better way to change spine and ticklabel colors?

#1

Hi all,

I’ve really been enjoying matplotlib, but in getting my graphs to look just the way I want, I find myself having to just through some hoops to get there.

my question is: is there a better way of changing spine, tick, and ticklabels colors?

Here’s what I use right now:

[s.set_color(color) for s in ax.spines.values()]
[s.set_color(color) for s in ax.yaxis.get_ticklines()]
[s.set_color(color) for s in ax.xaxis.get_ticklines()]
[(s.set_color(color),s.set_size(8)) for s in ax.xaxis.get_ticklabels()]
[(s.set_color(color),s.set_size(8)) for s in ax.yaxis.get_ticklabels()]
ax.yaxis.grid(which='major',linestyle='-',color=color,alpha=.3)

I realize that I should probably set the rcParam equivalents before creating ax. But once I have an axesSubplot ax, what’s the best way to fiddle with these parameters?

you can see a full example here:
http://pirsquared.org/blog/2010/06/07/ca-prop/

best,
Paul Ivanov

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#2

I would like to second this sentiment. I just encountered a situation today where I needed to modify the fontsize of the ticklabels and I could not find any obvious method for modifying the properties. Unless I am mistaken and there are methods for this, shall I file a feature request?

Ben Root

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On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Paul Ivanov <pivanov314@…287…> wrote:

Hi all,

I’ve really been enjoying matplotlib, but in getting my graphs to look just the way I want, I find myself having to just through some hoops to get there.

my question is: is there a better way of changing spine, tick, and ticklabels colors?

Here’s what I use right now:

[s.set_color(color) for s in ax.spines.values()]
[s.set_color(color) for s in ax.yaxis.get_ticklines()]
[s.set_color(color) for s in ax.xaxis.get_ticklines()]



[(s.set_color(color),s.set_size(8)) for s in ax.xaxis.get_ticklabels()]
[(s.set_color(color),s.set_size(8)) for s in ax.yaxis.get_ticklabels()]
ax.yaxis.grid(which='major',linestyle='-',color=color,alpha=.3)

I realize that I should probably set the rcParam equivalents before creating ax. But once I have an axesSubplot ax, what’s the best way to fiddle with these parameters?

you can see a full example here:

http://pirsquared.org/blog/2010/06/07/ca-prop/

best,
Paul Ivanov

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#3

I would like to second this sentiment. I just encountered a situation
today where I needed to modify the fontsize of the ticklabels and I
could not find any obvious method for modifying the properties. Unless
I am mistaken and there are methods for this, shall I file a feature
request?

I'm already working on it, and have the low level parts done. I just have to put in the higher-level API and commit it.

Eric

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On 06/07/2010 04:31 PM, Benjamin Root wrote:

Ben Root

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Paul Ivanov <pivanov314@…287… > <mailto:pivanov314@…287…>> wrote:

    Hi all,

    I've really been enjoying matplotlib, but in getting my graphs to
    look just the way I want, I find myself having to just through some
    hoops to get there.

    my question is: is there a better way of changing spine, tick, and
    ticklabels colors?

    Here's what I use right now:

         [s.set_color(color) for s in ax.spines.values()]
         [s.set_color(color) for s in ax.yaxis.get_ticklines()]
         [s.set_color(color) for s in ax.xaxis.get_ticklines()]
         [(s.set_color(color),s.set_size(8)) for s in
    ax.xaxis.get_ticklabels()]
         [(s.set_color(color),s.set_size(8)) for s in
    ax.yaxis.get_ticklabels()]
         ax.yaxis.grid(which='major',linestyle='-',color=color,alpha=.3)

    I realize that I should probably set the rcParam equivalents before
    creating ax. But once I have an axesSubplot ax, what's the best way
    to fiddle with these parameters?

    you can see a full example here:
    http://pirsquared.org/blog/2010/06/07/ca-prop/

    best,
    Paul Ivanov

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    berkeley dot edu.

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