On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Brent Pedersen <bpede...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have an image like this: > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7eMlcFeoB_rMTU1OTU0NmMtMzM3MC00YWI3LWFlNTYtNzg0MTM4MWI3OWMz > > with an axes inside of another. I'd like to set the background behind > the labels of the inner figure. > I've tried set_frame_on on the axis, set_frameon on the figure, > axisbg_color, and so on.
Would it be sufficient to set the background color behind the text labels? If 'ax' is your inner axes, do: ax.yaxis.label.set_backgroundcolor('red') ax.xaxis.label.set_backgroundcolor('red') best, -- Paul Ivanov 314 address only used for lists, off-list direct email at: http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users