Notice the x-axis has integer values all evenly spaced by 5, whereas the y-axis has a different interval (the matplotlib default behavior, because the ticks weren't specified).

plt.xticks(list(plt.xticks()[0]) + extraticks) The function to use is xticks(). When called without arguments, it returns the current ticks. Calling it with arguments, you can set the tick positions …

A simple solution to this problem is to set the color of the xticks to White or to whatever the background color is. This will hide the text of the xticks but not the xticks itself.

As of today (matplotlib 2.2.2) and after some reading and trials, I think the best/proper way is the following: Matplotlib has a module named ticker that "contains classes to support completely …

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Since matplotlib 3.5.0, you can set ticks and its labels on one function call using Axes.set_xticks (similar to plt.xticks). Since axes[i,j] is an Axes object, calling set_xticks on it and pass tick …

Instead of using set_xticks or set_xticklabels, which are both officially discouraged, you can just use the rotation parameter to xticks: plt.xticks(rotation=45, ha="right") This way you can …

ax.tick_params(axis='x', labelrotation=90) Matplotlib documentation reference here. This is useful when you have an array of axes as returned by plt.subplots, and it is more convenient than …

Jun 17, 2011 · In a matplotlib figure, how can I make the font size for the tick labels using ax1.set_xticklabels() smaller? Further, how can one rotate it from horizontal to vertical?

Matplotlib: how to give xticks values from a list Asked 6 years, 9 months ago Modified 6 years, 9 months ago Viewed 10k times