt.boxplot(data, showcaps=False, showfliers=False, showbox=False,
                  medianprops=props, whiskerprops=props)

plt.show()

[tacaswell]

It seems there should be an easier way to adjust the limits...