Re: [Matplotlib-users] hide ticks and/or labels in the presence of sharex=ax

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Nils Wagner <ni...@go...>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> how can I hide ticks and/or labels in the presence of sharex=ax. Only
> the last subplot 313 should have ticks and labels.
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> fig=plt.figure(0,figsize=(16,24))
>
> ax = fig.add_subplot(311)
> ax.set_xticks([])
> ax.set_xticklabels('')
>
> ax1 = fig.add_subplot(312,sharex=ax)
> ax1.set_xticks([])
> ax1.set_xticklabels('')
>
> ax2 = fig.add_subplot(313,sharex=ax)
> ax2.set_xticks(ind+width)
> ax2.set_xticklabels( contname,rotation='90',fontsize=8)
>
> Nils
>
>
ax.label_outer() will set the appropriate visibility settings for the
particular subaxes depending on where it is in the grid.  Just call it for
each subplot being shared and you are good to go.

Cheers!
Ben Root