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Two issues with the axes offset indicator #4445
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Consider:
plt.plot(10001 + np.arange(10), 10001 + np.arange(10))
plt.setp(plt.gca().get_yticklabels(), visible=False)
plt.show()
The x axis is labeled 0..9 + 1.0001e4. I'd suggest changing this to 1..10 + 1.0000e4, which is IMO much more legible.
The y axis doesn't show the tick labels, as expected, but the offset indicator ("+1.0001e4") is still there. setp(get_{x,y}ticklabels(), visible=False) is certainly a commonly used approach (e.g. by SubplotBase.label_outer()).
What I believe the correct solution, which is also set offsetText (which can be obtained by get_offset_text()) to invisible, is a bit obscure (and not mentioned in the docs).
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tacaswell commentedon May 20, 2015
If you reach in and change the visibility of the individual
Textobjects, there is not much that we can do. I would argue that this behavior is actually a feature so users can flip individual tick labels on/off without affecting anything else.The easiest way to turn off the tick labels on an axis (if you are not using sharing any axis) is
which removes both the labels and the offset label.
In the case of
label_outerthings are a bit trickier as there may be shared axes around so setting theNullFormatterwill remove all of the ticklabels.Can you add few lines needed in
label_outerto also hide the offset text and a test for this?Also: http://matplotlib.org/api/axis_api.html#matplotlib.axis.Axis.get_offset_text
anntzer commentedon May 20, 2015
Sure, I understand and don't expect the API of
get_xticklabelsto be changed; my point about lack of mention in the docs was that I was hoping for some "FAQ: How do I get rid of all ticklabels? Answer: Set ticklabels and offsetText to not visible" (or better, as you mention it, "use NullFormatter").If you go through the examples, many more are using the "set ticklabels to not visible" approach than the "use NullFormatter" approach, which also leads to the former being more often mentioned on StackOverflow & others.
I can have a look at
label_outer.Also hide offsetText when using label_outer.
Also hide offsetText when using label_outer.