new parameters in plot_bloch_multivector: figsize, font_size, and title_font_size

qiskit/visualization/bloch.py

@@ -149,7 +149,9 @@ class Bloch:
             Positions of +z and -z labels respectively.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, fig=None, axes=None, view=None, figsize=None, background=False):
+    def __init__(
+        self, fig=None, axes=None, view=None, figsize=None, background=False, font_size=20
+    ):
 
         # Figure and axes
         self._ext_fig = False
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ def __init__(self, fig=None, axes=None, view=None, figsize=None, background=Fals
         # Color of fonts, default = 'black'
         self.font_color = plt.rcParams["axes.labelcolor"]
         # Size of fonts, default = 20
-        self.font_size = 20
+        self.font_size = font_size
 
         # ---vector options---
         # List of colors for Bloch vectors, default = ['b','g','r','y']

qiskit/visualization/state_visualization.py

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def plot_state_hinton(
 
 
 @_optionals.HAS_MATPLOTLIB.require_in_call
-def plot_bloch_vector(bloch, title="", ax=None, figsize=None, coord_type="cartesian"):
+def plot_bloch_vector(bloch, title="", ax=None, figsize=None, coord_type="cartesian", font_size=None):
     """Plot the Bloch sphere.
 
     Plot a Bloch sphere with the specified coordinates, that can be given in both
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ def plot_bloch_vector(bloch, title="", ax=None, figsize=None, coord_type="cartes
         figsize (tuple): Figure size in inches. Has no effect is passing ``ax``.
         coord_type (str): a string that specifies coordinate type for bloch
             (Cartesian or spherical), default is Cartesian
+        font_size (float): Font size.
 
     Returns:
         Figure: A matplotlib figure instance if ``ax = None``.
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ def plot_bloch_vector(bloch, title="", ax=None, figsize=None, coord_type="cartes
 
     if figsize is None:
         figsize = (5, 5)
-    B = Bloch(axes=ax)
+    B = Bloch(axes=ax, font_size=font_size)
     if coord_type == "spherical":
         r, theta, phi = bloch[0], bloch[1], bloch[2]
         bloch[0] = r * np.sin(theta) * np.cos(phi)
@@ -253,7 +254,16 @@ def plot_bloch_vector(bloch, title="", ax=None, figsize=None, coord_type="cartes
 @deprecate_arguments({"rho": "state"}, since="0.15.1")
 @_optionals.HAS_MATPLOTLIB.require_in_call
 def plot_bloch_multivector(
-    state, title="", figsize=None, *, rho=None, reverse_bits=False, filename=None
+    state,
+    title="",
+    figsize=None,
+    *,
+    rho=None,
+    reverse_bits=False,
+    filename=None,
+    font_size=None,
+    title_font_size=None,
+    title_pad=1,
 ):
     r"""Plot a Bloch sphere for each qubit.
 
@@ -266,8 +276,11 @@ def plot_bloch_multivector(
     Args:
         state (Statevector or DensityMatrix or ndarray): an N-qubit quantum state.
         title (str): a string that represents the plot title
-        figsize (tuple): Has no effect, here for compatibility only.
+        figsize (tuple): size of each individual Bloch sphere figure, in inches.
         reverse_bits (bool): If True, plots qubits following Qiskit's convention [Default:False].
+        font_size (float): Font size for the Bloch ball figures.
+        title_font_size (float): Font size for the title.
+        title_pad (float): Padding for the title (suptitle `y` position is `y=1+title_pad/100`).
 
     Returns:
         matplotlib.Figure:
@@ -324,13 +337,21 @@ def plot_bloch_multivector(
         _bloch_multivector_data(state)[::-1] if reverse_bits else _bloch_multivector_data(state)
     )
     num = len(bloch_data)
-    width, height = plt.figaspect(1 / num)
+    if figsize is not None:
+        width, height = figsize
+        width *= num
+    else:
+        width, height = plt.figaspect(1 / num)
+    default_title_font_size = font_size if font_size is not None else 16
+    title_font_size = title_font_size if title_font_size is not None else default_title_font_size
     fig = plt.figure(figsize=(width, height))
     for i in range(num):
         pos = num - 1 - i if reverse_bits else i
         ax = fig.add_subplot(1, num, i + 1, projection="3d")
-        plot_bloch_vector(bloch_data[i], "qubit " + str(pos), ax=ax, figsize=figsize)
-    fig.suptitle(title, fontsize=16, y=1.01)
+        plot_bloch_vector(
+            bloch_data[i], "qubit " + str(pos), ax=ax, figsize=figsize, font_size=font_size
+        )
+    fig.suptitle(title, fontsize=title_font_size, y=1.0 + title_pad / 100)
     matplotlib_close_if_inline(fig)
     if filename is None:
         return fig

releasenotes/notes/update-state-visualization-6836bd53e3a24891.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The ``figsize`` argument of
+    :obj:`~qiskit.visualization.plot_bloch_multivector` can now be used to
+    set a size for individual Bloch ball sub-plots: if there are ``num``
+    qubits and ``(w, h)`` is passed to ``figsize``, then the overall figure
+    width is set to ``num*w``, while the overall height is set to ``h``.
+  - |
+    A new ``font_size`` keyword argument for
+    :obj:`~qiskit.visualization.plot_bloch_multivector` can be used to
+    control the font size in Bloch ball sub-plots.
+  - |
+    New ``title_font_size`` and ``title_pad`` keyword arguments
+    for :obj:`~qiskit.visualization.plot_bloch_multivector` can be used to
+    control the font size of the overall title and its padding.
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Previous to this release, the ``figsize`` argument of
+    :obj:`~qiskit.visualization.plot_bloch_multivector` was not used by the
+    visualization, making it impossible to change its size (e.g. to shrink
+    it for single-qubit states). This release fixes it by introducing a use
+    for the ``figsize`` argument.

test/ipynb/mpl/graph/test_graph_matplotlib_drawer.py

@@ -370,6 +370,31 @@ def test_plot_coupling_map(self):
             filename="coupling_map.png",
         )
 
+    def test_plot_bloch_multivector_figsize_improvements(self):
+        """test bloch sphere figsize, font_size, title_font_size and title_pad
+        See https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-terra/issues/7263
+        and https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-terra/pull/7264.
+        """
+        circuit = QuantumCircuit(3)
+        circ.h(1)
+        circ.sxdg(2)
+
+        # getting the state using backend
+        backend = BasicAer.get_backend("statevector_simulator")
+        result = execute(circuit, backend).result()
+        state = result.get_statevector(circuit)
+
+        self.graph_state_drawer(
+            state=state,
+            output="bloch",
+            figsize=(3,2),
+            font_size=10,
+            title="|0+R> state",
+            title_font_size=14,
+            title_pad=8,
+            filename="bloch_multivector_figsize_improvements.png"
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main(verbosity=1)