Re: [Matplotlib-users] ticks pointing out?

Pavol Severa wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I'd like to ask you how to make the ticks on the axes to protrude out
> of the picture (I have a picture with some dark areas where the ticks
> are virtually invisible; if the ticks were at least partially outside,
> it would solve the problem).

Pavol,

In your matplotlibrc file you can set the tick direction:

...
xtick.direction      : in     # direction: in or out
...
ytick.direction      : in     # direction: in or out
...

Alternatively, interactively or within a script you can use:

rcParams['xtick.direction'] = 'out'
rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'out'

Eric