First of all, I recommend you to use spines instead of SubplotZero of axes_grid toolkit.
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/spine_placement_demo.html If you use axes_grid toolkit, keep in mind that some axis-related command of matplotlib may not work. Please take a look at the documentation. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/users/overview.html#axisline If something does not work, see if ax.axis["xzero"].set_visible(True) solves the problem. This will recover the original behavior of matplotlib, but some functionality of axes_grid toolkit may not work anymore. To have a horizontal label with axes_grid, ax.axis["left"].get_helper()._label_angles["left"]=0 While it is best if something like ax.axis["left"].label.set_rotation("horizontal") work, but it does not currently. I'll try to fix this in time but use one of the options above. Regards, -JJ On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:09 PM, per freem <perfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > > i am trying to make horizontal (as opposed to the default vertical) > rotated labels for axes in my subplots. i tried using the > 'orientation' optional argument, as follows: > > from numpy import * > from scipy import * > from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid.axislines import SubplotZero > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > fig = plt.figure() > ax = SubplotZero(fig, 3, 1, 1) > ax1 = fig.add_subplot(ax) > ax.axis["xzero"].set_visible(True) > plt.plot([1,2,3], label="line a", c='r') > plt.plot([1.2, 2.4, 3.01], label="line b", c='b') > plt.ylabel("hello", rotation='horizontal') > ax = SubplotZero(fig, 3, 1, 2) > ax2 = fig.add_subplot(ax) > plt.plot([1,2,3], label="line a", c='r') > plt.plot([1.2, 2.4, 3.01], label="line b", c='b') > plt.ylabel("world") > ax = SubplotZero(fig, 3, 1, 3) > ax3 = fig.add_subplot(ax) > plt.plot([1,2,3], label="line a", c='r') > plt.plot([1.2, 2.01, 3.01], label="line b", c='b') > plt.figlegend([ax1.lines[0], ax1.lines[1]], ["line a", "line b"], 'upper > right') > > but it does not work. both the labels "hello" and "world" of the y > axes are displayed in their default vertical orientation. the argument > seems to have no effect. i am using matplotlib '0.99.0' on Mac OS X. > any ideas how to fix this? > > thanks. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
