.. _sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick:

Axis and Tick
=============

The examples below show how to control tick markers, tick labels, and axis
labels.



.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Axis-label position can be controlled via e.g. ax.taxis.set_label_position.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_00.axis_label_position_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_00.axis_label_position.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Axis-label position</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Axis-label rotation can be controlled via e.g. ax.taxis.set_label_rotation_mode.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_01.axis_label_rotation_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_01.axis_label_rotation.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Axis-label rotation</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Tick position can be controlled via e.g. ax.taxis.set_ticks_position.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_10.tick_position_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_10.tick_position.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Tick position</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Tick direction can be modified via ax.tick_params(direction={&#x27;in&#x27;, &#x27;out&#x27;, &#x27;inout&#x27;}).">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_11.tick_direction_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_11.tick_direction.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Tick direction</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Tick rotation can be modified via ax.tick_params(labelrotation={&#x27;tick&#x27;, &#x27;axis&#x27;, &#x27;horizontal&#x27;}).">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_12.tick_rotation_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_12.tick_rotation.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Tick rotation</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Tick formatters can be given in the same way as Matplotlib. Among available formatters, |Percen...">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_20.tick-formatters_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_20.tick-formatters.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Tick formatters</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Tick locators can be given both for major and minor ticks in the same way as Matplotlib. Gridli...">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_21.tick-locators_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_21.tick-locators.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Tick locators</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Tick positions can be given manually in the same way as Matplotlib.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_30.manual_tick_positions_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_30.manual_tick_positions.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Manual tick positions</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Tick labels can be given manually in the same way as Matplotlib.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_31.manual_ticklabels_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_31.manual_ticklabels.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Manual tick labels</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="You can give a different color for each axis.">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_98.colored_axes_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_98.colored_axes.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Colored axes</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="You can put tick labels inside triangle by setting labelrotation=manual and then specifying app...">

.. only:: html

  .. image:: /gallery/axis_and_tick/images/thumb/sphx_glr_99.tick_labels_inside_triangle_thumb.svg
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_axis_and_tick_99.tick_labels_inside_triangle.py`

.. raw:: html

      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Tick labels inside triangle</div>
    </div>


.. raw:: html

    </div>


.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   /gallery/axis_and_tick/00.axis_label_position
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/01.axis_label_rotation
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/10.tick_position
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/11.tick_direction
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/12.tick_rotation
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/20.tick-formatters
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/21.tick-locators
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/30.manual_tick_positions
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/31.manual_ticklabels
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/98.colored_axes
   /gallery/axis_and_tick/99.tick_labels_inside_triangle