added fix for 12712

liujordan · liujordan · commit 8c18a37556aa · 2019-03-28T23:23:40.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -4964,7 +4964,8 @@ def arrow(self, x, y, dx, dy, **kwargs):
         dy = self.convert_yunits(dy)
 
         a = mpatches.FancyArrow(x, y, dx, dy, **kwargs)
-        self.add_artist(a)
+        self.add_patch(a)
+        self.autoscale_view()
         return a
 
     def quiverkey(self, Q, X, Y, U, label, **kw):
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/arrow_in_view.png b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/arrow_in_view.png
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -384,6 +384,11 @@ def test_arrow_empty():
     # Create an empty FancyArrow
     ax.arrow(0, 0, 0, 0, head_length=0)
 
+@image_comparison(baseline_images=['arrow_in_view'],
+                  extensions=['png'], remove_text=True)
+def test_arrow_in_view():
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    ax.arrow(1, 1, 1, 1)
 
 def test_annotate_default_arrow():
     # Check that we can make an annotation arrow with only default properties.
