is an option for plotting functions that specifies the style of what should be drawn when curves or surfaces would extend beyond the plot range.


ClippingStyle
is an option for plotting functions that specifies the style of what should be drawn when curves or surfaces would extend beyond the plot range.
Details

- ClippingStyle can be used not only for functions such as Plot3D and ArrayPlot, but also for functions such as Plot and ListLinePlot.
- ClippingStyle is also used in functions such as VectorPlot to style vectors whose magnitudes are outside the range given by VectorRange.
- Possible settings are:
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Automatic show clipped areas using a default style None leave gaps where the curve or surface would be clipped g show all clipped areas using graphics directive g {gmin,gmax} use different directives for upper and lower clipped areas - Each directive specified should be a color directive such as RGBColor or Hue, or a named color such as Red or Blue. The directives can also include Opacity.
- In cases where regions defined by ClippingStyle are surfaces, directives such as EdgeForm, FaceForm and Specularity can be used.
- When the regions defined by ClippingStyle are lines, directives such as Thickness and Dashing can also be used.
- Directives can be combined using Directive[g1,g2,…].
Examples
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Tech Notes
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), ClippingStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClippingStyle.html (updated 2020).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "ClippingStyle." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClippingStyle.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). ClippingStyle. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClippingStyle.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_clippingstyle, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ClippingStyle}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClippingStyle.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_clippingstyle, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ClippingStyle}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ClippingStyle.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}