Re: [Matplotlib-users] Colorbar labels never appear vertically

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 08/18/2011 10:57 PM, James McMurray wrote:
> I made this standalone script here: http://pastebin.com/AnKeCwiU and
> this does not suffer from the issue. For comparison here is the plotting
> function in my program: http://pastebin.com/7xxtPQYb

The problem is that the Gtk backend does not support text rotation.  If 
you use FigureCanvasGTKAgg instead of FigureCanvasGTK, I think the 
behavior will be back to normal.  The Gtk backend is not fully 
functional or supported.

Eric

>
> The only major difference is the use of the interactive display in the
> script, against the use of Figure and the GTK canvas in my application.
>
> I am using matplotlib 1.0.1
>
> On 19 August 2011 10:28, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...
> <mailto:ef...@ha...>> wrote:
>
>     On 08/18/2011 09:53 PM, James McMurray wrote:
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > I am having a problem where the colorbar labels will never appear
>      > vertically, even when their rotation is specified as "vertical".
>     As you
>      > can see in the screenshot here: http://minus.com/lbOJyOljH  this
>     creates
>      > problems when the labels are cut off and generally looks
>     unprofessional.
>      >
>      > I am creating the colorbars with code like:
>      >          cbar1.set_label("Lifetime [$\mu$s]", rotation='vertical')
>
>     I don't understand; even with no kwarg, the label on a vertical colorbar
>     will be vertical.  It has been that way for as long as I can remember.
>
>     What mpl version are you using?
>     Please provide a minimal standalone script showing the problem.
>
>     Eric
>
>
>
>      >
>      > And yet the specified rotation has no effect.
>      >
>      > Any help would be much appreciated,
>      > James
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
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