mpltable

mpltable is a Python library that makes it easy to create and customize tables using matplotlib. It provides a simple Table class that can be used to draw tables on a given Axes object. This library offers various customization options such as column width, cell and header styles, title, separators, and border options.

Installation

To install mpltable, run the following command:

pip install mpltable

Usage

Below is a quick example of using mpltable to create a simple table.

import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpltable import Table

# Sample data
data = pd.DataFrame({
    'A': [1, 2, 3],
    'B': [4, 5, 6],
    'C': [7, 8, 9]
})

# Create a table with the data
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
table = Table(data, ax)
table.draw()

plt.show()

Features

The Table class in mpltable provides several features for customizing your table:

• show_column_names: Display or hide column names in the table (default: True).
• col_widths: Set the column widths (default: equal width for all columns).
• col_header_options: Customize the appearance of the column headers.
• cell_options: Customize the appearance of the table cells.
• table_title: Set the table title (default: None).
• title_options: Customize the appearance and position of the table title.
• background_color: Set the background color of the table (default: None).
• header_separator_kwargs: Customize the separator line between header and data rows.
• column_separator_kwargs: Customize the separator lines between columns.
• row_separator_kwargs: Customize the separator lines between rows.
• border_options: Customize the appearance of the table borders.

col_header_options

You can pass in a dictionary with the following settings

• text_kwargs: A dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the text rendering function for the column headers.
• padding: A float between 0 and 1 indicating the amount of padding to add around the text in each column header as a fraction of the height of the column header.
• alignment: A string indicating the horizontal alignment of the text in each column header, either "left", "center", or "right".
• extend_column_separator: A boolean indicating whether the column separator lines should extend through the column headers.

cell_options

You can pass in a dictionary with the following settings

• text_kwargs: A dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the text rendering function for the cells.
• padding: A float between 0 and 1 indicating the amount of padding to add around the text in each cell as a fraction of the height of the cell.
• alignment: A string indicating the horizontal alignment of the text in each cell, either "left", "center", or "right".

title_options

You can pass in a dictionary with the following settings

• text_kwargs: A dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the text rendering function for the table title.
• padding: A float between 0 and 1 indicating the amount of padding to add around the text in the table title as a fraction of the height of the table title.
• alignment: A string indicating the horizontal alignment of the text in the table title, either "left", "center", or "right".
• position: A string indicating the position of the table title, either "top" or "bottom".
• height: A float between 0 and 1 indicating the height of the table title as a fraction of the height of the table.
• separator_kwargs: A dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the line rendering function for the separator line between the table title and the table.

border_options

You can pass in a dictionary with the following settings

• bottom: a dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the line rendering function for the bottom border of the table.
• top: a dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the line rendering function for the top border of the table.
• left: a dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the line rendering function for the left border of the table.
• right: a dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the line rendering function for the right border of the table.

Once the Table object has been instantiated, all these are converted into dataclasses and can be modified directly before calling the draw method. For example, to change the column widths, you can do the following:

table.col_widths = [0.2, 0.3, 0.5]
table.draw()

License

mpltable is released under the MIT License.