Add angle property to Rectangle

dstansby · dstansby · commit 672fd4c61e97 · 2021-03-05T20:30:23.000Z
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ def __init__(self, xy, width, height, angle=0.0, **kwargs):
         self._y0 = xy[1]
         self._width = width
         self._height = height
-        self.angle = float(angle)
+        self._angle = float(angle)
         self._convert_units()  # Validate the inputs.
 
     def get_path(self):
@@ -809,6 +809,16 @@ def set_y(self, y):
         self._y0 = y
         self.stale = True
 
+    @property
+    def angle(self):
+        """Rotation angle, degrees anticlockwise about anchor point."""
+        return self._angle
+
+    @angle.setter
+    def angle(self, angle):
+        self._angle = angle
+        self.stale = True
+
     def set_xy(self, xy):
         """
         Set the left and bottom coordinates of the rectangle.
