.. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_and_spines_tick-locators.py: ============= Tick locators ============= Tick locators define the position of the ticks. This example illustrates the usage and effect of the most common locators. .. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_tick-locators_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.ticker as ticker def setup(ax, title): """Set up common parameters for the Axes in the example.""" # only show the bottom spine ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator()) ax.spines['right'].set_color('none') ax.spines['left'].set_color('none') ax.spines['top'].set_color('none') ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom') ax.tick_params(which='major', width=1.00, length=5) ax.tick_params(which='minor', width=0.75, length=2.5) ax.set_xlim(0, 5) ax.set_ylim(0, 1) ax.text(0.0, 0.2, title, transform=ax.transAxes, fontsize=14, fontname='Monospace', color='tab:blue') fig, axs = plt.subplots(8, 1, figsize=(8, 6)) # Null Locator setup(axs[0], title="NullLocator()") axs[0].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator()) axs[0].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.NullLocator()) # Multiple Locator setup(axs[1], title="MultipleLocator(0.5)") axs[1].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.5)) axs[1].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.1)) # Fixed Locator setup(axs[2], title="FixedLocator([0, 1, 5])") axs[2].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.FixedLocator([0, 1, 5])) axs[2].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.FixedLocator(np.linspace(0.2, 0.8, 4))) # Linear Locator setup(axs[3], title="LinearLocator(numticks=3)") axs[3].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.LinearLocator(3)) axs[3].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.LinearLocator(31)) # Index Locator setup(axs[4], title="IndexLocator(base=0.5, offset=0.25)") axs[4].plot(range(0, 5), [0]*5, color='white') axs[4].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.IndexLocator(base=0.5, offset=0.25)) # Auto Locator setup(axs[5], title="AutoLocator()") axs[5].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.AutoLocator()) axs[5].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.AutoMinorLocator()) # MaxN Locator setup(axs[6], title="MaxNLocator(n=4)") axs[6].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MaxNLocator(4)) axs[6].xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MaxNLocator(40)) # Log Locator setup(axs[7], title="LogLocator(base=10, numticks=15)") axs[7].set_xlim(10**3, 10**10) axs[7].set_xscale('log') axs[7].xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.LogLocator(base=10, numticks=15)) plt.tight_layout() plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_and_spines_tick-locators.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: tick-locators.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: tick-locators.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_