[Matplotlib-users] ticks outside the axes?

[James B. <bo...@ll...>]

Is there anyway to place the tick marks so that they are located 
outside the axes, i.e. on the same side of the axis line as the axis 
labels?

With plots such as imshow and pcolor and even some busy line plots, the 
interior minor ticks are completely obscured and the exact location of 
the major ticks is ambiguous.

It would be nice to be able to specify the ticks as inside or outside 
(or both), right or left (or both), top or bottom (or both). This 
functionality may already be present but I cannot figure out how to 
invoke it if it is.

--Jim