For the archives (and further proof that programming done during the
witching hour between 4pm and 5pm should be avoided at all costs):
The solution is easy.
for tick in axes.yaxis.get_major_ticks():
tick.set_pad(-25)
tick.label2.set_horizontalalignment('right')
A>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony M. Floyd
> Sent: July 12, 2007 4:37 PM
> To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Matplotlib-users] Properly aligned tick labels on the inside
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to plot tick labels on the inside (ie data side)
> of a typical x-y plot. My setup is Python 2.5.1, matplotlib
> 0.90.0 on WinXP.
>
> I've been able to accomplish this by adjusting the padding of
> the individual ticks, but it doesn't quite accomplish what I want.
>
> For example, imagine a typical x-y plot, except that the tick
> labels are on the right-hand side (by setting
> axes.yaxis.tick_right()). Adjusting the padding of the ticks
> by doing:
>
> for tick in axes.yaxis.get_major_ticks():
> tick.set_pad(-25)
>
> I'm able to get the numbers to appear about where I want.
> The problem is that these numbers are left aligned. So, it
> works fine for small numbers, but for large numbers, or when
> my tick formatter switches over to using scientific notation
> the numbers will overlap the axis. If my labels are on the
> inside of the right-hand side, I want them to be
> right-aligned and grow left towards the centre of the plot.
>
> I thought about doing it by setting tick_left() and then
> using a (large) computed pad, but then the tick lines are on
> the wrong side.
>
> So, my question is: can I get right-aligned tick labels on
> the right-side of a plot? How?
>
> I suspect I can do this by using
> axis.set_offset_position('...'), but I've been unable to get
> that to do anything in my tests using pylab.
>
> I can post code if it'll be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony.
>
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