Thread: [Matplotlib-users] Tick label text

I want to make some mods to a few selected tick labels.

For example, if I do

   label = axes.yaxis.get_major_ticks()[2].label
   label.set_fontsize(size)
   label.set_rotation('vertical')

the font size and the orientation of the tick label is changed. However, 
if try

   label.set_text('Foo')

the tick label is *not* modified.

Any clues?

Best regards,

Mads

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Mads,

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Mads Ipsen <mad...@gm...> wrote:

>  I want to make some mods to a few selected tick labels.
>
> For example, if I do
>
>   label = axes.yaxis.get_major_ticks()[2].label
>   label.set_fontsize(size)
>   label.set_rotation('vertical')
>
> the font size and the orientation of the tick label is changed. However,
> if try
>
>   label.set_text('Foo')
>
> the tick label is *not* modified.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mads
>
>
I can't seem to reproduce your issue.  If I call "label.get_text()" after
calling "label.set_text('Foo')", I get 'Foo' back.  Did you mean that the
text on the plot was not updated?  If so, I wouldn't be totally surprised.
Which version of matplotlib (and backend) are you using?

Cheers!
Ben Root