Re: [Matplotlib-users] xlabel vertical positioning

[Jouni K. S. <jk...@ik...>]

Thomas Robitaille <tho...@gm...> writes:

> This is probably a simple question, but what is the best way to  
> control the vertical positioning of the x-axis label? 

Matplotlib tries to set the vertical position automatically based on how
tall the tick labels are - see how e.g. the commands

setp(getp(gca(), 'xticklabels'), fontsize=2)
setp(getp(gca(), 'xticklabels'), fontsize=10)
setp(getp(gca(), 'xticklabels'), fontsize=20)

affect the position. If you're not happy with that, I think your best
bet is to use figtext instead of xlabel, and perhaps file a bug in the
matplotlib tracker, explaining how the current positioning is
insufficient for your needs.

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