Hi Jouni, Thanks for your help! Following what you suggested, I've decided to use
ax.text(0.5,-0.13,xlabel,transform =ax.transAxes,ha='center',va='center') Thanks, Thomas On 28 Apr 2009, at 01:39, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > Thomas Robitaille <thomas.robitai...@gmail.com> writes: > >> This is probably a simple question, but what is the best way to >> control the vertical positioning of the x-axis label? > > Matplotlib tries to set the vertical position automatically based on > how > tall the tick labels are - see how e.g. the commands > > setp(getp(gca(), 'xticklabels'), fontsize=2) > setp(getp(gca(), 'xticklabels'), fontsize=10) > setp(getp(gca(), 'xticklabels'), fontsize=20) > > affect the position. If you're not happy with that, I think your best > bet is to use figtext instead of xlabel, and perhaps file a bug in the > matplotlib tracker, explaining how the current positioning is > insufficient for your needs. > > -- > Jouni K. Seppänen > http://www.iki.fi/jks > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations > Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of > expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry > leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code > vel09scf > and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
