[matplotlib-devel] XAxis/YAxis set_ticks_position() behaviour

[Ben N. <be...@re...>]

Hi,

Firstly, excellent to see matplotlib reach its 1.0 release!

I came across an inconsistency in the way XAxis and YAxis behave in the
set_ticks_position() method.  If you remove the X-axis ticks with

    my_axes.xaxis.set_ticks_position('none')

it leaves the labels alone, whereas if you do the same on the Y-axis:

    my_axes.yaxis.set_ticks_position('none')

it removes both sets of labels.  The docstring for the X-axis method
says "'none' and 'both' affect only the ticks, not the labels", and
although the Y-axis docstring doesn't have this phrase, I guess it's
probably intended that the labels are left alone there too.  The patch
below does this.

Thanks,

Ben.



--- ORIG--axis.py       2010-07-15 10:37:08.000068000 +0100
+++ axis.py     2010-07-15 10:43:14.000195000 +0100
@@ -1906,8 +1906,8 @@
             self.set_tick_params(which='both', right=True,
                                  left=True)
         elif position == 'none':
-            self.set_tick_params(which='both', right=False, labelright=False,
-                                 left=False, labelleft=False)
+            self.set_tick_params(which='both', right=False,
+                                 left=False)
         elif position == 'default':
             self.set_tick_params(which='both', right=True, labelright=False,
                                  left=True, labelleft=True)