[Matplotlib-users] Can't turn-off ticks when sharing axis

[Gökhan S. <gok...@gm...>]

Hello,

Consider my simple test case:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fp = plt.figure()
ax1 = fp.add_subplot(4,1,1)
ax1.plot(range(10))
ax2 = fp.add_subplot(4,1,2)
ax2.plot(range(10))
ax1.xaxis.set_major_locator (plt.NullLocator ())

ax3 = fp.add_subplot(4,1,3)
ax3.plot(range(10))
# Can't turn off
ax3.xaxis.set_major_locator (plt.NullLocator ())
ax4 = fp.add_subplot(4,1,4, sharex=ax3)
ax4.plot(range(10))
# Turn-off both ax3 and ax4
#ax3.xaxis.set_major_locator (plt.NullLocator ())

plt.show()

When I share x-axis in between two plots I can't turn-off one axis' major
ticks. Depends on the location of the function call it either turn nothing
or all. Is it intended or a mal-functioning? (Shared axis is for my screen
view, I can live without it by turning off sharex option since it won't make
any difference for the final saved figures.)

Thanks.




-- 
Gökhan