Re: [Matplotlib-users] Control twinx series zorder: ax2 series behind ax1 series, or place ax2 on l

Jeff Kowalczyk, on 2011-02-25 23:20,  wrote:
> I am trying to plot multiple series on one axes and a bar chart on a shared x,
> new y axes. I'm using twinx. The following test code works, but I need to render
> the bar plot *behind* the line plots. Can I somehow control zorder globally
> within a figure?

Hi Jeff,

add these two lines before your plt.show()

  ax1.set_zorder(ax2.get_zorder()+1) # put ax in front of ax2
  ax1.patch.set_visible(False) # hide the 'canvas'

> 
> Alternatively, I could make the bar chart the first plot/axes ax1, but the
> position for its y-axis must be on the right, the line chart's y-axis on the
> left. Can this be controlled?

  ax1.yaxis.tick_right()
  ax2.yaxis.tick_left()

best,
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