title: How to change defaults in matplot lib and find specific list of rc parameters
body: <p>I am learning matplotlib at the moment and working on changing the rcParams. The documentation on the website appears to be very sparse. </p>
  
  <p>When I look <a href="https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.rc.html#matplotlib.pyplot.rc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, there is only a select few examples of rc parameters that can be changed, mainly fonts or line colors, such as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>rcParams['lines.linewidth'] = 2
  rcParams['lines.color'] = 'r'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And so forth. I am looking for ways to alter the grid and default figure size for example, but they are not listed here and are only scattered here and there across the web. I want to find a reference list of <em>all</em> the changeable parameters and their descriptions. Does such a reference exist?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks. </p>