Hi,
I'm using matplotlib in a pyqt context, as described
in the book 'Matplotlib for python developers'.
When the window is large enough, everything works
fine, but when the window is too small part of
the x-axis labels get chopped.
Is there a way to prevent this ? Preferable
in combination with the user being able to
resize the window.
Thanks a lot,
Erik
Hi Erik,
Last I checked there was nothing automatic for adjusting the spacing around subplots. You can do so manually using ``plt.subplots_adjust`` (see for example, http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/subplots_adjust.html).
A while back, I wrote some functions to calculate a good set of parameters for subplots_adjust (see attached; examples in if-main block at bottom). I've been using these functions pretty regularly, and it works pretty well for my purposes.
Best,
-Tony
Some usage notes:
The function has to draw the figure a couple of times to calculate correct spacing. When redrawing the figure (e.g. when you resize the window), you'd have to re-call the function, which would redraw the figure a couple of times before drawing the final figure. That's all to say: this is a fairly slow function. If you don't have subplots (like in your example), you can call "layout.tight_borders()" (instead of "layout.tight()"), which only requires a single redraw.
When I originally posted this to the developers list, the functions didn't work with the GtkAgg backend. As far as I know, this hasn't changed. It should work fine for Qt4Agg, macosx, and TkAgg backends.
layout.py (5.83 KB)
On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Erik Janssens wrote:
Hi,
I'm using matplotlib in a pyqt context, as described
in the book 'Matplotlib for python developers'.When the window is large enough, everything works
fine, but when the window is too small part of
the x-axis labels get chopped.Is there a way to prevent this ? Preferable
in combination with the user being able to
resize the window.Thanks a lot,
Erik
Hello Tony,
thanks a lot for the code, I'll try it out !
Regards,
Erik
On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 09:46 -0400, Tony S Yu wrote:
On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Erik Janssens wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using matplotlib in a pyqt context, as described
> in the book 'Matplotlib for python developers'.
>
> When the window is large enough, everything works
> fine, but when the window is too small part of
> the x-axis labels get chopped.
>
> Is there a way to prevent this ? Preferable
> in combination with the user being able to
> resize the window.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> ErikHi Erik,
Last I checked there was nothing automatic for adjusting the spacing around subplots. You can do so manually using ``plt.subplots_adjust`` (see for example, http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/subplots_adjust.html).
A while back, I wrote some functions to calculate a good set of parameters for subplots_adjust (see attached; examples in if-main block at bottom). I've been using these functions pretty regularly, and it works pretty well for my purposes.
Best,
-TonySome usage notes:
The function has to draw the figure a couple of times to calculate correct spacing. When redrawing the figure (e.g. when you resize the window), you'd have to re-call the function, which would redraw the figure a couple of times before drawing the final figure. That's all to say: this is a fairly slow function. If you don't have subplots (like in your example), you can call "layout.tight_borders()" (instead of "layout.tight()"), which only requires a single redraw.
When I originally posted this to the developers list, the functions didn't work with the GtkAgg backend. As far as I know, this hasn't changed. It should work fine for Qt4Agg, macosx, and TkAgg backends.
Tony Yu-3 wrote:
A while back, I wrote some functions to calculate a good set of parameters
for subplots_adjust (see attached; examples in if-main block at bottom).
I've been using these functions pretty regularly, and it works pretty well
for my purposes.The function has to draw the figure a couple of times to calculate correct
spacing. When redrawing the figure (e.g. when you resize the window),
you'd have to re-call the function, which would redraw the figure a couple
of times before drawing the final figure. That's all to say: this is a
fairly slow function. If you don't have subplots (like in your example),
you can call "layout.tight_borders()" (instead of "layout.tight()"), which
only requires a single redraw.When I originally posted this to the developers list, the functions didn't
work with the GtkAgg backend. As far as I know, this hasn't changed. It
should work fine for Qt4Agg, macosx, and TkAgg backends.
Hi Tony,
I copied your layout.py.
Then run the following python script:
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import layout
import random
fontsizes = [8, 16, 24, 32]
def example_plot(ax):
ax.plot([1, 2])
ax.set_xlabel('x-label', fontsize=random.choice(fontsizes))
ax.set_ylabel('y-label', fontsize=random.choice(fontsizes))
ax.set_title('Title', fontsize=random.choice(fontsizes))
fig, ((ax1, ax2), (ax3, ax4)) = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2)
example_plot(ax1)
example_plot(ax2)
example_plot(ax3)
example_plot(ax4)
def on_resize(event):
print( 'on_resize()' )
layout.tight()
def on_close(event):
print( 'on_close()' )
fig.canvas.mpl_disconnect( rsiz_id )
print rsiz_id
layout.tight()
if False:
#if True:
rsiz_id = fig.canvas.mpl_connect('resize_event', on_resize)
print rsiz_id
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('close_event', on_close)
plt.show()
------------------------------------------------------
Without the resize event it works as expected.
With the resize event (as you suggested),
it only adjusts the borders of the four axes to the outside of the figure.
But between the axes there is no space at all.
Do I miss something?
Thanks a lot
Kurt
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