Fix boxplot markerfacecolor problem

mdboom · mdboom · commit b063fd114d58 · 2015-12-09T21:18:05.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ boxplot.flierprops.linestyle: none
 boxplot.flierprops.linewidth: 1.0
 boxplot.flierprops.marker: +
 boxplot.flierprops.markeredgecolor: k
-boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor: b
+boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor: auto
 boxplot.flierprops.markersize: 6.0
 boxplot.meanline: False
 boxplot.meanprops.color: r
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ def validate_color_or_inherit(s):
     return validate_color(s)
 
 
+def validate_color_or_auto(s):
+    if s == 'auto':
+        return s
+    return validate_color(s)
+
+
 def validate_color(s):
     'return a valid color arg'
     try:
@@ -847,7 +853,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
 
     'boxplot.flierprops.color': ['b', validate_color],
     'boxplot.flierprops.marker': ['+', six.text_type],
-    'boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor': ['b', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor': ['auto', validate_color_or_auto],
     'boxplot.flierprops.markeredgecolor': ['k', validate_color],
     'boxplot.flierprops.markersize': [6, validate_float],
     'boxplot.flierprops.linestyle': ['none', six.text_type],
