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[Bug]: Histogram ignores lw argument, no warning or error #29977

Closed as duplicate of#28884
@gullbrekken

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Bug summary

ax.hist ignores lw argument. Must use linewidth in order to change the thickness of the lines.

Code for reproduction

# Test of lw vs linewidth in histograms

histogram1 = [1]
histogram2 = [3]
histogram3 = [5]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8))
ax.hist(histogram1, bins=1, density=True, histtype='step', color='tab:blue', lw=1, label='lw=1')
ax.hist(histogram2, bins=1, density=True, histtype='step', color='tab:orange', lw=3, label='lw=3')
ax.hist(histogram3, bins=1, density=True, histtype='step', color='tab:green', linewidth=3, label='linewidth=3')
ax.legend()

plt.show()

print(matplotlib.__version__)

Actual outcome

Image

Expected outcome

Using lw and linewidth produce same output.

Additional information

This was not a problem with an earlier version of Matplotlib (don't remember the version unfortunately, but definitely 3.x something).

Operating system

Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

Matplotlib Version

3.10.0

Matplotlib Backend

agg

Python version

3.12.3

Jupyter version

4.2.5

Installation

pip

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