Picture

class Picture(impl: Any = None)

The picture object is a member of the pictures collection:

>>> import xlwings as xw
>>> sht = xw.books['Book1'].sheets[0]
>>> sht.pictures[0]  # or sht.charts['PictureName']
<Picture 'Picture 1' in <Sheet [Book1]Sheet1>>

Changed in version 0.9.0.

property api: Any

Returns the native object (pywin32 or appscript obj) of the engine being used.

Added in version 0.9.0.

delete() → None

Deletes the picture.

Added in version 0.5.0.

property height: float

Returns or sets the number of points that represent the height of the picture.

Added in version 0.5.0.

property left: float

Returns or sets the number of points that represent the horizontal position of the picture.

Added in version 0.5.0.

property lock_aspect_ratio: bool

True will keep the original proportion, False will allow you to change height and width independently of each other (read/write).

Added in version 0.24.0.

property name: str

Returns or sets the name of the picture.

Added in version 0.5.0.

property parent: Sheet

Returns the parent of the picture.

Added in version 0.9.0.

property top: float

Returns or sets the number of points that represent the vertical position of the picture.

Added in version 0.5.0.

update(image: str | PathLike[str] | Any, format: str | None = None, export_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None) → Picture

Replaces an existing picture with a new one, taking over the attributes of the existing picture.

Arguments

imagestr or path-like object or matplotlib.figure.Figure

Either a filepath or a Matplotlib figure object.

formatstr, default None

See under Pictures.add()

export_optionsdict, default None

See under Pictures.add()

Added in version 0.5.0.

property width: float

Returns or sets the number of points that represent the width of the picture.

Added in version 0.5.0.