Finally figured it out after pulling some hear. Using "axes.annotate" instead of "axes.text" worked for me, i.e. something like this:
axes.annotate(hstr, xy=(xCorr, yCorr), xytext=(0, 5), textcoords='offset points') instead of what I did originally. Werner On 08/11/2010 16:21, Werner F. Bruhin wrote: > I like to have 2 or 3 text elements "stacked" on top of each other on > top of a bar. > > Currently it works for the first text element by doing: > > height = bar.get_height() > xCorr = bar.get_x() > yCorr = 0.20 + height > > txtax = axes.text(xCorr, yCorr, hstr) > > trying to add the second text just above the previous one I tried this: > > pCorr = yCorr + txtax.get_size() + 0.4 > txtax = axes.text(xCorr, pCorr, hstrPerc) > > It looks like my problem is that get_x() returns a value in ticks and > txtax.get_size() is in pixels and I can't find a way to get at the > height of the text element in ticks. > > Can anyone please push me in the right direction. > > Werner > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper > David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a > Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your > business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
