changed colorbar outline from a Line2D object to a Polygon object

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 48f594c2e2b0 · 2013-08-27T17:44:14.000-05:00
fixes issue #2296
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import matplotlib.contour as contour
 import matplotlib.cm as cm
 import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec
-import matplotlib.lines as lines
 import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
 import matplotlib.path as mpath
 import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
@@ -415,9 +414,11 @@ def _config_axes(self, X, Y):
         ax.set_ylim(*ax.dataLim.intervaly)
         if self.outline is not None:
             self.outline.remove()
-        self.outline = lines.Line2D(
-            xy[:, 0], xy[:, 1], color=mpl.rcParams['axes.edgecolor'],
-            linewidth=mpl.rcParams['axes.linewidth'])
+        self.outline = mpatches.Polygon(
+            xy, edgecolor=mpl.rcParams['axes.edgecolor'],
+            facecolor='none',
+            linewidth=mpl.rcParams['axes.linewidth'],
+            closed=True)
         ax.add_artist(self.outline)
         self.outline.set_clip_box(None)
         self.outline.set_clip_path(None)
