.. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_and_spines_tick_xlabel_top.py:


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Set default x-axis tick labels on the top
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We can use :rc:`xtick.labeltop` (default False) and :rc:`xtick.top`
(default False) and :rc:`xtick.labelbottom` (default True) and
:rc:`xtick.bottom` (default True) to control where on the axes ticks and
their labels appear.
These properties can also be set in the ``.matplotlib/matplotlibrc``.





.. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_tick_xlabel_top_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np


    plt.rcParams['xtick.bottom'] = plt.rcParams['xtick.labelbottom'] = False
    plt.rcParams['xtick.top'] = plt.rcParams['xtick.labeltop'] = True

    x = np.arange(10)

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()

    ax.plot(x)
    ax.set_title('xlabel top', pad=24)  # increase padding to make room for labels

    plt.show()



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 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: tick_xlabel_top.py <tick_xlabel_top.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: tick_xlabel_top.ipynb <tick_xlabel_top.ipynb>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_