matplotlib.figure.Figure.align_xlabels#

Figure.align_xlabels(axs=None)[source]#

Align the xlabels of subplots in the same subplot row if label alignment is being done automatically (i.e. the label position is not manually set).

Alignment persists for draw events after this is called.

If a label is on the bottom, it is aligned with labels on Axes that also have their label on the bottom and that have the same bottom-most subplot row. If the label is on the top, it is aligned with labels on Axes with the same top-most row.

Parameters:

axslist of Axes: Optional list of (or ndarray) Axes to align the xlabels. Default is to align all Axes on the figure.

See also

matplotlib.figure.Figure.align_ylabels
matplotlib.figure.Figure.align_titles
matplotlib.figure.Figure.align_labels

Notes

This assumes that axs are from the same GridSpec, so that their SubplotSpec positions correspond to figure positions.

Examples

Example with rotated xtick labels:

fig, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2)
for tick in axs[0].get_xticklabels():
    tick.set_rotation(55)
axs[0].set_xlabel('XLabel 0')
axs[1].set_xlabel('XLabel 1')
fig.align_xlabels()